Things continue to go badly in Bangkok, with another death being recorded this afternoon. The reds have also been busy in the provinces; blocking roads, surrounding town halls and generally being a pain in the ass.
Thankfully, things continue to be quiet in Pattaya, with the reds and the ABRs (Anything But Red) taking it in turns to conduct shouting sessions outside city hall. But then it all turned a load more sinister on Jomtien beach road this afternoon.
I was driving back from the windsurfing club, having answered a call from Craig who said “it’s windy. Oh, and why don’t you bring your iPad”. Of course it turned out to be not that windy, but I sold a couple more iPads for that nice Mr. Jobs and was driving home through Jomtien.
I was aware of a mob of people on the left hand side of the road, next to the beach; and then suddenly a man stepped out into the road in front of me, brandishing a large red flag upon which was written the word “STOP” in very decisive lettering. It was a red shirt road block, and I had been stopped.
I was not sure how to react. I could attempt to drive round the man, but I had heard stories of people’s cars being wrecked when they tried to beat the blockade. What was I wearing…? A yellow T-shirt! This could mean trouble. Would they drag me from my car and beat me? Would they scratch the paintwork? Would they want to argue that a Android based tablet was bound to be superior to the iPad? My heart beat faster as I stopped in front of the menacing man with the flag.
Movement from the side of the road and about thirty geriatric Chinese tourists dutifully followed the flag bearer across the road to their hotel. He gave me a cheery wave of thanks. Devious bastard, pretending to be a red shirt thug just to make sure I stopped.
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2010-04-28| Qon sayssum-nom-nah! :-P
2010-04-28| Lliyd saysIs the domain name iPad dribble available might be worth your while to snap it up so your Pattaya based sex induced search rankings don’t drop off ;-)
2010-04-28| TheSon says“We advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Thailand due to the increasingly volatile and tense political situation.”
“We advise against all travel to Baghdad and its surrounding area.”
C’mon Thailand, you’re only one notch behind Iraq for total travel advisory lock-down. Must try harder.
2010-04-29| Spike saysQ’on, mai pen rai mofo.
The Son, It’s all very well for you, sat in probably not sunny Oxford; but have you ever had to dodge sniper fire when you pop out for a carton of yoghurt? No, me neither.
Lliyd, is “dribble” a pervy word? If so, I will include it in future postings more often. With regular usage of words such as “porn”, “pussy” and “artichoke”, I like to think that he majority of people who arrive here, leave very quickly having been disappointed.
Pattaya Days, dishing up disappointment since 2008.
2010-04-29| Lloyd saysMaybe iPad Days would be more appropriate of late. I do wonder though with all this unadulterated effection for the shinny new toy if SWMBO might not accidentally drop it from your condo balcony!
2010-04-29| Spike saysShe likes it. Yesterday I loaded up PDFs of plot plans, housing designs etc. for her project, plus photo galleries of their various houses. She sees it as an ideal medium to present her project to potential customers on site. She is going to demo to her boss and hopes he agrees. And she likes that we can now watch TV shows and movies in bed. And she approves of Pandora radio in the kitchen area over breakfast.