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January 11, 2006
My New Year
New Year’s Eve was pretty…OK. After searching for something to do and people to hang out with for a day, I finally ended up at The THC Roof Top bar across from Tha Phae Gate where Chiang Mai’s organized festivities were held. It was a lot of fun running around and talking to different people, 99% were travelers or on short holidays, but I was bored and tired soon after midnight and headed home.
Marc and Daniel of Child’s Dream had a bit of excitement when they returned home New Year’s Day. They found my colleague Tai’s glass desk shattered, her papers all over the place and even some damage as far away as 2m from her desk. Apparently, some gun loving fools were shooting into the air and one bullet came down on the Child’s Dream house/office, penetrated the roof and smashed through Tai’s desk! It looked like a large bore rifle bullet to me, but I’m no expert on firearms.
Over the next few days I did some work for Child’s Dream, bought a new camera (a Canon EOS 350D) to replace the stolen Sony (DSC-T1), and walked around town learning how to use it. This is my first SLR camera and it is very cool. The only thing I don’t like about it is that I can’t afford it and had to charge it to my UBS Mastercard…where the balance will sit for several months. But, it’s really cool! The picture here is of a anti-Free Trade Agreement protest in Chiang Mai this week. I like how they organized the protest march at Tha Phae Gate across the road from Chiang Mai’s brand new Starbucks.
It’s a crazy world…
I’m off to Mae Sot on the 1145 direct A48 bus today to see the town again, visit friends, and hop across the border into Myawadi, Burma for a day trip.
Posted by stu at January 11, 2006 03:53 AM