Blocked by the Red Shirts

Apr 9, 2009 at 10:05 PM
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Tonight I had to take the "scenic route" home from the lab. The (pro-Thaksin) "Red Shirts" had blocked all the roads at Victory Monument. No traffic is moving through there at all. I got home by the sky train, but getting to a sky train station involved a re-routed bus ride and a trip on the subway. When I finally got on the sky train, there were about 5 or 6 red shirts in the car with me! Freaky. I was a little paranoid that they might do something, but they just got off at the Victory Monument station and joined the rest of the red shirts.

The PM has just declared tomorrow as a public holiday. Probably a good idea, since it's going to be extremely difficult for people to get to work!

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I think this would be pretty unnerving! I hope that they did agree to open a lane for access to those hospitals. Stay safe!

silverchimes replied to Emjay’s comment:
Apr 9, 2009
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This is actually the first time I've been personally affected in any way by all this mess (other than general paranoia). I've read that the red shirts have worked something out with the hospitals, so that's good. I just hope that there isn't any major fighting. When the "yellow shirts" were protesting they had a few serious clashes, but not around my area of the city. Victory Monument is not that far from my house, so it's a bit more worrisome to me. I think I'll go to the grocery story in the morning and stock up. This will be a good time to stay home and read some books!

Oops, I just asked a very ignorant question in response to one of your comments on my own Vox. Yikes. I sure hope you stay safe.

I hope you that you are able to stay away from the chaos of the last few days.

silverchimes replied to Emjay’s comment:
Apr 16, 2009
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Thanks, Emjay! I've been OK. Today I will leave the house for the first time since Sunday afternoon. It looks like the red shirts have left and the army has started cleanup, so I'm off to work today. It's a good thing because I'm getting cabin fever.