Left: The show allways goes on, after the tsunami, but also after Bangkok these last days, so we all will more or less celebrate the Thai New Year as only the Thai are able to... so we all get also very wet ;-)
And yes, Kik doing an hilarious act.
Tonight, the 12th of April, the Sonkran festivities will start here in Thailand and on Phuket.
On Phuket Sonkran is celebrated just a few days, in Bangkok, if all is quite and normal in the capital, it last a full 5 days... But when you go up to for example Chiang Mai then you discover Sonkran will last 10 days.
So, in theory, and if you organised it all carefully, you can celebrate Sonkran on Phuket, then again in Bangkok, and again in the far north of Chiang Mai.
You have some crazy people who do just that haha, they can't get enough of all the water splashing and the blessings it brings.
For myself one celebration is enough... and am blessed living here with Kik in the traditionally quite province of Phuket.
"The show must go on", life must go on, you can also say! Thats the general attitude I find here around me.
When close (young) friends and co-workers (suddenly) die, when national tragedy hits, like the tsunami and now also the protest and death in Bangkok, and everything in between ... the THai seem to take it al in their stride.
But as the ruling yellow coalition is slowly discovering, the people start to wake up and are not accepting it anymore. The bullshit, the disregard for fairness and equal treatment under the law, the decent treatment of the poorer classes, the ending of a servitude to their ruling classes.
It is/was bound to happen, one day sooner or later.
Those who know me know I detest violance and can not find any excuse for it to solve problems.
I am not allways against it though because I can imagine circumstances in which one has to use violance, liking it or not.
If such a situation applied for Bangkok these last couple of days: I highly doubt that. Can't find any justification sofar on either side!
I allways say: To start the use of violance is a clear sign of weakness, and in general is the start of the end for the one who started it!
I can only hope that these comming days we will be able to honestly celebrate Sonkran
and that the deathtoll as a consequence of drunken driving and reckless behaviour on the roads due to alcoholconsumption, will stay lower then that of the Bangkok violance of these last days... though I have to doubt that!
And for the new year: Less tears, more respect, common sense and honest smills for and to everybody!!
Hugs for you all!!
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