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...When the red shirts announced plans to stage a massive rally in Bangkok in mid-March, taking supporters in by bus, tractor, boat and pickup truck, the Bangkok-based press warned of the havoc the rural hordes might wreak. City governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra advised residents to "please stay home," lest the demos degenerate into rioting as did a red protest last year. The overall mood was one of fortress Bangkok being surrounded by alien beings. Then the unexpected happened. As tens of thousands of red-shirt vehicles wound through Bangkok streets on March 20 in a miles-long caravan, members...
...Thailand no longer has [such] social classes. People are equal under the constitution, although they have unequal opportunities." But the underclass isn't convinced. "The poor work hard and contribute to society," says Pasuk Phongpaichit, an economist at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, "but they are waiting for a crowded bus while the rich drive by in their air-conditioned limos...
...Dance like nobody’s business for three hours,” we were commanded, thrown into a bustle of role play and choreographed maneuvers. I wiggled shyly at the back of the dance call but discovered with a shock that, when you’re doing the Bus Stop, the back rather quickly becomes the front...
...magnitude earthquake in Haiti. He was about to prepare to send the little girl, an American citizen, back home to Miami when catastrophe struck. Annoule was on his way back from his trip to sell used clothing in the southwestern city of Petit-Goâve. His bus came to a halt because piles of dead bodies were blocking the road. "When I saw those bodies, I only thought of one thing - my daughter," says Annoule, 37. "I walked all night, nonstop, from 5:30 in the evening to 10 a.m., to reach...
...describe your client base as being made up of seemingly normal people - stockbrokers, lawyers, doctors, rabbis and bus drivers. What is it about this world that you think appeals to them? Well, for most of my clients, it wasn't so much the world that appealed to them. For many, it was a very private experience. They were often led to the dungeon by their own desires and fantasies - ones that they didn't feel safe or brave enough to explore or voice in their personal lives. The dungeon felt like a safe haven, their domme a trusted person with...