Friday, September 25, 2009

G 20

Wow... It's been nutty around here with the G20 hasn't it? I actually went downtown yesterday. I was part of the committee to greet the Thai Prime Minister which I was honoured to do.

Police barracades everywhere... security checkpoints... swat teams... Holy crap!

But I've been in protests, and I've been in a country suffering civil unrest and under a state of emergency. I really detest when the news blows it out of proportion. It was actually calm and very quiet where I was.

I think the most memorable moment was when he asked my mother a question and she responded; but she tacked on another question in Thai. Translated, it was:

Did you see the facebook message I left on your page?


*facepalm*

1 comments:

Jared said...

Be careful out there!