It was a day of low and high observation...low meaning the have-nots and high meaning the haves. It's interesting...I don't really even have to actively go out hunting to get a news story. Things just pop up here in Ayutthaya as I go about my daily business.

I was heading to one of the mass-franchise department/food stores to do a bit of (economical) shopping yesterday. On my way to the place, I saw a couple of Thai security guys and a couple of pickup trucks parked next to them....

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Back when I was living in Phnom Penh I used to read The Phnom Penh Post and in it there was a police blotter that had the local goings on in the way of crime. It occurred to me that Ayutthaya does not have this...

So anyways...I was coming out of a parking lot yesterday and I saw a Thai guy on the front hood of a pickup truck. My first reaction was that this was some kind of "show" that people like to put on in Ayutthaya (we have lots of fireworks here, etc.). Then I realized...

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Parties...so fun. Went to one the other night. Was a networking blast. No ajarns.

I haven't had so much fun since I don't know when. Actually, there were a few parties here in Ayutthaya to which I went, but this one was definitely interesting. It really reminded me of the olden days...say fifteen or twenty years ago. Meeting some of the people that I met.

Got a call from an old friend of mine today. He's teaching here and was in the U.S. Army. Kind of retired, but...

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I saw what was left over of a car accident the other night coming back from having a drink with a couple of friends and some tourists. Basically what appeared to have happened was that the car careened off the road and was sitting in a ditch with its headlights on. Around the car were some ladies and gents talking, and an ambulance had pulled up. I took a photo of the incident after asking if everyone was OK, and thought I might post it somewhere as Ayutthaya news. I think news can happen in...

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