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Hello hello. I know I spoke quite a lot about Burma but I could not help it. I took it at heart and I pray that it will never fades. I will do what I can to help this country. You have so many causes all over the world, so many things worth fighting for. Too many... We're just human beings, we alone cannot do everything. So my humble participation in trying to make this world a better one, will be to try and help Burma become a democracy where human rights are respected. It's such a long way but... I can still put some cobblestones on the road to a better future...
One of the first actions I could think of is to make people know. So at the end of every post, you'll have the Burma Time, with some informations about the situation over there...
Speaking about Burma, I'm going to a refugee camp on Thursday with Phra Sanet and Phra Chai and 2 other foreigners. We leave Wat Suan Dok at 6am (wouch) because it's only a one-day trip. Goal is to observe and to help if possible.
On my French blog, when I talked about it, one of my aunt offered to give me 60 euros (2800 baths) to give for the refugees. I'll see with Phra Sanet what is better, either I give it to him or I buy clothes, food and other goods.
I'll go back to Burma on April, 4th to 7th. I feel I have to go back so... ^^ My new roommate should be there too.
Hum... I don't know how to write it but "Phulawit", the man doing the guide during the Burma trip, is actually a teacher at Mahachulalongkorn (yes, it can be pronounced ^^ Took me some time but you should be able. Next time, I'll write the 6-7 last syllables...). And it seems he talked of me in good to a Thai girl.
Her name is Chatthit, she's 29 and she is a Buddhist. She went to Burma in November and has some different connections with Buddhism. She's making speeches on radio on Tuesdays, help her sister with making decorations for the "rice offering" ceremonies (or something like this) and build statues.
She lives pretty far from Wat Suan Dok, maybe 6-7km east of the city. So I have to mix sawngthaew and come back early at night (no more staying until 10pm...). But it's Couchsurfing without the website, an insight in the real life of a Thai young woman. So I like it ^^
I'm not so sure about my plans for the future... I'm beginning to plan it out but it's still really vague. To date, it would look like this :
- Until Feb. 25th : stay in Thailand. Maybe in CM, doing the classes on Wed. and Thu. and then enjoying 5 days in cities nearby.
- From Feb. 25th to March 15th : supposedly Laos. Or maybe Thailand if I find I'm definitely trapped in CM...
- March 15th-24th : Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia, Grand Prix of Formula 1, see my uncle at KL and Azlan in KL and/or Penang.
- April 4th-7th : Burma. Before that : Malaysia or South of Thailand...
- After April 8th : Cambodia or Laos, according to which monks I can contact and see in their villages. And according to whether I have been in Laos in February or not...
- After May 15th... Big question... Do I come back to CM ? Do I find a job ? Do I try to undertake studies at CM University ? Do I go on my travel in Vietnam and further north ? I'm kinda lost about what to do at that time ^^;
Burma Time
The European Union announced an agreement for further sanctions against the military junta. But sanctions have so far never come close to attack its energy sector, of which French oil giant Total is a major investor.
Total and the US Chevron are paying to the junta an estimated $450million/year to be able to use Yadana natural gas pipeline in southern Burma. And they are now lobbying in the U.S. and Europe against government measures to support a democratic transition in Burma. In order to protect Total's interests, the French government has become an obstacle to any serious strengthening of EU measures against Burma. They even have pushed for the junta to be admitted into international associations, defending Total's investments.
Sometimes, I'm kinda sick of being French. After Rwanda, let's paint our arms with the blood of the burmese people...
(Copyright Wikipedia "2007 Burmese anti-government protests")
A link to know more about Total and Chevron implications...
One of the first actions I could think of is to make people know. So at the end of every post, you'll have the Burma Time, with some informations about the situation over there...
Speaking about Burma, I'm going to a refugee camp on Thursday with Phra Sanet and Phra Chai and 2 other foreigners. We leave Wat Suan Dok at 6am (wouch) because it's only a one-day trip. Goal is to observe and to help if possible.On my French blog, when I talked about it, one of my aunt offered to give me 60 euros (2800 baths) to give for the refugees. I'll see with Phra Sanet what is better, either I give it to him or I buy clothes, food and other goods.
I'll go back to Burma on April, 4th to 7th. I feel I have to go back so... ^^ My new roommate should be there too.
Hum... I don't know how to write it but "Phulawit", the man doing the guide during the Burma trip, is actually a teacher at Mahachulalongkorn (yes, it can be pronounced ^^ Took me some time but you should be able. Next time, I'll write the 6-7 last syllables...). And it seems he talked of me in good to a Thai girl.
Her name is Chatthit, she's 29 and she is a Buddhist. She went to Burma in November and has some different connections with Buddhism. She's making speeches on radio on Tuesdays, help her sister with making decorations for the "rice offering" ceremonies (or something like this) and build statues.
She lives pretty far from Wat Suan Dok, maybe 6-7km east of the city. So I have to mix sawngthaew and come back early at night (no more staying until 10pm...). But it's Couchsurfing without the website, an insight in the real life of a Thai young woman. So I like it ^^
I'm not so sure about my plans for the future... I'm beginning to plan it out but it's still really vague. To date, it would look like this :
- Until Feb. 25th : stay in Thailand. Maybe in CM, doing the classes on Wed. and Thu. and then enjoying 5 days in cities nearby.
- From Feb. 25th to March 15th : supposedly Laos. Or maybe Thailand if I find I'm definitely trapped in CM...
- March 15th-24th : Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia, Grand Prix of Formula 1, see my uncle at KL and Azlan in KL and/or Penang.
- April 4th-7th : Burma. Before that : Malaysia or South of Thailand...
- After April 8th : Cambodia or Laos, according to which monks I can contact and see in their villages. And according to whether I have been in Laos in February or not...
- After May 15th... Big question... Do I come back to CM ? Do I find a job ? Do I try to undertake studies at CM University ? Do I go on my travel in Vietnam and further north ? I'm kinda lost about what to do at that time ^^;
Burma Time
The European Union announced an agreement for further sanctions against the military junta. But sanctions have so far never come close to attack its energy sector, of which French oil giant Total is a major investor.Total and the US Chevron are paying to the junta an estimated $450million/year to be able to use Yadana natural gas pipeline in southern Burma. And they are now lobbying in the U.S. and Europe against government measures to support a democratic transition in Burma. In order to protect Total's interests, the French government has become an obstacle to any serious strengthening of EU measures against Burma. They even have pushed for the junta to be admitted into international associations, defending Total's investments.
Sometimes, I'm kinda sick of being French. After Rwanda, let's paint our arms with the blood of the burmese people...
(Copyright Wikipedia "2007 Burmese anti-government protests")
A link to know more about Total and Chevron implications...
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