Tokyo
Damn....I'm reading blogger in Japanese and I don't speak Japanese and posted to the wrong blog....let's try this again.
So I'm having sushi in Tokyo on my layover because you can't come to Japan and not have sushi, right?! The guy to my left at the bar just happens to have come out of Bangkok so we start chatting. Conversation turns to Myanmar and he tells me that news outlets are reporting that a Japanese photojournalist has been shot and killed covering the protests in Myanmar. Freak me right out! They also have unconfirmed reports that a German journalist was also shot and killed. Things are getting really crazy over there to say the least. My biggest concern is that the Jaunta is going to close the borders and I'm gonna get fucking stuck over there. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I picked this place months ago as I thought it wasn't going to be such a horrific situation I was putting myself into- I'm rethinking that thought. Here's some links is anyone is interested:
http://www.lightstalkers.org/photographer-dies-in-burma-protests
http://www.bangkokpost.net/topstories/topstories.php?id=122094
A few minutes after I sat down to type this and I hear my name being called from next to me. The idea that I am where I need to be in life couldn't be much clearer if it punched me in the face. The girl next to me is an activist I met in Chicago last week during a protest. Crazy, crazy small world! What are the odds of that?!
I feel so close and so far away at the same time!
So I'm having sushi in Tokyo on my layover because you can't come to Japan and not have sushi, right?! The guy to my left at the bar just happens to have come out of Bangkok so we start chatting. Conversation turns to Myanmar and he tells me that news outlets are reporting that a Japanese photojournalist has been shot and killed covering the protests in Myanmar. Freak me right out! They also have unconfirmed reports that a German journalist was also shot and killed. Things are getting really crazy over there to say the least. My biggest concern is that the Jaunta is going to close the borders and I'm gonna get fucking stuck over there. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I picked this place months ago as I thought it wasn't going to be such a horrific situation I was putting myself into- I'm rethinking that thought. Here's some links is anyone is interested:
http://www.lightstalkers.org/photographer-dies-in-burma-protests
http://www.bangkokpost.net/topstories/topstories.php?id=122094
A few minutes after I sat down to type this and I hear my name being called from next to me. The idea that I am where I need to be in life couldn't be much clearer if it punched me in the face. The girl next to me is an activist I met in Chicago last week during a protest. Crazy, crazy small world! What are the odds of that?!
I feel so close and so far away at the same time!
posted by Stacie F. at
12:57 AM
1 Comments:
Sorry to have missed your last hurrah before leaving, stupid cars.
My thoughts have been with you the last couple of days and I am keeping up with the situation very closely.
I just heard today that they have cut off internet connection in Myanmar, so a heads up on that.
The today show has snuch some cameras across the border yesterday and posted a report today. But the cameras were taken and they reported via cell phone.
I will be watching closely and thinking of you. I know that it is scary to think that this is all happening at the same time, but that's the way the world works sometimes, huh? Everything happens for a reason and it is obvious to me my dear, that you were ment to do something amazing! Keep strong and keep smart! And, of course, keep in flight!
-René
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September 28, 2007 at 5:15 AM
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