Lao Voices

I wrote this post for my blog, but the beginning portion mainly for LP readers; please allow me to publish this part here also, Thank you kindly .

It’s time to reflect, time for a new beginning, even for the Thai political arena, the court dissolved the party and banned Thaksin from politics for five years. Below are from Manager online written in Thai language and it read, “we’ve to thank ITV, because as soon as the verdict came out, the camera was capturing the night sky; what we saw was the dark cloud moving passed the full moon; that signify the bright future ahead, which was shielded by the dark shadow of evilness all these years.” I couldn’t have said it better myself, that was beautiful.

ต้องขอบคุณสถานีโทรทัศน์ทีไอทีวี ที่ทันทีที่ตุลาการรัฐธรรมนูญ อ่านคำวินิจฉัยให้ยุบพรรคไทยรักไทย กล้องของทีไอทีวีจับภาพไปบนท้องฟ้า เป็นภาพของเมฆดำที่เคลื่อนออกจากเงาของดวงจันทร์ เปรียบเหมือนความสว่างไสวที่ถูกเงามืดบดบังกำลังกลับคืนมา และความชั่วร้ายกำลังมลายไป

It has been 1 week since we launched the new Lao Planet - Lao Voices Online, so far we have 6 contributors which are DJ, Ginger, Padek, Salat, Sim, and Vienne, and out of these 6 are 3 active authors, I’m one of the authors, writing by the name of Ginger, Darly as DJ, and Padek (fermented fish or anchovies, some might say that the name fits him well, I think he might have earned this name from the old LP forum, who would have thought that he’d pick this name for himself), but don’t let the name Padek intimidates you because he is actually a very nice guy. The new Lao Planet has once again stood proudly, the sun always shines after the rain; I think Darly has done a superb job and handled the situation extremely well. I’m hoping that our old members wouldn’t be too shy and would decide to join us as contributors, remember that “Our Voice Must Be Heard”, don’t let a little shyness prevent you from expressing your voice, Lao Planet’s door is always open for you to voice your opinion.