In the headline story; a bullet fell from the sky, smashed through the roof a
young girl’s bedroom and hit her in the leg. From the tone of the report the family of the
girl were having a hard time convincing the police they should do anything about
it. As if a rain of bullets is a regular nuisance in this part of the world.
Someone nearby must have been shooting a gun in the air was
the casual comment attributed to the local police. Well, yes, probably someone
who really struggled in physics class in school. Perhaps they thought the
bullets just float off into space? Nothing to to worry about, the police have more important matters to attend to.
That was perhaps the craziest story of the day but this
being Pattaya it had competition for the title.
On the same bulletin:
A notorious drug dealer was arrested but not until after he managed to grab the under-cover policeman who was following him, probably disguised in a
mac, large glasses and false moustache, and hold him hostage. He then proceeded to dispose of the majority of his stash, presumably by flushing it down the toilet. Eventually he handed himself in without
a struggle. They have him for a few
pills in his car. Oh, and for kidnapping.
A South African man shot himself in the head at the local
firing range. Apparently the instructor handed him the loaded gun and he just
put it to his head and pulled the trigger. That’s the story the gun club are
telling anyway, it’s yet to be investigated.
Two young boys were shot, but not killed, in gang related
violence.
A man was stabbed outside a restaurant after drunkenly
hitting on a woman who was having dinner with her, evidently knife wielding, male
friends. Seven of them grabbed him, took him outside, gave him a severe
beating and stabbed him. He’s in hospital but looks likely to survive. He’s probably trying out his lines on the nurses.
A drunk driver crashed her car and proceeded to resist all attempts to help her, verbally abusing anyone who tried.
Watching the local news here makes me think I’m wandering
through life oblivious to all around me. I did meet a man in a pub with a manic
look in his eye that, within the space of one game of pool, described in detail
the three times he’d been stabbed and pulled up his shirt to proudly display
the evidence. Needless to say I paid my tab and left. Not my kind of drinking
partner.
I don’t believe in jinxes, or cursing myself, so I’m not afraid
to say that I've lived here for five months without witnessing a single incident
of violent or dangerously insane behaviour; except on the roads that is. I
have always felt safe and unconcerned even late at night. Maybe my peripheral
vision’s just really bad?
To my friends who may be reading this. Don’t let this put
you of visiting. It’s really not all that bad.
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