So the military has been running the Indonesian government since the Chiang Mai Interhash (2006? Don't you love how I tell time) and lately (this morning) there have been some serious protests calling for the latest dictator to step down. It looks like we are probably going to have a coup, possibly tonight or tomorrow.
Today, there was an emergency cancellation of all after school activities and all the kids went home at 2:05. They are saying there is a 50/50 chance that we will have a coup or attempted coup tonight, which means no school tomorrow!!!!! Which is nice cause I could use the day to catch up on my novel. Coup days are what we have in Thailand instead of snow days, I guess.
Some people think will be scary to have a coup, but honestly this is a country that had like 13 coups in 8 years in the 80s. When the tanks roll down the streets of Bangkok, people give the tank driver flowers. Not because they like tank drivers, but because that is just the kind of people that Thais are.
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