I was living in Thailand and found myself caught in the middle of events at the
time, which became my own ‘year of living dangerously’. As a fa-rang2 visiting the
protests, it was often a bewildering experience. I had been studying Thai language
for some time but was by no means fluent and it was sometimes difficult to follow
the many dramatic events of those months. At the rallies, I found myself surrounded
by Thai, both written and spoken.