Dinner dash

Went out to dinner last night, despite advice (well, an order from dad) to stay home as red-shirted government supporters were supposedly streaming into the city to battle yellow-clad anti-government protesters.

In central Bangkok, it was business as usual. At Emporium, the sparkly Xmas decorations are up and people sat around outside, enjoying the rare, and very slight, chill in the air. It was almost festive, but I kept thinking that maybe we should have stayed home.

Despite the company, including a good-humored Singaporean friend based in Shanghai, who was supposed to go to Bhutan and is essentially stranded here, we didn't linger. Grabbed a few grocery items and headed back around nine. Turns out, my dad was wrong.