Err, sorry to say that I don't buy your story. Really sorry!
So you are inside the country for the time being.May I ask for whom you are working for and how you got the permission to be there? How much money did you have to bribe for that?
Is this a rubbish what we are here talking about? Do you mean to say we are over-emotional? And the prayers are useless?
If you don't want to hear our "rubbish", the choice is up to you.
Thanks for the info.
Best regards,
P.S. Are you a Burmese?
May God bless you,
Amen.
I am a foreign national resident in the Mergui Archipelago for 6 years. Nobody bribed me to be here. I am neither affilliated to the military or any NGO. I am here by my own choice. Given that I have been here for 6 years, then I would hope you are intelligent enough to deduce that this means I am not here 'for the time being'. It does not surprise me in the least that you assume that I was 'bribed' for permission to be here. Give me a break. My passport is as good as anyones.
Have you ever been here? I doubt it.
There was very little effect from the tsunami here. Geographically, the Mergui Archipelago was protected by the gradual shallowing of depth between then open ocean and the inner islands and coastal areas between Dawei, Myeik, and Kawthoung. We were well protected, thank god. I have seen the effects on the areas south of the border - and it is devastating - but why would anyone want to try and state that an area left relatively untouched was the scene of some awful disaster??
Your rubbish? Yes - I think some of you are over emotional (and aside from that - read again to see who's post I replied to, I was merely giving facts to dispute misinformation, and telling you all to pull your heads in).
I would hazard a guess to say that I am the only person in this thread who is actually able to see first hand what has happened here - instead of the majority who either guessed (wrongly) or relied on outside media, to have some opinion on the extent of effects from the Dec 26th disaster.
You don't by my story? Bad luck. I am here in the southern islands of Myanmar/Burma and I stand by my original post.
SVB