Boom

Naturally you will all have heard about the recent bombings in Bangkok. It seems nine bombs were set off in the city killing 3 and wounding around 30. It will not come as a surprise to anyone that this news disturbed me slightly, but I still visited London after July the 7th, so I won't let it affect me too much.

I received a wonderful email from the Headmaster of the school in Bangkok, in which he pointed out that Bangkok was likely to return to 'business as usual' within a few weeks. Since the Thai people are largely courteous and gentle, many locals consider the bombings to be a great insult to the good name of the city.

It appears, also, that the bombings were politically motivated, and although I say this only from information gleamed from the media, it is suspected that rather than the sort of terrorists we're used to in this country; these terrorists were supporters of the old government. It seems there are some sore losers in Thailand.

Anyway, from the department of less interesting news, I leave home with my old school for London on Friday. We're performing our musical "Frankenstein!" which met with some success at the Edinburgh fringe over the summer (I'm one of the cellists). We're performing at the Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London SW7. There are two performances at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

That'll do for now, I'm supposed to be packing, really.

Dom