What a great photo (for journalists)! I wish I were the guy.
Take a good look at this guy, and take a guess who's he related to. His father is the subject of all headline news today. The name is Shinawatra, the only son of the Thai Prime Minister, or should I say, former or outgoing PM?
照片拍得不错吧。
仔细看看这个帅小伙，认识吗？ 告诉你，他，和今天全世界最瞩目的新闻人物有着最直接的关系。 他就是他信的独生子，Panthongtae Shinwatra。
One might say he's a trouble maker for the family but he became a billionaire when the father transferred all family forture before assuming office. He's an excellent photographer in his own right and I even went to his photo exhibition in Beijing in 2004.
他从读书时开始，就给他信找过不少麻烦。他信当上总理前，把所有的财产转移到了儿子的名下。不过，他是一个出色的摄影师。两年前，你也许还在北京的东方广场看过他的图片展。
Who would have thought back then, that Shinawatra would end up like this? I couldn't help wondering what Thailand is like now, through his lens? What's his father like now in his eyes?
当时，谁曾想到，这位摄影师的父亲会有今天的窘境？看着这张照片，真想知道，他镜头里的这场政变，究竟是什么颜色？他又会用什么角度，来看这其中的是是非非？而今天，他眼中的父亲，又是怎样的形象？
For all journalists, today is a big day, for many of them to prove how capable and efficient they are. Being an anchorman or newsman is a lot like being a pilot. Most of the time, it's business as usual, you almost think there's an auto pilot button that you can press and things will go smoothly by themselves. The only reason there have to be pilots in the cockpit is for emergency situations. For us, it's breaking news. It's breaking news that singles out good news people from mediocore ones.
Am sad to know about the coup but also, my journalistic instincts/habits led me to probe further. As an interviewer, I've had the privilege to get really close with some of the world's most powerful and influential leaders, and even interact with them in front of the camera. Therefore, when we watch news like that, it's not as distant as it might seems to people of other professions. It's like something happening around you, to someone you know well, you met. It just makes me feel particularly sad when somethings bad happens to them.
The Japanese people also had a new PM to be today. He's only 52 years young and is still a mystery to many. Koizumi was the first Japanes policitian to turn politics into a show. Would Abe Shinzo capable of the same? Would his diplomacy be better? Would he handle sensitive issues with honesty, wisdom and statsmanship?
What a day, someone's forced down, someone's about to step up. All on this part of the world where we Asians call home.
今天，真是多事之秋，一人欢喜一人愁。安倍，离首相咫尺之遥，他信，却不知走向何方。
Much remains to be seen.
（应留言的要求，写了几笔英文。说实话，打英文比中文快十倍，容易多了。留了几段拜托你们翻译，谢谢, 我想看看谁翻得更好)
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