Phuket is a bit special to me because it was the first place I went to on plane in my life. It was 1992, I flew from Singapore to Phuket with my cousins and uncle and it marked as my first flying trip of my life. In my impressions, Phuket is one of the most beautiful places I've been through. When tsunami strikes Phuket on late Dec, 2004, I was quite devastated. However, in Jan I was told to help out a short shoot for the trip to Phuket, I never hesitated. Stories came from everywhere, from good to bad. Without much believing, I went to see to believe with my own eyes rather than listening to nonsenses and rumours.
This pic is taken at the famous Patong beach, it is clean as ever. The buildings behind this beach is still in the middle of reconstructions. I never smell anything or see anything as I was told, things like dead bodies, missing body parts or things like that.
As part of my job, I needed to shoot the month old anniversary of tsunami disaster at Patong Beach at night with other journalists and media from all over the world. The candles you see represent every single soul perished by the disaster. We were there till late and we didn't see any "extra" things as well. For the 2 nights we had our usual fun partying till late, walking on Patong beaches at 2-3am feeling the breeze of cool winds. To me it was a great experience where how people can turn a disaster place to a paradise again in weeks time. Its an effort to be praised and the respect for the local people who stands up independently and built up the area by themselves. Please remember that don't expect people to help you when you never try to help yourself at the first place. For this, I salute the Thais!
As part of my job, I needed to shoot the month old anniversary of tsunami disaster at Patong Beach at night with other journalists and media from all over the world. The candles you see represent every single soul perished by the disaster. We were there till late and we didn't see any "extra" things as well. For the 2 nights we had our usual fun partying till late, walking on Patong beaches at 2-3am feeling the breeze of cool winds. To me it was a great experience where how people can turn a disaster place to a paradise again in weeks time. Its an effort to be praised and the respect for the local people who stands up independently and built up the area by themselves. Please remember that don't expect people to help you when you never try to help yourself at the first place. For this, I salute the Thais!
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