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Eye mutilation - I wish the first note of the year could be more positive. I've been subjected to lots of harrassment this past week, and it somewhat subsided yesterday. But the last few incidents involved people shouting 'no!' and 'learn' at me. Well wouldn't you know it, a few hours later, I've developed an eye infection. So far it's not too bad, but it feels weird and definitely a bit painful. It's a bit swollen and puffy. I just hope it doesn't get any worse.

This sort of thing happens at the end of almost every harrassment campaign. I've written about it many times before. Eventually in one way or another I always end up getting mutilated.

Not exactly how I'd hoped to usher in the new year. #

Assaulted with projectile - In addition to the eye infection, at around 10pm last night, a small gang of late teens youths, sat nearby me, started eating food and throwing garbage all about the place. I said to not throw garbage everywhere. A short while later, they came back and tried to start an argument. A girl from the gang threatenned to call the police, I said fine call them.

A bit later the police showed up, I explained what had happened, eventually they drove off. Right after they drove off the girl threw an unnopened can of drink at me very hard from about 3 meters away. The can hit me full force on the inside of my arm. I expect it will leave some bruising as the impact was very severe.

I believe the events were pre-meditated, and part of the intimidation campaign that's been waged against me all week from anonymous gang stalkers. #

More projectiles - The assaults continued through the night. At around 3am a motorbike drove past throwing both what appeared to be an empty glass bottle and a large paper cup filled with some form of soft drink. I got covered with the soft drink on my head and torso. Thankfully the glass bottle didn't hit me but it must have smashed right next to me, there was broken glass everywhere.

Five minutes later what appeared to be a police man drove past on a non-descript moped and shouted some abuse at me.

Not the best new year's I've had.

Quite a shameful way to start 2024 from vietnam in my humble opinion.

If past experience is anything to go by, this will set in motion a new harrassment campaign as I am repeatedly blamed for everything in the universe, then blamed again for being blamed. #

2024: Vietnamese year of shame - Quite a lot of verbal harrassment from the new year's day early morning runners. Given yesterday evening's harrassment and assaults done to me, I'm calling 2024 the vietnamese year of shame. Don't feel like you need to participate in this, it's not like I'm planning some form of counter offensive, it's entirely meant to be symbolic.

I sincerely hope it does not escallate, though given that many of this morning's runners were wearing red tshirts with the vietnam yellow star on the front, and the number 42 on the back, I think it's fair to say that looks likely. Thankfully murdering life the universe and everything in the near future, is probably a bit optimistic on their part. #

Ownership of everything - It occurs to me this morning that if one wanted at some stage to redesign the vietnamese flag for any reason, then perhaps a fitting thing to do with the old ones would be to send them all up in a space rocket and fly them into our star the sun. #