It has been a month since rare anti-government protests in Burma were suppressed by the military government there.
Life is back to normal now, 'normal' being a total decline in every area. Poverty, fear, lack of human rights, that's what's normal here.
Many families can only afford one meal a day and people have started to drink rice juice when they can't afford to buy food.
There are two groups of people - a small group determined to fight until they reach their goal and a huge number of people who wait in the dark and hope for salvation from outside.
Fear is everywhere and it's stronger than before.
With fear comes anger. This anger will never go away until this regime is destroyed forever.
The soldiers act like gods treating people like slaves.
We won't stop fighting for democracy. We want them to leave the throne and free Aung San Suu Kyi.
People are outraged but they are also scared.
Many believe that this is just the beginning, not the end
You can smell the fear in the air.
clipped from: news.bbc.co.uk