Yes, I am sincere and not a troll although it may appear that way since the symbolism is deeply layered/leveled.
Someone is intent on playing a "game of death" with me hence my life currently resembles the Episode "Down" from Season 2 of
Breaking Bad you see below.
Anyways, I'll try to contribute helpful advice to this thread even though correctly pointed out I am a Thailand fish. So, to follow up on the robbery. My phone should be covered by insurance. However, I'm going to need an official report and those don't seem easy to get from my experience yesterday. Apparantly, insurance fraud especially for so called stolen phones is heavy practice over here.
Visited 2 police stations yesterday, but as mentioned there is a language/cultural barrier and possibly suspicion of my story since I do not know exactly where this alley was (no longer had a phone and fight/flight behavior of needing to flee – just grabbed the next taxi home). Also, do not have clear markings of assault as I didn't take any blows to the face, just some scrapes on hands and body pain.
Also, as mentioned this type of report doesn't seem high on the priority list for many reasons especially damage to the tourism economy. So, today a continuation of that and getting in contact with insurance which I am told 1-800 toll free numbers to the US can be dialed through Skype so I will need to install and figure that out.
I'd also like to reiterate while there is money or a lot of money at stake in this situation, the money is only a symbol. And the reason why I have allowed (unconsciously) this drama to escalate to "game of death" level and not "minimized the problem" is because the money represents as shown in the Breaking Bad screenshots – freedom. Freedom of expression. And yes, I will die for that.
So, I'm still in Thailand and still have a little money to stir up "discussion". So, if anyone else is interested in similar let me know if you're down for fun.