It is another special event. I actually plan to spend last night in Thailand on 80th HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Birthday to see the celebration. The sea of yellow t-shirts on the streets peaks today. That shows his power to unite Thai people. Even bar girls in Soi Patpong are covering their uniforms which rarely hide anything and come out in the front and wait for the commemoration from the telecast. Stall holders are happy to hand over their spare candles to anyone who does not have one and tourists and shoppers are more than welcomed to join the Patpong community to pay homage to the beloved king this evening.
When the auspicious time comes, 8:19pm, the nation stops and the whole country sing the royal anthem and two more praise-the-king songs in candle light together. The rest of the candles are put up the footpaths or anywhere that can brighten up the streets. After that, Patpong is back to its business.
ทรงพระเจริญ Long live the King!
This trip was the first time I visited Thailand since I moved to Sydney in 2001. That was a very long time for an ex-pat to return to homeland.
One the other hand, my perspective changed around the medium at the timephotography. And I also started to use it as video projects.
Bangkok, I still love this fucking city.
- Bangkok Connection
- Thai Election Kicks Off
- Mochit 2
- Rayong Birds
- Bangkok Express
- Talad Thep Chinda
- 9 Days in the Kingdom
- 10 November 2007
- Paul’s Birthday
- Sticky Tuk Tuk
- FAT Festival
- FAT Concert
- Birthday Merit
- Feed the Fish
- Step – Stylish Nonsense
- Vanishing Marshland
- Likay Portraits
- The Long Lost Babies
- Error Ferris Wheel
- Happy Loy Krathong
- Loy Krathong in Pak Kred
- Demolishing Old House
- The Lost Three Gems in the City of Gods
- Not Far from Home
- Trading Buddhas
- Grand Palace
- Talk to the Other Side
- Moonlight with DH
- Residencies of Gods
- Go with the Flow
- Day and Night at Siam Square
- Market Afternoon Nap
- Bangkok Daybreak
- Mochit 2 Revisit
- 10 Years Tom Yum Goong Disease
- Watch Your Step
- Clashing Views on Skytrain
- Constructing Bangkok
- Trap Doors
- Patpong for the King
- Mobility of Faith
- Lost in Transportation
- Thailand Random Symmetry
- The Miscellaneous Memories of Bangkok
- The Departure
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