King Bhumibol, the King of Thailand is a highly regarded man in this country therefore his birthday is a big deal. His birthday is a national holiday and so to celebrate the school held events on the Friday prior to commemorate his birthday. All the students formed lines on the football field and offered gifts to the Monks who came to the school for the occassion. Later in the day a Catholic service was held which I attended. Church services do not make a lot of sense to me when in English, when the whole service was in Thai as it was I had no chance of knowing what was happening. A few hymns and prayers and it was done. I did have to teach one class for the day after the morning classes were cancelled due to the services.
All teachers were required to stay at the school for a candlelight ceremony after sunset which was also not too long. The fireworks at the end actually made it worth the waiting around. As soon as we were allowed to leave the school I went out to dinner with some friends to celebrate a birthday, again all you can eat for 129 Baht which was followed by a visit to the Sun.Moon pub and my first visit to Dome nightclub.
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