-- Loy Kratong Festival in Japan --

A full moon day of the last month of the year according to Thai calendar is coming soon this Wednesday (Nov,16-the day that Bush president will be here in Kyoto). We, Thai people, celebrate the day, called Loy Kratong festival, at night by floating the Kratong, which is traditionally made by banana leaves and trunk, into the river or the pond in order to thank the river that gives us happy life.

It was the first time here in Kansai area that we formally celebrated the festival.
The festival was held in Ogimachi Park in Osaka.....

I was a part of the festival as a visitor and also a contest singer...haha Unbelievable, right??
That was just for fun and never hope for the prize (And it was finally true)..
Thanks for P'Jiw being a nice acoustic guitar back-up...
I was accidentally the first person for the contest, and only few audience listened to me.
But that's enough for me.... : )

Always...จะเก็บเธออยู่ในใจเสมอ
และนี่คือเสียง... เสียงเพลงที่มาจากใจ
เธอจะอยู่ที่ไหน ขอจงได้รับรู้
หากเธอมีทุกข์ ร้อนใดตอนที่ฉันไม่อยู่
อยากให้เธอรู้ว่ายังมีฉันยืนอยู่ข้างเธอ
*จะยืนอยู่ตรงนี้ จะรอเธอตรงนี้ เพื่อเธอคนเดียว
ไม่ว่าทางจะคดเคี้ยว ทางจะลดเลี้ยวเท่าไหร่
จะนานสักเพียงไหน ยาวนานสักเพียงไหน จะนานนานเท่าไหร่
ยังคนเก็บเธอไว้ จะเก็บเธออยู่ในใจเสมอ...
...ยังอยู่ในใจเสมอ...

This festival had another contest called Miss Loy Kratong..(นางนพมาศ)..
It was finally a girl aged 13-year old won the contest, while the representative from Thai students in Kyoto went to the 3rd. But, that might be reasonable.....

Before we went back home around 7.30pm, we tried to find Kratong to float as traditions but they were sold out...What the pity!!!! Many Kratongs floated in the pond made me feel the past atmostphere on the Loy Kratong day in Chulalongkorn, my undergraduate university.

I miss U wa, Chulalongkorn...
And I miss U wa, Thailand...