Loy Krathong Day

Loy Krathong 2006

Today is Loy Krathong Festival. The moon is full and the weather is fine. Ua, Oam , Ob and I bought small krathong floral floats from a vendor at Bangchalong market. Rung joined us later at our Mooban's lake. Ob and Oam shared their krathong. They made their wish together before floating it on the water. As for myself, I asked for forgiveness from Mae Kongka, the river goddess, in case I did anything bad last year. I also asked Mae Kongka to protect my family and friends. It's a pity Meme, Jak and Axel were not with us tonight. Jak and Axel went out to a dinner party somewhere in town and Meme is now in Chiangrai. I remember that last year I was at Chachoengsao at Loy Krathong Festival, doing a stage show there. The site was by the river Bangpakong. Before the show started, it rained heavily and we had to wait until the rain stopped. For a finale, there were thousands of magnificent fireworks that night.

However, no fireworks to be seen or heard tonight, just flashing phantom-like lights and annnoying thunderous sound from big, big airplanes that flew above us incessantly. ( They look bigger now because they change their routes during winter time, from taking off pass our Mooban to descending directly over our roof to the airport.)

Later on, I sent the above drawing to Rung. He said it was not quite right and I should add some airplane to the pic. So I did. See how big it is?

Loy Krathong 2004

On Loy Krathong day in 2004, We went to Bangsai, Ayuthya to do the light and sound show. This was the gigantic krathong float on Chaophaya river which was also used as our performance stage. I used my cute Panasonic digital camera to capture this photo. The real one didnot look as nice as this pic but anyway, the size impressed many people, including me.