Saturday, June 2, 2007

Lau Luck Nai Luang

For those of you are wandering what on earth that is, it means 'I Love The King' in Thai. It's no secret that I love all things Thai and that love extends to the Thai King, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. I'm so in awe of His Majesty that I was in Bangkok last year to celebrate both his birthday and the 60th anniversary of his ascension to the throne.

So imagine my excitement when I knew that his daughter, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn would be in Singapore in April to attend an exhibition organised by my company. A little background about HRH. She has devoted her life to the well-being of the Thai people and she is universally loved, along with the King, in Thailand. She has spearheaded numerous Royal projects for the benefit of the people and she personally works on them instead of being just a patron.

Although I didn't manage to speak to the Princess, I did catch her up close in action. It was an inspiring moment for me and I'm glad that Vivian finally sent me the pictures taken from that event. As Viv is leaving for Qatar soon, I'm happy to have a photo of us together. See you July in Qatar, Vivian!

HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn


The Princess arriving at the exhibition

Wallflower


Vivian and I

3 comments:

Dawn said...

I wonder what you'd do if U met the King one day. Faint probably! ;p Are U still wearing the yellow "I love the King" wristband?

RyanB said...

I guess I would be reduced to a puddle if I ever met the King. No I'm not wearing the wrist band anymore, my wrist is getting fat...

Anonymous said...

Hi there. I'm a great admirer of HRH Somdej Phra Debaratanarajasuda Chao Fa Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Rathasimagunakornpiyajat Sayamboromrajakumari. She is unpretentious, sincere and genuine. She's the real deal, the true successor of her father's characteristics, in my opinion, and hopefully the throne too. Some scorn her dowdy appearance but for me, it is a great honour indeed to prostrate at her feet.