Last night one of the shift supervisors asked me, "Do you know it is my queen's birthday tomorrow?" I've had Thai people a number of times refer to the king or queen in this way, "my queen." I really don't think I'd ever refer to the US President as "my president" but instead "the president" or maybe "our president."
He told me there would be a ceremony this morning in the park on the other side of town that included a large number of monks and lots of people. And, that this would be happening from 8 - 9 am. Working until midnight last night, I wasn't too keen on waking up early. But figured it'd be worth it. Unfortunately, when I woke up it was raining cats and dogs, and it kept up past 9 am. I went back to sleep, then headed to the park later around 11 am. No sign of any festivities and no monks. On top of that, it started raining again. I took the road by the beach on the way back and took this picture:
For some reason, the water gets really green when there's a storm. Makes for a striking view with the dark skies overhead. Three days to Beijing!
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