Dumping a few pictures of the Loy Krathong celebration last night, my third time to experience the festival.
Loy Krathong is one of my favorite festivals in the Land of Smiles. It's not as frantic as Songkran and way less commercialized than Christmas and New Year. Loy Krathong is rather more solemn and just chill.
For a background on Loy Krathong, please refer to
this Wikipedia entry, puede?
Bubbles and I decided to wreak havoc in Chulalongkorn University where we were astounded by raging students running all over the campus.
Damn, look what we found? Two gorgeous boys whom Bubbles were daring enough to have our pictures with. Hahahaha. How insane is that?!
Anyway, they are way too cute to let go of, chai mai? OMG, my ovaries! How do you say, "I wanna have your babies pronto" in Thai?
May balloon balloon portion pa! How Sherryl Cruz and Romnick Sarmienta, di ba?
Bubbles and I then moved to Lumphini Park to meet Liwayway and Simply Em. There we released our little floats in one of the park's ponds.
I'm just a bit worried how they'd dispose all those floating garbage, chai mai?
Thanks to Bubbles for the photos 2, 4, and 5.
Loy Krathong is always celebrated during the full moon, hence its date changes annually. This year, Bubbles and I went to the Phra Athit riverside park. Just like any location that has a body of water in it, Phra Athit was packed, and there was even a show recounting the origins and associated rites of Loy Krathong.
There were also many stalls selling desserts and drinks. I was ecstatic to see a stall selling cotton candy. I hardly see cotton candy these days. I remember as a child I always got one after Sunday mass.
From Phra Athit, Bubbles and I went to the Rama VIII bridge where heaps of people were releasing lanterns. The air was heavy with smoke when we reached the bridge. But the sight of numerous lanterns floating in the air like tiny fireflies was worth it. Later that evening from my window I could still see the lanterns flicker in the night sky.
By the way, last week, we had some visitors from Siem Reap and Hong Kong. Pout kung pout, love.
