Friday, December 5, 2014

In celebration of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday, today is a national holiday in Thailand. Since his birthday falls on a Friday this year, we are fortunate to have a long holiday weekend. Many Thais head straight to the beach and some make a beeline for the mall. Regardless of where the locals are spending their time this weekend, most don a yellow shirt. Why yellow you ask? Thais associate this color with Monday, the day of the week on which he was born, and anyway, it looks a little bit like gold, the color (and precious metal) that symbolizes royalty.