I went down to Sydney to visit a friend. I was early when I arrived at Central Station so I decided to take a short walk to see how much the city had changed since I was last there. Something triggered in my mind the thought that I should tell my friend how popular yellow shirts are in Thailand at the moment. Then I noticed in the park there were yellow shirts everywhere. 'This is amazing.' I thought.' Just like Thailand.'As I got closer I realized this corner of the park was full of khon Thai (Thai people) in yellow shirts supporting the Thai king.
When I was recently in Bangkok I noticed that the most popular clothing item was a yellow shirt. Apparently yellow is the king's favourite colour and these shirts with the royal insignia were issued to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the king's reign. On the king's birthday, December 5, I would say that at the local shopping mall about 80% of people were wearing those shirts.
And now, here they are in Sydney. There was some sort of gathering complete with monks. I wandered around taking a few photos. Everyone seemed busy so I didn't get a chance to ask what was going on.
I wandered across the road. There was a restored old building there and many of the Thais were heading into it. It was very crowded inside so I didn't bother to go in but it looked like a shop selling Thai groceries and other products that people from Thailand must miss when the live in Sydney. Then I noticed the sign over the door was in Thai too.
Nice to see a little bit of Thailand here in Australia.
