I am going Thai

One of my former school theater org adviser turned friend once encouraged me to watch a Thai gay-themed film, The Love of Siam. I am not into these kinds of films but after he gave me some overview (tissue-on-his-cheeks-because-he-cried moment), I watched it. The film was over-flowing with boys, good-looking Thai boys, but my eyes were only at one of the lead characters, Mew who was played by Witwisit Hiranyawongkul a.k.a. Pchy (Today is his birthday! Woo).  Aside from his cuteness, he also plays the electric piano and ukulele and he sings well. He is just so lovely!

After watching the film, I started to have some research on him. Until I realized, I have made a folder on my phone memory for his downloaded images. Then I twirled my tongue for me to sing one of his songs, and forced my brain to memorize it. Dude, it was a Thai song. And just like other die-hard fans, I learned common and easy Thai words and phrases. Learning their language almost killed me. It was really hard that I thought of going back to learning my algebra than learning Thai. But because of perseverance, and love (?). I somehow managed it. And so I learned to say chan rhak koon which means I love you, khob koon ka is thank you and all that.

It just didn’t stop there, I made a bet with my friend who was mentioned earlier, that if I make it at the top ten, national level of the Licensure Examination for Teachers, he must purchase the latest album of Pchy’s band, the August Band, fresh from Thailand. Yes, it must be shipped all the way from where it came from. Wait! There’s more! I made stories which I plan to present to Thai film producers/makers and have it as a project. Uh, uh, uh, there’s more craziness! I was so creative that I drew the national flags of the Philippines and Thailand combined, in the shape of a heart. :D