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“His Majesty the King had the true virtue. I did this for my
beloved King and the rain would not be able to break my
motive.”

Downpouring rain cannot cease
Lightning flashed in the clouds repeatedly
until the rain down poured around 8 PM.
Everyone was rushing into the nearby tents.
I was soaked and had to lay my camera down
at the bottom of my rucksack. When the rain
became lighter 30 minutes later, I walked
back to Sanam Luang. The road cleaners
were draining the flooding rainwater from
the road so people were able to walk while
the raincoats were handed out. The queue of
the Thais waiting to enter the Grand Palace
didn’t shrink. They would have to wait until
tomorrow. I decided to go back home because
I could feel that I would be catching a cold
soon.

21:17
Before I returned home, I stopped and talked
to a middle-aged woman, who was with her
son and daughter. “I’m from Krabi province.
This is my first day and it has been 12 hours
of waiting.” The place I met her was not even
close to the front of the queue. It would

definitely be the next day when she got to enter the Grand Palace. I asked her if she was tired
and the answer I received with her beaming face was, “His Majesty the King had the true virtue.
I did this for my beloved King and the rain would not be able to break my motive.” I took some
pictures of her family, and finally walked to the bus stop. I thought “I was here since 05:12. Now
it is 21:17, it’s the time for me to go back home, father.”

In fact, King Bhumibol did not leave us behind, instead, he lives in his people’s hearts forever.

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