tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82643070104028870832024-02-07T15:07:10.409-08:00Princess of Narathiwatkru.fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04995272904302049974noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264307010402887083.post-13101401224232348842008-02-02T02:07:00.000-08:002008-02-02T02:13:28.838-08:00Princess of narathiwat : DeathI'm looking about news. On January 2, 2008, the Royal Household Bureau made an announcement that after the Princess' condition worsened on the night of Tuesday, January 1, 2008, she passed away at 2:54AM on Wednesday, January 2, 2008, at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, aged 84. There was to be a mourning period of 100 days, starting from the day of her death. The Prime Minister announced that all government officials and agencies would wear black for 15 days while the cabinet would wear black for the full 100 days.<br /><br />Thai people very sad and need wishes for our Princess of Narathiwat. But in our heart always ...<br />"HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana"<br /><br />Best regards,<br />Teacher of Thailand and Thai people.kru.fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04995272904302049974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264307010402887083.post-86574765859856745152008-02-02T02:00:00.000-08:002008-02-02T02:06:36.424-08:00Princess of Narathiwat : InterestingI'm love Thailand and My King & My Princess.<br /><br /><strong>Books and writing<br /></strong>HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana liked reading and writing books since she was young. During studying in Prathom 1 ‘til Prathom 3, she had read Thai-language book as many as can be found. But that time children’s books were rare, so she often read newspaper. However she had remembered that she had ever read a children’s story, which then she found again in French-language during studying in Switzerland, its name is ‘Sans Famille’. During secondary study, especially at Geneva, Switzerland, she had read many literatures. She found that reading can develop her French language skill. Then when she was a French language teacher at Thammasat University, she had read many books about linguistics. In addition, she also read and studied in the subject of art, culture, archaeology, and history for a long time. Before she visited foreign countries, for each time she would read books and documents about those countries thoroughly. In writing subject, when she was nine, with her friends in Srapathum Palace, she tried on publishing the journal named ‘Ruaen Rom’, which her articles were wrote on. Her mother supported her in reading and writing English-language. On 10 September 1932, she distributed the tale story she wrote. In addition, she wrote 11 poetries about the royal family, 3 translated books, 10 tourism non-fiction books, and an academic article.<br /><br /><strong>Photography<br /></strong>Princess Galyani Vadhana was interested in photography, which she had learnt to take photographes not only for recalling, but also for art and academic purposes.<br />When she visited important places either in-house or abroad, she always took photographes of her interesting with herself. Those photographes were useful for her travel writings.<br /><br /><strong>Education<br /></strong>Princess Galyani Vadhana was interested in education not only for university education. She realized that the primary education is very important for population quality development.<br />From her experience in teaching French language for a long time, she realized problem of uncontinuous French language subject for Mattayom and university education. In 1977 She found L'Association Thailandaise des Professeurs de Francais (The Association of Thai Professors Teaching French Language) to be the center for meeting in exchanging experience and improvement teaching French language in Mattayom and university classes. She took a position of the president of the association between 1977 and 1981, then she was the honorary president along her life. Her assistance to the association was in many ways, included assistance in publishing journals to distribute the modern knowledge, writing her own articles in journals, and supporting teachers to meeting in seminar, research abroad and study in higher education.<br />With her working, teaching and research of French language in Thailand had been developed continuously. She was conferred honorary degree of doctor in many branches, and also conferred honor from many foreign governments and international organizations, included UNESCO.<br /><br /><strong>Foreign Affairs<br /></strong>Princess Galyani Vadhana had visited abroad many times on formal and private visits. In addition to strengthening friendly relations with those countries, her visits helped spread knowledge of Thai culture and customs. Before any such visit she would carry out careful research. After most of visitations, she collected her record notes and the information about those countries to publish books or produce in digital medias to distributing.kru.fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04995272904302049974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264307010402887083.post-22729183359904545172008-01-20T08:10:00.000-08:002008-01-20T08:31:41.693-08:00Priness of Narathiwat : Biography<span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Biography</strong><br /><br /><strong>Early Life</strong><br />HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana was born on 6 May 1923 in London, England, the only daughter of HRH Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Songkla, the sixty-ninth son of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and seventh son by Queen Savang Vadhana, and Miss Sangwal Talabhat. Later known as HRH Princess Srinagarindra, The Princess Mother. She was firstly named "May" on her birth certificate and was later named Mom Chao Galyani Vadhana Mahidol by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). The word "Vadhana" in her name came from the one of her paternal grandmother, Savang Vadhana. In 1927, she was subsequently promoted to the royal rank, a Princess of Thailand (Phra Vorawongse Ther Phra Ong Chao) by King Prajadhipok (Rama VII).<br /><br /><strong>Marriage</strong><br />In 1944, Princess Galyani Vadhana renounced her royal order of precedence in order to marry Colonel Aram Rattanakul Serireongrit between 24 August 1920 - 3 February 1982, the son of General Luang Serireongrit (Charoon Ratanakul Serireongrit), a former Army commander-in-chief around the time of World War II. They are the parents of the only daughter, Thanpuying Dasna Valaya Ratanakul Serireungriddhi but later Sorasongkram (born in 1945 in Switzerland). This marriage ended in divorce. In 1950, when the current King ascended to the throne, he reinstated her royal order of precedence.<br /><br />In 1969, The Princess then married HH Prince </span><a title="Waranonthawat" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waranonthawat"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Varananda Dhavaj</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> (</span><a title="August 19" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_19"><span style="color:#ffffff;">19 August</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span><a title="1922" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1922"><span style="color:#ffffff;">1922</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> - </span><a title="September 15" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_15"><span style="color:#ffffff;">15 September</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> </span><a title="1990" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990"><span style="color:#ffffff;">1990</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">), son of </span><a title="Chudadhut Dharadilok" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudadhut_Dharadilok"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Prince Chudadhuj Dharadilok, Prince of Bejraburna</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> and Mom Ravi Kayananda. They had no children.<br /></span><a id="Only_female_.22Krom.22_of_the_King_Rama_IX" name="Only_female_.22Krom.22_of_the_King_Rama_IX"></a><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Royal projects<br /></strong>Under the princess' royal patronage, projects included the traditional </span><a title="Thai art" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_art"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Thai arts</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, </span><a title="Education" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education"><span style="color:#ffffff;">education</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, </span><a title="Sport" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport"><span style="color:#ffffff;">sports</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, </span><a title="Social welfare" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_welfare"><span style="color:#ffffff;">social welfare</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, etc. She was </span><a title="President" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President"><span style="color:#ffffff;">president</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> and honorary president of various organisations and </span><a title="Foundation (charity)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_%28charity%29"><span style="color:#ffffff;">foundations</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, including the Cardiac Children’s Foundation, the Princess Mother’s Charity Fund, the </span><a title="Autism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Autistic</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> Foundation of Thailand. She created her own foundation for funding the studies of gifted young musicians.<br />She was a </span><a title="Patron" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron"><span style="color:#ffffff;">patron</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> of various classical music foundations. With her trips, she always gathered important and useful information which was shown in the Royal news, giving knowledge to people. She also wrote books, poetry, and spoke French. She traveled widely within Thailand and abroad to represent the royal family and her country on missions.<br /></span><a id="Health_issues" name="Health_issues"></a><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>Health issues<br /></strong>The princess was admitted </span><a title="Siriraj Hospital" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siriraj_Hospital"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Siriraj Hospital</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> in June 2007, suffering from abdominal pains. Doctors found she had </span><a title="Cancer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer"><span style="color:#ffffff;">cancer</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, and she remained in the hospital for treatment. In October 2007, doctors reported the princess had suffered an </span><a title="Infarction" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infarction"><span style="color:#ffffff;">infarction</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> on the left side of her brain as a result of </span><a title="Occlusion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occlusion"><span style="color:#ffffff;">occlusion</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> of a </span><a title="Cerebral artery" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_artery"><span style="color:#ffffff;">cerebral artery</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">.<br />At the same time in October, her brother, King </span><a title="Bhumibol Adulyadej" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Bhumibol Adulyadej</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> was treated at Siriraj after he experienced weakness on his right side; doctors later found out through scans that he had a blood shortage to his brain. He was admitted on October 13 and discharged on November 7. After leaving Siriraj, the monarch has visited his sister at the hospital on an almost daily basis.<br />On December 14, the Royal Household Bureau released its 25th statement about the princess' health, saying she was feeling increasingly tired and was becoming less responsive.<br /><br />I'm reading from </span><a href="http://www.wikipedaia.com/wiki"><span style="color:#ffffff;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;"> web, Thank you.</span>kru.fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04995272904302049974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264307010402887083.post-4166555199734658552008-01-20T02:54:00.000-08:002008-01-20T08:02:34.354-08:00Galyani Vadhana<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHaw-m2tjX-DajAl2kSswUdCOxJi9IcY-xSPCRpV-F5u0nbn1MVywwiJIW0jR0UcFrXidy0cG6oLwrbt2R_WhyphenhyphenCTtgZfuNXECHa9H4Lw8EiidtD3t0fyBVj-o_Rs520q7bWDUNDfnhAgp/s1600-h/190px-HRH_Galyani_at_Siriraj_hospital_1stJanuary2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157511158220408130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHaw-m2tjX-DajAl2kSswUdCOxJi9IcY-xSPCRpV-F5u0nbn1MVywwiJIW0jR0UcFrXidy0cG6oLwrbt2R_WhyphenhyphenCTtgZfuNXECHa9H4Lw8EiidtD3t0fyBVj-o_Rs520q7bWDUNDfnhAgp/s320/190px-HRH_Galyani_at_Siriraj_hospital_1stJanuary2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Thinking of Thai Princess<br />Galyani Vadhana<br />Light for all people<br />Will in our heart forever.<br /><br /><a title="Her Royal Highness" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Royal_Highness">HRH</a> Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Narathiwat (<a title="Thai" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai">Thai</a>: สมเด็จพระเจ้าพี่นางเธอ เจ้าฟ้ากัลยาณิวัฒนา กรมหลวงนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์) (<a title="May 6" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_6">6 May</a> <a title="1923" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923">1923</a> – <a title="January 2" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2">2 January</a> <a title="2008" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008">2008</a>) was a Princess of <a title="Thailand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand">Thailand</a> and the elder sister of King <a title="Ananda Mahidol" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Mahidol">Ananda Mahidol</a> (<a title="Rama VIII" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_VIII">Rama VIII</a>) and King <a title="Bhumibol Adulyadej" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej">Bhumibol Adulyadej</a> (<a title="Rama IX" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_IX">Rama IX</a>). She was also a direct granddaughter of <a title="King Chulalongkorn" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Chulalongkorn">King Chulalongkorn</a> (<a title="Rama V" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_V">Rama V</a>).kru.fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04995272904302049974noreply@blogger.com0