Thai high

The Thai National Day was held at the grand ballroom of Dusit Thani Hotel. Thais throughout the country gather for a celebration in honor of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 82nd birthday. His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth King of the Chakri Dynasty, is the world’s longest reigning monarch. For the Thai people, the beloved King symbolically represents the Father of the Nation and for that reason, his birthday is also Father’s Day in Thailand. Panoramas of His Majesty the King’s Royal Initiative Projects were set up to create an educational exhibit.

Thai Ambassador Kulkumut Singhara Na Ayudhaya welcomed the distinguished guests. The welcome entourage was followed by Minister Counsellor Chakorn Suchiva; Group Captain Nathpong Viriyakupt, Thai Air Attache; Captain Wilers Smabut, Thai Naval Attache; and Minister Suree Jirattikankul of the Commercial Section. Guests were also met by Thai hostesses handing out fresh orchid corsages from Thai Airways, courtesy of GM Nivat Chantarachoti. 

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, accompanied by his wife Lovely, was the chief guest of the night. The Royal Thai Embassy together with the Thai community led the feast of different Thai restaurants in Manila such as Thai Patio, Thai Silk, Oody’s, People’s Palace and Jariya’s Kitchen to name a few while the Siam Cement Group of Companies presented its imported array of construction and structural merchandise.

The evening ended with a candle lighting ceremony while singing the Royal Anthem as homage to His Majesty the King and the monarchy. The Thai Airways team handed guests with Thai sweets on the way out. The event was also a celebration of the harmonious relationship shared by Thais and Filipinos.

An innovation called Corbyville

Samsung Mobile, the leading brand known for its continuous innovation in mobile phones, has recently unveiled three new phones — the CorbyTXT (B3210), B3410 and the CorbyPRO (B5310).

Set at the SM Mall of Asia Entertainment Hall, the Corbyville activity area showcased the biggest youth event sponsored by Samsung. The Claret School of Quezon City emerged as the champion for the booth decoration contest followed closely by Colegio San Agustin, then Adamson University. Students enjoyed the different activity booths, including the marriage booth, jail booth and photo booth for free. Upon registration, students were given corbys (the village money) as their play money.

The launch of the Corbyville also celebrated the launch of the newest series of Samsung Corby Phones. UAAP sports VJ Rizza Diaz hosted the festivities of the day, while teen stars Matt Evans and Melissa Ricks joined Samsung executives Fe Varilla, Coco Domingo, Mylene Gabriel, Stef Chua, Raine Javalera and Odette Velarde in welcoming the new Samsung phones.

Built with ergonomically-designed QWERTY keypads and pop-up social networking site messaging, these new phones allow for quick and easy messaging online and status updating. Plus, updates posted online by friends can be automatically pushed to a user’s mobile. The new Corby line also boasts of enhanced instant messaging capabilities. These phones provide for multi IM so that contacts from different instant messaging portals like Google Talk, AIM and ICQ can be pooled into one chat session so the new threaded message feature of these phones allow for viewing the entire SMS conversation on the screen.

The New CorbyTXT, B3410 and CorbyPRO phones are all equipped with either a two or three megapixel camera and also provide for mobile entertainment with their music player so users can listen to their favorite MP3s or radio DJ (FM radio capability) anywhere they go.

(Log on to ph.samsungmobile.com and click on the banner that will lead you to the Samsung Corbyville microsite. Be part of the newest virtual city and the ultimate youth community — Samsung Corbyville.)