9th February: Chinese New Year's Day.

23rd February: Magha Bucha Day. This important Buddhist holy day marks the auspicious occasion when 1,250 of Lord Buddha's adherents spontaneously congregated to hear him give a sermon. Merit-making ceremonies are held during the day at temples throughout the country, while at night, triple candlelit circumambulations are staged around major temples.

6th April: Chakri Day, a public holiday on 7th April to commemorate King Rama I who was the first of the Chakri Kings.

13th-15th April: Songkran Day. The traditional Thai New Year is an occasion for celebration throughout the country. This occasion is marked with religious ceremonies as well as public festivities. Water throwing among the people in a spirit of fun and goodwill is the main activity of this festival.

1st May: National Labour Day.

5th May: Coronation Day, a public holiday on 6th May to commemorate the coronation of the king.

11th May: Royal Ploughing Ceremony, on 9th May of this year. King Bhumibol oversees the ancient Ploughing Ceremony to mark the beginning of the rice-planting season. This ceremony began in India, but it has been practiced in Thailand for hundreds of years. The ceremony is very important for Thai farmers, because it predicts how much rain will fall and how well the crops will grow. Thousands of farmers come to the Grand Palace to watch.

22nd May: Visakha Bucha, This is the holiest of all the auspicious Buddhist religious days, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. All over the country, people go to temples to listen to sermons by revered monks and make merit. Shortly after sunset, candlelit circumambulations take place around major temples.

21st July: Asanha Pucha Day, The full-moon day of the eighth lunar month marks the preaching of Lord Buddha's first sermon to his first five disciples after attaining Enlightenment more than 2,500 years ago. In the evening, candlelit processions take place in Buddhist temples around the country.

22nd July: Buddist Lent, This day marks the commencement of the Buddhist Lent or Phansa during which monks must reside inside their temples to study and meditate. This is also the most auspicious time for Buddhist ordinations since it marks a period of renewed spiritual vigour.

12th August: The Queen's Birthday Celebration (Mother's Day), To display their loyalty and to honour Her Majesty Queen Sirikit on the occasion of her royal birthday, the Thai people decorate their houses and public buildings. Around Bangkok, Ratchadamnoen Avenue, the area around the Grand Palace and other well-known locations are bedecked with coloured lights and magnificent adornments.

23rd October: Chulalongkorn Day, a public holiday to commemorate King Rama V who started to do a lot of things like a first hospital, railways, post office, abolished etc.

October: Buffalo Racing in Chonburi

16th November: Loy Krathong, a festival on the full moon of November. Krathong is a little cup shaped like a lotus flower, each with a candle and incense stick inside. Loy Krathong mean "flotaing Krathongs." This is an offering to mother of water to ask her to forgive us for polluting the water.

On Loy Krathong day, I went to my grandmother's home to Loy Krathong with my family. My brother and I bought Krathongs to float on the river. Before we floted it we prayed and asked mother of the water to forgive us for polluting the water.