Comments on: Monday = Yellow http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: New Mandala » From the New Mandala archives http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/comment-page-1/#comment-6222 New Mandala » From the New Mandala archives Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:47:52 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=78#comment-6222 [...] Back in June – when a coup was almost unthinkable and when the afterglow of the royal celebrations was still fresh - I wrote my very first piece for New Mandala. It was published on 20 June 2006. I was in Bangkok at the time and had been struck by the yellow shirts that had become a ubiquitous social and political statement by then. [...]

]]> By: New Mandala » 19/9, a Tuesday http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 New Mandala » 19/9, a Tuesday Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:05:26 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=78#comment-2527 [...] This coup could never have been called on a Monday.  Monday is, as we have remarked many times on New Mandala, the King’s day.  This year it has been marked as the day of yellow shirts and public ritual. [...] [...] This coup could never have been called on a Monday.  Monday is, as we have remarked many times on New Mandala, the King’s day.  This year it has been marked as the day of yellow shirts and public ritual. [...]

]]> By: New Mandala » Just Another Yellow Monday… http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 New Mandala » Just Another Yellow Monday… Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:31:39 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=78#comment-1361 [...] Further to my post of June 26, Bangkok remains awash with yellow every Monday.  I can also report, with some authority, that the city’s major wholesale clothing markets remain stocked with hundreds of thousands of yellow shirts.  I am not exaggerating! [...] [...] Further to my post of June 26, Bangkok remains awash with yellow every Monday.  I can also report, with some authority, that the city’s major wholesale clothing markets remain stocked with hundreds of thousands of yellow shirts.  I am not exaggerating! [...]

]]> By: Nicholas Farrelly http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Nicholas Farrelly Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:24:21 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=78#comment-22 Varaporn, Thanks for pointing out the existence of this "invitation". I look forward to the many yellow Mondays to come. NSF Varaporn,

Thanks for pointing out the existence of this “invitation”. I look forward to the many yellow Mondays to come.

NSF

]]> By: varaporn http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2006/06/26/monday-yellow/comment-page-1/#comment-21 varaporn Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:17:31 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=78#comment-21 One of the reasons for the pervasive Yellow Mondays is because every (royal) government offices (and a number of private companies) throughout the country has issued an "invitation for cooperation" asking their employees to wear yellow shirts everyday from 1-15 June and every monday after that until the end of the year. Yes, you're right. The Yellow Mondays will continue to be in force till the end of the year. One of the reasons for the pervasive Yellow Mondays is because every (royal) government offices (and a number of private companies) throughout the country has issued an “invitation for cooperation” asking their employees to wear yellow shirts everyday from 1-15 June and every monday after that until the end of the year. Yes, you’re right. The Yellow Mondays will continue to be in force till the end of the year.

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