Song and Dance in Songkhla - Part 3 - Whatever Will Be Will Be

Que Sera Sera is a popular song in Thailand at the moment. We even heard a club mix of it the other day. It has become popular due to a heartrenching ad on TV ....... for a bank. On our second night at BTNC we with the other farang Allyson were prevailed upon to sing it in English for the children to learn. Fortunately  for that performance we were provided with a backing track. No such luck at Songkhla. For a moment we thought we had got out of it, but no, the microphones appeared and for an audience of 100-150 attentive  preschool teachers we sang it again, this time unacompanied and amplified. They said it was good, but that sounded like a Tui billboard to me. The Thais are very polite.

 After that we were free. War memorial, Songkhla Aquarium, lunch and kite flying in the park, watching the monkeys, eating icecream, up the cable car to Tang Ruan Hill and the wat at the top, back to Leela for dinner with Rotjana and friends. A day just like when I was just a little boy and I asked my mother what I would be - would I be handsome? would I be rich? And do you know what she said to me? Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, the future's not ours to see, que sera sera, what will be will be.......