Bean pickers’ persevering son gets scholarship, bicycle

By The Nation

 

 

A Surat Thani boy who crossed streams, canals and hills on foot daily to get to school was finally noticed and offered help on Thursday (July 16) by several organisations, including the provincial governor.

 

The story of “Tawan” went viral on the internet after two teachers went to visit the boy’s home on foot, because it was not accessible by car.

 

The teachers admitted that the boy’s home was difficult to get to because it was on a hill in a remote part of the valley.

 

They also met the parents, who worked as bitter bean pickers at a plantation. The parents thanked the visitors by giving them some beans.

 

Later, Surat Thani governor Witchawut Jinto and other local government officials showed up at school to give Tawan a scholarship and a bicycle.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30391424

 

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Presumably the school is on a road. I hope to goodness that he survives the traffic OK whilst on his bike.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Later, Surat Thani governor Witchawut Jinto and other local government officials showed up at school to give Tawan a scholarship and a bicycle.

I'm sure the boy was thrilled to hear he was receiving such a gift... stood up at school when they arrived and took off the rapping to unveil a PINK bike !!!

That's like your Dad naming you Sue !

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

a PINK bike

Not a big deal in Thailand. He was thrilled to get a bike.

The colour "pink" is part of Thai tradition - reference Baanajarn:-

 

Colors in Thailand matter. At least for part of the Buddhist population. In Thai (and Khmer) tradition, each day of the week is assigned a specific color. This is the reason, you see many people wearing yellow on Mondays, pink on Tuesdays, and so on. The chart below lists the colors considered lucky and unlucky on specific days of the week.

 

Day	Lucky Color	Unlucky Color
Sunday	red	blue
Monday	yellow	red
Tuesday	pink	yellow and white
Wednesday (day)	green	pink
Wednesday (night)	grey	orange-red
Thursday	orange	purple
Friday	light blue	black and dark blue
Saturday	purple	green

 

So, perhaps the young lad was given his bike on a Tuesday, making it lucky!! Made happy reading.

So good to hear positive refreshing good news.