and three police motorcycle formation we had lunch and set off to have an audience with Princess Soamsawali. At 2pm we arrived at Ampon Palace, the venue for the audience, and rehearsed our etiquette for the audience for one hour until she appeared.
3pm Despite her various official obligations Princess Soamsawali granted us an audience. As we were directed by an official from the Thai Royal Ministry we faced the Princess and greeted her with a bow and moved ourselves to face her until she sat in her chair. We bowed once more as she sat down. The Japanese artists and their companions were jubilated to see her bright smile. It was painful to keep our postures until the audience with the Princess was complete; but, despite standing for such a long time, I think that all of the Japanese there were able to solemnly maintain their composure due to the tension they felt from the lofty atmosphere with the Princess and in the palace. We first began by offering the Princess a donation for the International Red Cross and the UNAIDS fund one behalf of our company, the manager of the Great Exhibition of Asian Cultural Exchange; at the same time we received an itemized list of the articles donated by the King from the Princess. After this we received a Japan-Thai Art Friendship Special Envoy emblem patch from Her Royal Highness, Princess Soamsawali (as the event manager). Lastly, the audience with the Princess was completed when we were invited to sit with the Princess for a commemorative photo. (Because there were 70 people at the audience, I took the liberty of representing Finesse in the line.) A tea-break was organized for us by the Princess upon our exiting from inside the palace.
3:20pm After Ampon Palace we were to attend the opening ceremony, so we left for Queen Silikit National Convention Centre. With the police in the lead, we sailed through the usually jammed Bangkok city centre, and arrived at the Centre close to Sukhumvit, a region known for its traffic jams, right on time (5pm). With an edict from the King that this occasion of history of the country remains on film, even within the Royal Family, at the opening in attendance was Serien Highness Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol (Chatri). Prince Chatri was like the Steven Spielberg of Thailand, and was well known for his efforts towards cultural exchange. Rehearsals of the opening ceremony were performed until the Prince arrived, on schedule, at 6:30pm. During the rehearsals the Japanese artists performed as though each take was the real thing, and after the Prince finally arrived, the show went off without a hitch.

7:30pm A dinner party began in the restaurant inside the Queen Silikit National Convention Centre. Unfortunately, Prince Chatri could not attend due to official duties. However, the scholar, Madame Suree Jitsakanont, who was deeply familiar with the Thai Royal Family, was in attendance, and gave a speech that praised the contributions to the exchange between the Japanese artists and Thailand.
9:20pm The dinner finishes and we return to our hotel.
9:50pm We arrive at our hotel and we end the second day of our stay.

The bus stopped on a large street and we arrived at professor Noi's school nestled down an alley in the narrow streets of downtown. The children greeted the Japanese artists with a welcome dance. I couldn't detect any loneliness in the bright and lively faces of the dancing children. I think this is because professor Noi is aware of their sadness. First, Anuwat Boonithee, the director of WAC, greeted us, then professor Noi made the introductions, and the theme for this collaborative production was revealed to be 'What we like.' We were told that 'what we like' didn't necessarily have to be material things such as food, items or people, and then the production began. The adults took up brushes and, at the invite of the children to write on them, proceeded to fill our vision plane with the 'what we like.' The eyes of both the children and the adults seemed to be overflowing with the same kind of gleeful enthusiasm. About one hour later, the product was complete and a demonstration was given by a writer who had visited Thailand.

The writer helped the children manipulate brushes in a form of participatory seated hand-writing. The style, as it made the visual connect from ideographic Chinese characters like moon and sun to pictures, piqued the children's interest. When the final picture from the characters was completed, the session was wrapped up by a lively exchange with the Japanese artists during a commemorative photo opportunity.

Japan-Thai Art Friendship Special Envoy emblem we received during the audience with Princess Soamsawali. Somlabh, the first secretary of Her Royal Highness, acted in her stead. After the presentation, we enjoyed pleasant conversation over dinner. At 7:05pm the Finesse representative gave a final farewell and sent up a symbolic firework to mark the finality of the event.
7:40pm With the police in the lead we arrived at the new Suvarnabhumi Airport for our return trip home.