 In England ML Pin formed close friendships with fellow Thai students Prince Dulbhakara Worawan , Visuddhi Krairiksh , and Phanom Thephasdin , the first of which with whom he had been friends since their time as Royal Page Students . He also developed a taste for opera and classical music , on which he recalled spending quite a disproportionate amount of his scholarship 's allowance , eventually building a collection of 317 records . 
