Good bye JJ

Yesterday, the owner of Jid-joy

told Evan and I that she died.


Sad but glad.


Jid-joy doesn't have to deal with the pain

on her leg any more.


I kind of knew she was going to die soon.

I just didn't want to say.


She was being very very active.

I would go say hi to her like I always did,

and she would be walking around,

or she would be looking outside.


I just kind of felt this

last bit of her energy that she was

trying to use up before she goes.



I wonder what she was seeing outside?

It's a little bit sad that

I don't get to say hi to her

before Evan and I go on a bike ride.



Rest in Peace JJ.

I guess it is a little bit weird
writing about JJ's death and food on a same blog
but I guess I will....

These is this noodle dish called

Kao-soi

in Chiang Mai.



The base is yellow curry soup

and it has egg noodles,

and on top of that, it comes with crunchy noodles

It usually comes with pickles nappa-cabbage,

onions, and limes.

I usually add some sugar in it.

(I was skeptical at first

but I decided to give it a try,

and oh my,

it made it even tastier.)



Visiting new kao-soi places is

Something Evan and I have been doing lately.

(Oh no, we are doing it for you

so you can have the best one

when you come to Chiang Mai!)



Anyways, I just wanted to write about

the place we went yesterday

because the restaurant was cute.



There are many places

that use old sewing machines for a table

but it was my first time seeing

an actual sewing machine still being attached

to it.

I really love the idea,

and I might do the same thing

when I get an old sewing machine.

Old sewing machines' designs are

so beautiful.....

Well, tonight we leave for Laos.

Wish us some luck.

Wat Ton Kwaen and dance

She is a grandma dog that lives


on the ground floor


of my apartment.


She is really really old


and sick. (She was tumor on her leg...)


She is worried and scared


but slowly, she is getting used to me.


I hope I get to touch her one of these days.

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On Saturday I went to see


a contemporary dance performance.


At first I was a little hesitant


since I have never been too fond of


contemporary dance.


It's something that I never got into....


Though since it's not like


I had things to do,


and since I thought it would be good


for me to get out of my comfort zone,


I decided to go.



I didn't know at first but


the performance took place at an old temple.


It was a beautiful Lanna style temple.

The theme of the production was


'spirit and voice of nature'


One thing I really appreciated about the performance


was that I could feel what they were


going for.



The contemporary dance productions


I've seen so far


(though of course since I don't really

go for contemporary dances,

it's not like I have seen many)


made me say


'I don't get it, nor feel it.'


They made me wonder why


so many of contemporary performances have


to rely on abstractness.



However, Waewdao Sirisook and


Ronnarong Khampha's


production didn't leave me with


that kind of feeling.


It was contemporary


but it didn't leave me with


any uncomfortable feeling


like I am being left in the middle of


a huge swinging swing.



Oh, and the music was absolutely gorgeous.


They used traditional instruments in


probably traditional ways


but it wss, in a way,


rocking. Hehe.


I really really loved it.



Anyways, I am very glad I went.







...the sky was beautiful.

curious

Have you noticed something


besides the tasty looking curry???

Oh boy,

she is spying at us.

(Actually, she was just curious

about my camera...)




problem:

Evan is really bothered by his

poofy hair

solution:

no comment,

the face says it all.

porridge

I have been having a pretty mellow


everyday life these days.


Neither bad things nor magical things have happened.


Well I guess not everyday can be so magical


otherwise I won't know


what is magical and what is not.


Anyways, the point is,


I am enjoying these mellow days.





Oh, so I tried to cook rice on the stove,


(You know, I'm Japanese so

I SHOULD be able to cook rice.)


but alas,


....I failed.


I looked inside the pot


and it was kind of soggy


so I decided to add more water


and turned it into porridge.



Flexibility is the key to happiness!



Anyways and unfortunately


we have a week worth amount of porridge


waiting for us in the fridge.


I will have fun finding stuff


that would go well with it though.



Flexibility is the key to happiness!!

I found it and I got it.

I have a little bit of good news today.




.....I got a job!



It's a copywriter job for


a Japanese company in BKK.


For a while,


I will only receive


100B per article


but once the company thinks


I am ready, I will be paid alright.


I think this will be a great opportunity


for me to polish up my Japanese


and see

(though I won't see it visually)


how influential my writing could possibly be.


Depending on the client and


the targeted customers,


I will have to change the tone of my writings,


which I don't think I have done


very often


and that excites me!


Yes, I will have to write


some cheazy lines


I am sure,


but that seems kind of fun too.


Anyways,


I will try my best.



Wish me luck.

I want a Vespa

I am practicing to ride a motorcycle


(...don't worry I am practicing at a safe place.)


these days and I want my own Vespa


one of these days.


It's a Vespa on-parade in Chiang Mai.


it's like seeing a Vespa fashion show on the roads,


and whenever I see somebody's lovely Vespa,


I wish it was mine.



Well, someday I will have my own,


yes I will.



I am trying out a black and white film now,


and I am very excited to develop it.


Isn't it funny, it seems like it's always


when you are longing to develop a film


that you can't find many things


you want to take?


It seems like it will take a while


until I will finish this roll of film.


It's okay though


since by the time I finish this roll,


I won't remember what I took


and it'll be all surprise.


That's one of the aspect


I really appreciate about film cameras.

Po Chai Pills

So my stomach has been hurting for a while,

actually for quite a while

....I don't know when was the last time

my stomach was feeling alright.


Last night, I told myself

that if it was still hurting today,

I will go to a pharmacy

that carries a lot of

Chinese medicine.

...and so it was hurting this morning

despite my little prayer before going to bed.


There is a pharmacy in Waroro that

Evan and I like.

It looks really old school

and they have tons of mysterious looking

herbs and dried snakes (?) etc...

One of these days,

I am going to ask them to mix

a special medicine for me.



Anyways, so I wrote down

'stomachache' and 'Chinese medicine'

in Thai so I can tell the pharmacist

what's wrong and what I want.

The pharmacist looked through the shelves

and showed me a box that almost looked like

a perfume box or something

and I was a little skeptical if it was going to work.

(Doesn't it look a little sketchy?

Kind of too cute to be good?)


Well, it was only 90 baht which is like

4 dollars so I decided to give it a try.

If it doesn't work,

that's that.

I will look for another drug...

I was willing to try anything at that point.

I came back and I tried the whole

cylinder like it said on the box,

though I can't read Chinese

I could kind of understand from the

Chinese characters (kanji)

and I think it said have the entire thing at once.



I think it's really working.



I did some research about the pills

and it seems like a lot of

Japanese people are writing about it.

Many say that they bring back a lot

when returning to Japan

or they ask other people to bring back

when they go on a vacation or a business trip.


Mmmm, I feel like I found my hero for my stomach.

(...and possibly hangover and headache,

if what it says on the box is true.)


Another great thing about this pill is that

the box and container are really cute.


I hope I wake up tomorrow morning

without and pain in my stomach.



Maybe I will kiss the man on the box.

hehe.

flickr

I have a flickr account now.


Once I get a job,


I'm going to reward myself by upgrading it


to pro....


Is that a sad reward?


Oh well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoshikokeshi/

mano mano mano

camera used:
Olympus XA





beginning of the roll.

waroro market.

I've always wanted to live

in an apartment with beautiful views.

Fulfilled.

wax art.





wax art at home.

shadow art.

01/01/2010.

Laundry day.

Resting.

2010

Happy New Year to you all.


Last night was so magical.


(...and I am magically not hungover!)



Too bad I didn't take any photos


but maybe sometimes it's better just to remember


beautiful things.


Well, but since I don't have anything


to show to tell you what was so beautiful,


I am going to try describing the night.


It was kind of like


being on a seafloor,


and you gaze up


to see the moon


and there are these glowing jelly fishes


all over the place


and all those jelly fishes are going


up and up and up


...and at midnight,


fireworks went off


and people were hugging and kissing


and it seemed like everybody was happy


and it seemed like


there was nothing that people should worry about.


Wishing world peace sounds


too cliche?


That's okay though.


I still wish for world peace,


and I hope there are many more smiles


on earth this year.



By the way, I wonder why Daft Punk makes me cry?




Oh, and the cilantro looks more like


cilantro now.