No Durian Please

 

No dogs allowed.

No durian allowed. 

Yes, no please!

I hate durian too.

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Let's see...

is there anything new

in my life? 

Oh I know. 

I found new friends

....but they are not human. 

They are two adorable dogs 

in my neighborhood. 

I don't have photos of them yet

....I got too excited 

playing with them.

I think I will have 

a dog and a cat 

one of these days. 

Matt and I went to get 

foot spa last night, 

Tada. 

Don't worry, 

Matt didn't get his painted pink. 

...and 

safe trip back, Matt.

You will be missed!

 

Our bird peppers are 

 doing well. 

Sadly cilantro doesn't look

too happy though...

 Hm, sad.

 This is the view of the day. 

You see that 

dangerous looking thing  

with whipped cream 

on top? 

Yes, that is my company 

of the day. 

Mmm...

guilty pleasure!!

Hopefully 

my brain will burn it off.

Okay, time for me 

to work!

One of the projects today 

is to write a copy 

for $2500 necklace.

Eesh. 

 

Okay, ciao!!

Road Trip

Last night Matt, Evan and I

got back from our 

aprox. 20 hours motorcycle trip.

Well, all I got to say is

my BUTT HURT

...and it still hurts.

...and what I will advice you is

bring a butt pillow 

when you go on a motorcycle trip,

also a pair of sunglasses, 

and a scarf to wrap around your 

nose and mouth.

It was ridiculously long 

and painful 

but once it's over, 

it's just another good memory.

The purpose of the trip was 

to go to the boarder 

of Burma and Thailand 

so Matt could extend his stay here

in Thailand.

We saw cool stuff on the road

and 

we met good people. 

Oh and we almost got hit by a 

flying/falling squierrel

which wouldn't have been 

funny if it had died.

But Matt saw it running off 

once it hit the ground, 

so yes, 

it was funny.

Of course I knew somewhere 

in my mind 

that in country side,

people live a simple life. 

Though understanding only in your mind

and 

actually seeing 

is very different.

It made me wonder, 

what people talk about

when they see the same people 

every day,

and when they do almost 

the same things everyday. 

Seeing different ways of life,

it really makes me wonder 

what happiness is. 

 

  

The beautiful village we saw 

near the border. 

It said it's a Burmese people's 

temporary shelter. 

It almost looked like 

a village of elves or something. 

I don't know how the people there

feel about their lifestyles,

but the way the houses blended 

 in with the mountains and sky

was absolutely gorgeous....

I hope they get to go back to their 
 

own country though.

 I was expecting to take 

many more photos 

but unfortunately 

the roads were really not 

photogenic (in my sense).

It seemed like people burn the mountain

to get rid of unwanted weeds

so the mountain looked 

sad and depressing. 

At least the places we stopped 

at were peaceful and nice.

Well, time for me to work more! 

Ciao.

Boys Laundry Day

Feeling hungry 

 after finishing the morning portion 

of work, 

I decided to go back home once 

to see if Evan and Matt were still there. 

I opened the door....

and it was boxers-on-parade.

I hope Matt isn't angry 

that I posted their 

underwear photo. Hehe.

It's kind of cute to imagine 

two boys doing their laundry together,

and I think it's funny 

how the undies are lined up.

This is the view from 

where I am sitting now.

I will be seeing this for 

another 3 or 4 hours....eesh.

3 more projects to go.

My company of the day is 

Thai iced tea. 

Yum yum.

Taking a Little Break

I am at my neighborhood cafe

drinking iced-matcha tea. 

(It is mainly cream and sugar) 

I thought I would write a little 

since I have finished my work VERY early today.

....though I think I will work more 

so I can go on a motorcycle adventure

this weekend. 

Evan and I are excited that we have 

our own coffee grinder now. 

We used to have

not-so-smoothe cup of coffee

every morning because the shop 

we go won't grind the beans coarse 

enough for a French Press. 

So here is our Suma coffee grinder. 

Evan thinks that it is a copy 

of Puma,

well, I don't know...

maybe? 

It's got a lion or something 

with a Suma logo.

If it was a copy of puma,

that's kind of very SE Asian-y. 

But why on coffee grinder?

It only costed us like 3 dollars 

in Laos. 

We were skeptical if it actually worked 

 or not, but to our happy surprise,

it works wonderfully. 

Mmmm....happy.

I think this is our Best-Buy item 

from Laos. 

Coffee tastes so much better

when you grind your own coffee.

Mmm....happy.

Oh, so I my new job is going 

pretty well,

but one bad news is that,

I crave so much SUGAR 

after working for 2 or 3 hours. 

This is dangerous...

I wonder how much calories 

brain uses. 

Do any of you know???

This is my attempt 

of snacking healthier thing.

Sesame snaps! 

I think it's slightly better 

than having cookies? 

Please somebody say yes. 

want a little nap.

Ciao.

Good.

Hm, it's good to feel good. 

Hehe, I know that sounds silly,

but that is how I feel.

I wake up feeling healthy,

my work has officially started,

I made a friend who is visiting 

Chiang Mai from Japan, 

Matt is around and him, Evan and I 

are going to have a motorcycle trip to the border

 this weekend...

So I said I will upload 

more photos from the Flower Festival 

so I guess I will.

 

Hmm....I think I need to 

stock up some chocolates.

I didn't know how much sugar 

my brain eats when working on 

my copywriting job.

Flower Festival

  

I am feeling much much much

better today. 

I know it was only 3 days

that I was really sick

but it was enough for me to 

remind myself 

to feel more thankful to my health.

Now that I am feeling fine, 

of course I wouldn't stay in.

On top of that

today (well, it started yesterday)

happens to be the day of 

Flower Festival here in Chiang Mai,

and Evan's buddy Matt 

happens to be here too 

(how merry!)

so we decided to head towards 

 the old city....

I don't have any good photos of 


flowers, silly....

but we are going back to


the festival soon 


so if I get any, 


I will upload it later.

For now,


this is the closest thing I have 


to flowers. Colorful.




Anyways, 


I hope everybody is staying healthy.



P.S.
I don't know what is up with 
the blank space on the bottom...
it wouldn't go away.
...and Blogger keep reediting 
my blog and it looks messy. Sad.

Laos Trip

Laos was a little bit sentimental place.

I don't know if 'sentimental' is the right word.

It's not like the people there

seemed unhappy,

but I felt like there was

something unfulfilled.

It seemed like the country had

so much more potential to

be happier.

Of course I have only seen

VienTiane

but that is the impression I got.

A cow staring at Mekong river

that has no water anymore.



I wonder what they

are doing with the river.

I hope they are planning on bringing back

the water into the river.



A striking view of a sunset

at Mekong river.

It didn't make me happy

like the one I saw at Koh Chang, though.


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I sure didn't feel like

I would be able to live in

VienTiane but

the place did have its own charm.

The people there were really nice,

and their smiles felt real.

I really liked how people there

(especially tuk-tuk drivers)

don't pester you.

The food was good,

especially I was happy

I got to have bunch of sandwiches.




The first thing

starving Evan & Yoshi had....

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Nappy collection.

「邪魔しないでよね。」

サンドウィッチ屋さんの
看板犬も、昼寝。

後ろのミニーとキティが
ちょっと危ない感じ。

おじちゃんだって、 眠くなるよね。

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A little bit moldy hotel

we stayed at.

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ちょっと怖い…
this temple was full of
lion things.

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リラックスしすぎだよね（笑）。

足ふぇち。


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The trip was a lot of fun.

We took 12-hours freezer-cold

bus ride,

We got ripped off a little,

we had many sandwiches,

we walked until our legs felt sore,

I ordered White Russian and

what I got was Margarita (...why? and how?)

etc etc...


It was a lot of fun,

but I am glad to be back in Chiang Mai.



But *sigh*

on the bus back from

Udon Thani,

something went wrong

and now I am sick....again.

(I feel like I am saying

that I am sick all the time....)

I guess I am lucky though,

since I didn't get sick in Laos.


P.S.

Oh yes, the main reason we went

to Laos was to get the visa.

It ended up being a success.