Friday, June 11, 2010

All the little alley ways...


I've been having many chances to 
walk and explore 
around the town during the last 
couple months.

Something that 
I feel
when I take 
new (...new for me.)alleyways is

there is no such 
thing as 
'waste of time'
when you are on 
an exploration.


As long as 
I try to open my eyes 
to all the new things,
all the new 
stimuli around me,
the time 
I spend
exploring the world 
is never a waste.


...and that must be 
the same 
for everybody's life too.

Because a life is 
an exploration.


I may take a 
detour 
or take a little 
alley way
instead of a main road 
to get to a place.

...and perhaps 
that means that
it's going to take 
a little longer 
than the way 
that I could have taken. 


Though,
as long as 
I try to keep my eyes opened,
 nothing would be wasted.

It's a matter of 
whether I am a person 
who can make a use 
out of all the little experience. 


On top of that,
walking and exploring 
give me time to 
think

...and when I think
while walking,
my thoughts tend to be 
more positive 
and optimistic 
compared to when I think
in a place that is clustered.


So you know what I saw 
when I decided to take 
a little alleyway 
the other night? 



I saw a pickup truck
full of 
PIG's FACES!!! 


...it was rather 
creepy 
to see the faces,
especially since 
pig faces have this expression 
that looks like 
they are 
smiling....


You never know 
what you are going to see 
when you decide to 
take a back street 
or an alleyway...

Too bad I didn't take 
any photos.

I was worried 
that the pig faces were 
going to say something 
to me.... 

Just kidding,
I wasn't worried about 
that.
 

Monday, June 7, 2010

Stories from this week and the last week...


My favorite salad 
in Thailand.
SOMTUM!!!
YUM YUM!!!

According to Evan,
the key to eat 
spicy food 
is to eat 

QUICK!!

...eat before
the spiciness crawls 
up on your tongue.




Personally,
I don't think 
that 
'EAT QUICK!'
strategy is working 
very well.... 






I thought 
it was going to rain
but the clouds
decided to 
have fun 
at somewhere else.



Thank you for 
posing.



I think this 
kitty hates me...
Or is it 
a devilish clown smile?? 











I love 
finding different 
doors and windows
...and door knobs.


Have I told you
that 
I want to collect
antique door knobs? 


But the thing is 
I don't have 
much desire to 
live in a huge house 
so I don't know what 
I am going to do 
with those knobs.


Put 4 knobs 
on each door, perhaps?



Beautiful night 
at Chedi Luang.



Sunday, May 30, 2010

Shades of Blue










....what I want to do now? 

I want to swim.
I want to swim 
in
a clear turquoise ocean.



Saturday, May 29, 2010

Plans and what not....



It's been a while 
since the last post. 


My time here in Chiang Mai 
is running out. 
It is so weird,
I feel like I wrote 
'good bye Tokyo' 
on my blog just recently.


In less than a month 
I will be writing a blog 
and the title 
is going to be 
'I'm back, Tokyo!!'
....or something like that.


good bye-s 
are sad
but then there would be
many more
hello-s.

Right? 


Things-To-Dos
Things-To-Keep-On-Doings

★ learn more about copy-writing 
★ take many photos

★ continue writing blogs 

★ stay in touch with friends,
(write more letters 
instead of e-mails.)

★ keep on looking for a job 
in the States.

★ read many books 
(Japanese and English)

 ★ write my grandparents 
more often.

★ Study French

★ when there is impulse,
FOLLOW!

★ save money 
★  meet many people





There are so many 
ice cream
temptations 
on our street and this is 
one of them.
Ice Chic
It's a gelato place. 
Yum.



Saturday, May 22, 2010

Take a big breath....















Sammy was HERE!


One of my friends from 
high school came to visit 
Chiang Mai.


I can't believe she was here 
for 2 weeks.

That went by 
so quick.

Good time always 
passes by quick.




 




サミー、
話を沢山聞いてくれて
ありがとうね。

あんなに
「女の子の時間」をしたのは
本当、久々。



サミー、
資本運用について読みふける。

私、読みたくないから
なんか重要なこと言ってたら
教えて。



久々のサミースマイル、
元気をいただきました。

そして、ロティーはいただきすぎました。

私、あんなに一週間のうちに
沢山ロティー食べたの初めてだよ。

体重これ以上増えてたら
サミーのせい。


日本戻ったら、
また遊んでね。

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Photos: Zebra

Camera: Olympus XA
Locations: Thailand, Laos 
Film used: forgot