I Simply want to post the photo of the sunset at Wat Arun. Also, if you look closely at the temple, you can see the people that climbed up to (probably) take pictures.
I haven’t get the time to climb the temple yet. But when I do, I’ll be sure to share the picture of the view from the top of the the building.
A slight problem is… I suffer from a bit of acrophobia!
HOT… REALLY HOT! It’s 36 degree Celsius here in BANGKOK!
A day like this, makes me want to jump into the pool and just be cooled by the water. Or perhaps a nice boat trip in Chao Phra Ya river would be in order. A speed boat trip is one of the MUST DO thing in Bangkok. The trip normally includes visits to many different historical sites along the river. I, too, took the trip once a few years ago and was surprised by the amazing sites.
Really, anyone that comes to Bangkok must at least take a speed boat trip to experience the city!
Too hot to write any further…
Another visit to Aum Pha Wa months later. The street is busy, the temperature is hot, the river is lively… but what is up with that man?
I just wonder what was he thinking about? Whatever it was, it seemed that the children were wondering as well. This was taken after a break with a nice chicken kebab in Aum Pha Wa during the Thai New Year, Songkran holiday.
Sometime, a day off from the reality is all we need to recharge ourselves and get right back to the reality with a clear mind. Perhaps, that is what the man is doing. He simply just needed a break.
Venice? No. This is better than Venice!
It’s Aum Pha Wa Floating Market, one of the tourist attractions in Thailand. Finally I got to travel again during Songkran Festival (April 13, Traditional Thai New Year) It wasn’t anywhere far, it’s Aum Pha Wa… again! The last time we visited, we didn’t get to take many pictures, nor could we explore much of the market because it was already late.
Second times a charm! We were amazed at how many things were left unexplored the last time we visited. The picture selected today shows some of the interesting lifestyle that is hard to find elsewhere. Down to earth lifestyle or perhaps we can call it down to “canal” lifestyle!
Only later that I found out about the house in the picture is a home stay http://www.ruernsabay.com/ I guess the next time we visit, we should try to stay here. But my concern which is the loud noises in the area. On second thought, just a dinner in front of the house should be enough 
Today, we have an honored guest, Dr Pahn Pintu-On to write today’s post. Dr Pahn always goes to Ratchburi, Thailand on the weekends to meet/see patients. She has been wanting to take pictures of this river after work, but due to the nature of her work she haven’t had the time to do so. I, on the other hand, accompanied her to the clinic and had a chance to take the pictures while I was waiting for her to get off work, but I really don’t know much about the place. So Dr Pahn would be the right person for it.
*note: we can visit her photo blog at http://pintuon.multiply.com/
By: Pahn
For all of my life, I hated “waiting”. I don’t want to wait for anyone or anything because I have too many things to handle in a day. So letting time fly without doing anything is not something for the type of the person I am. That why I always run out of patience when I cannot do anything but wait.
However, sometimes we have to wait and something is worth looking forward to.
Have you ever heard “the right time” or “the perfect moment”? I believe that everything has its own perfect moment; not sooner, not later. You can’t rush, force or do anything else but to wait and wait with patience. Holding your breath and let it happen on its own.
Like the way Natt took these pictures; the perfect moment to see “the colored pencils” in the river is just after the sunsets. If you want to capture this moment, you have to wait for it, wait for the right time. That why I haven’t had a chance to take pictures like these. Always too early, too late or too tired.
After waiting for an entire day, Natt finally captured “the perfect moment”. Look at these pictures, do you think that it was worth waiting for?
Yes, I think they are!!
Just waiting for a boat
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DONE waiting!!!
TAXI!
Simply just want to share a moment while we were waiting for a boat that, after 20 minutes, never show up!
We were waiting at Tha Dian port across from Wat Arun (the glowing temple in the picture) after a full day trip in Bangkok.
Exhausted!
It’s been days, weeks, or even months since I’ve posted a single picture! Life sure is busy here in Thailand. So many places to visit, so many foods to eat, and so many pictures left unprocessed 
It took me a month before I got to work on this picture. This was at Aum Pha Wa, a night floating market just an hour from Bangkok!
Whoops time is up!
I’ll keep trying to update more often
This picture was taken minutes after arriving at Aum Pha Wa floating market just right before the sunset. This framing was spotted while I was driving over a bridge, looking for a parking near by. After 30 minutes of finding parking, we found one! So we walked back to the bridge and snap this picture.
We would like to suggest anyone coming to the market to visit in the afternoon. Because that is when the vendors start to setup their shops. The market is often populated with the local and tourist in late afternoon as most of the people are waiting for the sun to set so the temperature would be lower. Trust me, it’s just that hot and humid here in Aum Pha Wa.
Welcome to Aum Pha Wa, Thailand.
Last December has brought so much change into my life. The most intriguing part of the last December was a trip with my family, the Muangsiri to Phuket, Thailand. Because I was away for so long from Thailand and family, I couldn’t recognized half of the family members that were on the trip. Well, there were about 120 or so of us on 3 tour buses heading for a trip during Christmas break. The funny part is, Thai don’t celebrate Christmas, but I do! While the other see December 25, 2009 as another day, I see it as the best Christmas I ever had – to be among families (getting to know them and more of them)
This picture was taken at Phang Nga just hour after we have arrived from our 10 hours trip on the tour bus. It was our first stop for breakfast and to wash up, getting ready for the trip of the day – to the islands! before heading to Phuket in the evening.
Happy New Year 2010 to everyone. May this New Year brings everyone success in anything that you do with exuberant joy, health, wealth and most important of all… love!
P.S. Did anyone make a wish under the Blue Moon on New Year eve? Below is an interesting article about making wishes under the Blue Moon that I found just hours before the moonrise. Aside from it being the Blue Moon that only occur once in 20 years! It was also the most beautiful moons I have ever seen in years!
BLUE MOON MAGIC on New Year’s Eve 2009 by Ton Pascal
New Years Eve on December 31, 2009 will be more powerful than a super nova. This vibration will surpass space and time and will be in the seeds of ALL LIFE CREATIONS Be mindful of thoughts, they carry GREAT POWER. Take action, it has power & magic… Those into wishing, WISH BIG ~~~~ Know we are at the seat of our creations!!!
This super novas give us an energetic boost in whatever direction we are pointed…(rephrased by darlene)
Only once in every 20 years, the blue moon appears on New Year’s Eve, as it will this year. On a plain physical level what is happening is that the moon is out of phase with the days. For it to make its complete cycle it’s about 29.5 days. It doesn’t coincide with our month, and that’s why it is out of sync with our Julian calendar. It’s the occurrence of two full moons in one month, which happens every two years, hence the popular quotation “once in a Blue Moon” which means ‘not very often.’ On average, there will be 41 months that have two Full Moons in every century, so you could say that once in a Blue Moon actually means once every two-and-a-half years.On December 31, 2009, we have a Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse.
On a spiritual level it is as if it asks us to ‘flash forward’ into the next two years to see what we can see. This is the most important New Years Eve we have ever been gifted in a long time. No matter how much you do not believe prophecy from time and earth, it will still affect your energy field and your choices.
This December 31, 2009, Partial Lunar Eclipse is numerically a 7/11 (#9) vibration
Cosmic and personal completion! Entering the next level of love of heart, of soul and service to the planetary evolution through healing self. Free-falling from the height of the nine into the next level of Light. Entry and exits all in the same breath. A quantum leap into unknown gifts comes through the nine. Are you ready to see and be more than you are at this minute of time? Nine is the photo finish on the heavenly line of multiple choices. If you believe you have won, you have. Your New Years resolutions on 12/31/2009 will be more powerful than a super nova. Their vibration will surpass space and time and land at the feet of God.
Be careful what you pray for, as it will come to past.
Much love,
Ton Pascal
Pomelos, I used to think that it was a giant orange when I was a kid. But it does look and taste very similar to an orange and I do still believe that it is a giant orange! One thing I love about Thailand is the convenience in finding fruit anywhere you go either by the street or even by the river! The fruits are fresh unlike like those we have in the States where most of the tropical fruits are frozen for transportation to (try to) preserve its freshness.
Pomelo from Nakorn Prathom, a province north-west with an hour drive from Bangkok, is well known for it sweetness that they registered their special pomelo as “copyright” knowledge by the local. After months of staying in Thailand, I have yet to try a pomelo from Nakorn Prathom but when I do… I’ll be sure to update with its flavor, taste and texture.
Ohh, about the picture… this was taken at the Pattaya Floating market. They said that there is a real floating market call “Aum Pha Wa” that is south-west with an hour drive from Bangkok. Hopefully I have sometime to visit and to take pictures sometime this month because the weather is so nice.
The winter is here butI wonder how long would the winter would last in Bangkok!
After hours of walking at the Pattaya Floating market, we were so exhausted that a bottle of cola wouldn’t cut it! So we went on looking for food and found a small little Pad Thai shop by the pool. I was too busy on concentrating on what to eat to see the surrounding. Not until I finished my Pad Thai, a glass of coke and a glass of Lod Chong, did I see this beautiful scenery that was there all along.
I guess, sometimes or many times in our lives where we are “only focusing” on what is in front of us and keep taking and taking the thing we want that we unconsciously ignored or simply overlooked those around us to see and enjoy what’s life is all about and what it has to offer.
As Winston Churchill once said “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” And Albert Einstein has confirmed that “only a life lived for others is a life worth while.”
I mean, come on… If Einstein and Churchill said it then it better be right!
The choice is yours.
The place was so surreal, so much so that I actually felt as if I was back in the time… the time… you know what I mean. There are so much food at the Pattaya Floating Market and so many varieties of food that are being cooked in traditional ways that are hardly seen anywhere else.
Well, how could I resist any of the food, I must have ate enough for an entire week! If I were to have the stomach of an elephant, I would have probably ate everything there!
Talking about food… I’m gonna find something to eat now ^_^
It must have been weeks ago that I went to this restaurant with my family for a relaxing lunch by the river. It was really confusing regarding how to get to this restaurant, left here, right there, u-turn here, left again there…….. OMG there were TONS of TURNS before I get to pull up to the parking lot of the restaurant.
Once stepping out from the car, walking to the table… I knew that it worth the hassle of getting there because it’s so nice and quiet with the breeze of fresh air, remote from the busy world.
now… keep the food coming!
Humm… Sunset!!! The moment that I haven’t experienced for a while, because I only get off work after the sun… already SET Oh well… I guess I won’t be seeing many sunsets for a while.
On another topic… tomorrow is going to be the first day that I’ll be shadowing the Wedding Planner!!! THE BIGGG DAY! Yup!
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Oh oh… I got this forward email… very interesting thought on FOOD and DIET!
what do you think?? !!! I sorta agree with him!
Q: Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!
Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! ….. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another bean!!! Beans are good for you. It’s the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! ’Round’ is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.
And remember:
‘Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand – chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘WOO HOO, What a Ride’
AND…..
For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.
1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like.
CHEERRS!!!!!!
Water is LIFE!!! I believe that everyone must have heard that statement before. However that statement couldn’t be more true anywhere else but in THAILAND (years ago!) where the means of transportation, food, agriculture, culture and life-style were really relying upon rivers and small canals.
It was a short visit, yesterday, at the floating market in Pattaya, Thailand where they RE-CREATE 4 regional (Northerner, Southerner, Easterner, and Westerner) Thai’s way of life. There were so many foods that I just got really filled by a little bit of this and that. Souvenir shops are at every corner that I didn’t even want to start buying because I would probably end up with a mountain load of them.
So check it out at http://www.pattayafloatingmarket.com/
Great varieties of food to eat,
Excellence view for photographing,
Simply an amazing place be.
GOOD TIME
*Forgot to mention that… in the photo, if you are wondering… Yes the people in the rowing boat are about to go under that bridge! Everyone had to duck! Really low so that the boat can float thru! Neat huh!
Ever feel like when the day is gonna be over so that the night can begin? I guess everyone must have one of those moments as I have been feeling that way for weeks now. Sure work is very interesting and I do enjoy working and learning new things but there are times to work and times to relax.
Each day… is about 12 hours at work then home for another 8 hours.
The gap between work and home is really something worth looking forward to.
Not at work nor at home… that’s the place to be!
Blogging has been really hard recently due to problems with the hosting server (dreamhost) that has been very unstable due to “unknown reasons” according to the DH representative. Most of the time that the problems occur, it happens just right before my bed time (the time that I normally blog)
So I end up only uploading photos to FLICKR and believe it or not… FLICKR was down the other day too, so I couldn’t upload the pictures or even blog on Flickr! Sigh…
All these uncertainties that seem to keep happening non stop are really driving me to the edge… of a river… to REST, and just fall asleep some where, with the breeze from fresh air, sounds of the chilling wind, and the soothing scent of the nearby flowers. I need a really good rest sometime these days!
Just can’t seem to find any opportunities for it yet.
It was Sunday afternoon that I went to a temple, Wat Rai King, hoping to get some pictures of the Sunset. Unfortunately… it was starting to rain by the time I arrived. It was more of a storm rather than a normal rain. Thunder, lightening, strong winds and big drops of rain were pouring down heavily that afternoon.
I guess that was the end of the afternoon… no shots of anything, but I was so wrong. I passed by these lotus leaves just before it rained and I didn’t find it to be interesting… UNTIL THE STORM came!
Beauty is really… all around, especially in the worse case scenario where we often assumed that, that was it… the end of the world.
Open up… and we shall see that the world isn’t so cruel…
I took this picture after hours of exploring the Santa Cruz church last weekend. It was still bright outside when I arrived that evening, as I didn’t notice much about the bridge, not until it was dark! While I was walking back to the parking, the reflection of the light on the river from the bridge caught my attention. Instead of taking the picture right away, I just sat there by the river, listening to music and relaxed!
A while later, I took a few shots of the bridge, the Memorial Bridge... but I chose to post it in black and white as I find the colors to be very distracting. With color, I tended to focus on how colorful it is… but as black and white, I get to focus on what I was really trying to capture, to remember it the way I saw it while I was there.
Life… can be easily distracted by so many things that we often ignore what it is really behind those colorful distractions. Why must we do this to ourselves? Perhaps it is easier to lie and pretend to be someone else rather than to be ourselves and to accept who we really are. Really? Seriously?
That is such irony.
Opse!!! It’s late, I better get some sleep!!! Let’s see if I can dream in black and white. ^_^
The wind, the breeze, the soft bright light that shines thru the clouds have provided me a with a very good place to just sit and relax while listening to Portuguese lessons on the iPhone. After 30 minutes of so of listening to the lesson, I just couldn’t resist taking a nap right there only to be woken up later for brunch; fresh fish that was just caught from the river just hours ago, Dork Kare (a type of flower that was home grown) fried with garlic and soy sauce, Fried Rice with Ham and a few more dishes that I couldn’t remember what they were. It was such a good meal and location that we thought we were in a restaurant.
It was at my uncle’s house that is still under construction. It has been under construction for that past 6 years! He is really taking it easy but the end result is amazing!
Slow is nice!
The house across the river has been there for ages! The last time that I was actually swimming in the canal must have been about 15 years ago! There were a bunch of us, children, jumping into the river and swimming from this side of the canal to the other. I was not a strong swimmer yet, so I wasn’t really swimming any where.
After a few days, I learned how to float thus learned how to swim! I also learn how to fish at this very spot as well. It wasn’t anything fancy like the modern fishing pole. My fishing pole was made of a really thin bamboo tree with a string and hook attached to it. I spent hours and hours just sitting by the porch trying to catch fish!
Great memories! Good times.
It was a great time when we didn’t have to worry about anything but playing and having fun day after day!
A typical view of temples all over Thailand. Most of the temples, if not all, are located next to a river. I am not sure why they located them next to rivers. But come to think of it, I think it is because that in the old times the river was the main transportation route and that most houses are built by rivers. So each house would have a small boat to roll from one place to another, using the river as their main route. Each village will have their own temple and that every Sunday all the villagers will go to the temple to build their good merit. I think it is one of many reasons why they located a temple next to a river, just like why we have major cities next to rivers.
Another reason is because Water is “LIFE”!
*Today, marked 1 full year since I left the temple in Ayuthaya in July 13, 2008. One year has passed by, it is amazing how much I have achieved, completed, and accomplished! Flew around the world… from Bangkok back to Los Angeles, explore the west coast of USA from Tijuana, Mexico to Vancouver Canada. Then flew from Los Angeles to Malaga… studied at Les Roches Marbella, Spain! Explored SPAIN as much as I can afford to for 5 months. Then from Malaga back to Bangkok. A complete circle!
and also this year…
Found the LOVE of my LIFE!
The title may have said it all about today’s story. After a 3 hours long drive from Rayong and was lost on Bangkok’s tow-way for 30 minutes and had to pay the fee more than I should just to get back on the right Tow-way, I stop on the Rama 9 bridge… the tallest bridge in Thailand. I spotted the new bridge, aka, the Mega Bridge with the light on (normally it was off!) and had stop on the Rama 9 bridge to take a few pictures.
A few minutes later a group of security showed up with an emergency car and rescue team!!! So I was greeted by them and was questioned “what am I doing?” Apparently, there were sensors that I had activated after crossing a rail guard to take photos and due to that… it sent out the team to my location on the bridge.
“Ahh he was just taking pictures, haha” an officer said to his colleague while the other were telling me that I am not allow to park on the bridge and was kindly let go with a warning
Well, I would be worried if a sensor on the bridge were activated just minutes before midnight on the bridge. I am glad to see that the officer showed up just because it shows the security measures that we have in place at the bridge for safety pre-cautions.
About the picture… I still haven’t really learned how to take care of the “burn-out” on the very bright spot while combining in HDR, yet. Any suggestions?
That temple is really tall! I remember climbing it to the top last year, the view from above is amazing. I will try to find the photo taken last year to post it here.
Any story behind this photo today? Not really. I just love how it look and feel in the night by the river. Those light kinda remind me of fire-flies! What do you think?
I think the picture is tilted a little bit, or is it just my eye?
That is one long bridge! To be able to hold my breath all the way from beginning to the end of the bridge was a real challenge. When I was young, my parents told me that if we make a wish while crossing a BIG river with a very long bridge then the wish will come true!
I really don’t know how true that tale is, however… after all these time, I still hold my breath and make a wish every time I cross a BIG BIG Bridge. I did the same with the Golden Gate bridge when I visited in December 2008. I don’t quite remember what did I wish for… whatever it is, I think it came true because now I am happy. And don’t we all make a wish for something or someone to make us fully and truly happy.
Try it for yourself the next time you are on a bridge… MUSH A WISH!
Because we were at the show 1 hour early, so I had the time to walk around the theater. It came to my surprise that the theater is only a blog away from the wedding banquet room that I attended 2 nights ago. However, I wasn’t able to take the picture of this bridge here that night because the angle different and I told to myself that I must come back later to capture the bridge. But that “later” came just a few nights after.
What was I waiting for? I was waiting for the Hip-Hop dance Accrorap Company: “Short stories.com”. It is part of the La Fête 2009. The show was amazing. It is part modern-contemporary art dance, hip-hop dance, story telling and musical performance with a touch of comedy.
The show was amazing in that it got my body moving, my head shaking, and my feet tapping along with the music!
*As promised, the blog is back up with in a week! After just about 36 hours… it is alive!!! again!!! Yah!!! Things just keep happening sooner than expect. I take that as a good thing. ^_^
Just about 3 hours ago, I took this picture at my relative’s wedding banquet in Bangkok, Thailand. The banquet room has a glass wall that is open to this view… an amazing view of historical buildings in Bangkok and the Chao Phra Ya river.
I haven’t met so many of my relatives in such a long time and tonight I must have met at least 50 of them, telling them the same story to each of them. Funny thing is the one question they all ask me, beside where haveI been the past 10 years, is when is my turn to hold the banquet!
When? One step at a time and the time will come! When? I wonder about that myself, too.
Until then, I’ll just keep working and do my best and enjoy the thing I do.
“Terrible ideas are like playground scapegoats. Given the right encouragement, they grow up to be geniuses”, quoted from the movie Under The Tuscan Sun.
A majority of the people would, by instinct, forget about the terrible ideas they had and try harder to figure out the one “perfect” idea. It is true that, the perfect idea is so perfect that… we would see everything right thru as to why is it such a perfect idea. I find the terrible ideas to be the most interesting ideas to work on. It is the terrible ideas that makes one idea to be different from the rest. Turning terrible ideas into the genius ideas is such a process that is much more interesting because we make something that doesn’t make sense… into sense.
I am full of terrible ideas and slowly working on them to make them happen. All I need is the right opportunities.
I remember a phrase from somewhere which said something like “that we will never know where we are going unless we knew exactly where we came from.” I find this statement to be true enough that I am going to find out exactly where I came from. The hardest question for me to answer is, where are you from? Because I don’t know how to answer it correctly without the rise of another question. Here is a simple scenario… when asked, I answered… Los Angeles… then we will talk about LA for a little bit, the new question is… but where are you “really” from? I would then answer Bangkok… then we talk about BKK for a little bit more… and then the next comment is… you don’t look Thai, more like Chinese, or Japanese??? … And here we go… explaining about the family history to them about how it could be trace back all the way to China, and Singapore.
It doesn’t really matter which location I answer to first because, in the end I would be answering the questions mentioned above in a different sequence.
My friends ask me why won’t I explore Europe while I am here in Spain, there is really no explainable reason. The most important reason for me not to explore Europe, yet, but to go back to Bangkok, Thailand is that I would like to be able to really experience, explore and able to explain to people about what, where, when and why should they go to Thailand. And all those suggestions would come directly from my own experience, not from the website nor book.
Okay, I’ll get back to wait for my ferry to come.
Ahh almost forget, for this holiday… I will be backpacking on a road trip with my Belgian-French classmate (see how hard it is to identify each person in today’s melting pot society) to Granada. Hopefully we will get to go to the Alhambra de Granada before the end of our holiday. Also because we don’t know if we will have an internet connection at his family place, I will be scheduling posts until next Sunday. However, if we are fortunate enough to have internet, then we will get to see some posts of pictures taken from the Alhambra de Granada.
Until then… I will be activating my internet on iphone just to be able to update pictures on Facebook, as well as to have internet for google maps, “just” in case we are lost on the way. Hopefully not.
Humm… Friends are going to Bangkok this summer!!! And that just reminded me of how much more “interesting” it is to live in Bangkok. The picture I chose today was taken in July 2008 during a boat trip on the Chao Praya River, the mother of all rivers in Thailand. After more than 16 years living in Bangkok, this is my first time taking the Long Boat, a 4 hour trip, to explore the heart of the river. There must have been more than 20 luxury hotels along the river and all of them are my potential job opportunities.
I can’t speak for others but for me, money isn’t the inspiration for me to do what I do… it is the heart that guides me back to Bangkok. After a decade in Los Angeles, I have seen what money can buy… certainly it can’t buy TRUE happiness which is the happiness in your heart. Many people question my decision in going back to Bangkok, why not the States or any other country. In my opinion is that, I would like to explore, truly live and experience, my native culture before I took another step further anywhere else.
I don’t really know how to explain in my own words,but what I am trying to say is… Before one seek the wisdom of the cosmos, one must know oneself; -Delphi.
