Sunday Funday

It’s been a busy last week. Friends have come. And friends have gone. For when we will meet again, we are unsure.
So for the last week or so I have been doing my best to simply live life. Away from the computer. Away from the blog. Just enjoying everything and everyone as much as possible.

It’s been almost a week now since I last wrote so I feel as if the time has come to give you all a little update.
Its Christmas Eve today. As Christmas has come, I have found myself alone in Bangkok. People headed home. People gone to vacation in far away islands.
It’s ok though, as Bangkok is where my heart lies.

“Sunday Funday” is a little something we used to do back at home every weekend. As Sunday comes around. We all would drop anything we had to do, and spend our Sundays just relaxing with friends. Having a day of relaxation and spontaneous fun.
It had been a while since I had last had a Sunday Funday, so I decided it was time to introduce it to my good friend Axle.

So we headed to Lumpini Park. The epicenter of chill in Bangkok.

On our way though we decided to grab some sweets.
First up was a couple of milk teas. Delicious.
As we walked passed the McDonald’s I couldn’t help but be drawn towards it.
9 baht for a cone??
Why not?

I felt like a little kid again.

We grabbed some books, some postcards, and kicked back in the grass.

Sitting on the grass amongst families and people enjoying thier sunday along the lake with the city all around us.
How can you not love the city.

As I sat back and read my book I was greeted by a little friend.

I’m not sure what it is, but dogs here seem to be drawn to me.
Maybe it’s the long hair.

As I continued reading, Axle popped in his iPod and took a little nap.
Before he knew it, we woke up to my new friend licking his face.

Out in the distance we saw a crowd gathering round.
We inched up closer to see what all the fuss was about. Ended up being a free concert.
Full orchestra, and 2 opera singers.
Amazing to say the least.

So we spent our Evening eating popcorn in the grass listeing to the sweet sounds of the Thai equivalents of  Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli.

After an hour or 2 the concert was done, but our Sunday was not.
We went for a quick bite to eat, then decided to to head to the Saxophone Pub for some more live music.

An all girl band was rockin’ the night away.

What a Funday it was.

Sometimes the most simple days can be among the best.

Axle and I had quite the week together.

More on our adventures to come!

Sunny Sunday

I got up yesterday, with the warm sun beating down on my face.

As I walked out the door with my iPod on both ears, I was greeted with rays of sunshine.
Breakfast was first on the list of things to do. I headed to “the guy” for my Thai style “breakfast of champions”.

I realized just yesterday, how much music can do to brighten up your day. I started my day off to a recently downloaded “Essentials Mix” by Kaskade.  With every step I felt more and more alive.

I came to the conclusion that Sundays like these are not meant to be spent wasted inside cold doors, studying away. So after food I grabbed my notes and headed to the park to study.

As I walked up to Lumpini Park, I knew right away I had made the right decision.

I was immediately surrounded by big green trees, body of water, and people everywhere enjoying their sunday afternoon.

As I strolled down the walkway, a group of people caught my eye.
All huddled around, cameras in hand, and lens pointed in one direction.
As I crept up slowly, I realized that they all were surrounding a beautiful girl. I quickly realized that this was most likely some type of photo shoot for a magazine or ad of some sort.
I thought about it for a second, then decided to join in on the fun.

 

Another girl waiting for her round in front of the flashing lights.

If anyone in Thailand wants a photo shoot, Lumpini Park is the place to go.
If anyone would like any photographs let me know, I would love to have a little photo shoot of my own in Lumpini.

After about 5 minutes I realized that my small body and lens were no match for the professionals, and I carried on my way.

I found a nice tree to sit under, and started my studies.
As always though, I couldn’t help but find more and more things to photograph.

After a while I decided to keep on my way, and explore the rest of the park.

I ran into the true Thai “Caveman”.

Ironically he was pushing a car tire down the road.
There must be some strange correlation between cavemen and cars.

After a walk around the park I decided it was time to head back and get some food.

Before I knew it, the clock stuck 7 and it was time for Formula 1 in Singapore.
One of the perks of living South East Asia, is that the races are at a normal time and on TV.

So we all came into one room, ordered pizza, and watched the race.

Defiantly a nice way to end a great weekend.