life is back to normal..

i was back to running around the lake, up the hills in psu this morning. it feels like i've gained myself back, or i am back to the old me.. i love the long run and i pushed myself harder this morning. i tried running faster, slowing down and faster again.. it felt awesome.. thanks for not raining and let me drag my lazy butts out to have a great run.. i won't be whining if you rain during the day today..

my shop is getting a bit busy and back to its life again.. though, i love spontaneousness, sometimes i crave for routine life.. but it has to be the routine i create.. after running, i got back to writing morning page but it's was just 1 page, not 3 as the rule.. i am not good following rules!.. then jumped into the shower.. it's still a foggy and cold day.. i need sunshine to hang my clothes!

i went out posting 9 postcards yesterday; some from phuket, india and home.. it feels good to surprise people.. i enjoy imagining you guys smiling when reading them...

i've been reading this book called 'little million pieces' since coming back from india. i'd hunted for this book for more than a few months after reading reviews about it.. it was hard to find in thailand. but luckily, i stumbled on it in a used bookstore in kolkata.. the book looked old and brownish.. i saw it the first day i went out checking used bookstore in a street near my hotel.. when seeing it, i didn't buy it immediately. i told myself if it was to be mine, it would be there when i came back from sikkim. so the first day after getting back to kolkata from north india, i went to that bookstore. it was still there, at the same place i saw it on my first day in india.. i grabbed it, asked for discount and paid. i took it the hotel and started reading it. i was hooked with the writing style; simple wordings & straightforward.. i intend to finish the book by today.. while reading it, i cheered, i smiled, i weeped, i giggled, i rooted for james to get better and get out of the shit he was putting himself in.. i could feel his stubbornness and his strong belief over the life he'd lived... it's one of the books that makes me think hard, be grateful of my life and don't want to put down until it's late into the night..

this is what i am up to so far.. have a great day to you all.... and i still think of you from time to time.. my sikkimish boy!! have a nice day to you too..

i am back!!

i am back to reality, to simple working-day life. life has been treating me wonderful lately. october had passed gloriously.. i love every bit of it.. it was a busy travelling month..

the trip to india is lingering and i am still savoring it.. i can't stop thinking about it and some people i met there.. i've been looking at the photos over and over again..

i love this life. it makes me hunger and it fulfills me. i love the life i've lived. i always have things to look forward to. that is the trick to keep me going and keep me getting up when i fall..

i am thinking of going back to india but still don't know when and some friends want to join me.. there are many parts of india that i've not seen. but i still want to go back to north india, especially sikkim.

we are planning a trip to japan next year. we've booked our tickets. but i tell you what. i am not so excited going to japan like going to india.. in the frst place, i didn't want to join them bc i am getting poor due to so many trips i had made this year.. but i can't say no to them..

my life is like a travelling bag, packing and unpacking.. and i love it.. i am the restless soul, having a pair of ichy feet..

a few days ago, i received postcards from myself which i wrote when i was on my last day in gangtok, leaving for darjeeling the next morning.. reading it, i couldn't help smiling joyfully... it said..

oct 18, 2010
snowlion hotel, tibet road, gangtok

hello to me from me!
to the girl who easily falls in love with life, things, places. i don't think that india will make me fall in love again but it does. it's capturing heart. it makes me get butterflies. it makes me feel young and silly again. bc i've fallen in love with parts of india. there are moments i dislike but the butterflies moment has overrun it. thank for making this heart beat faster again. hope that it never stops falling in love!

been to swiss of asia and love it the most. leaving for darjeeling tomorrow..
love ya.
always..

..will be back again soon.. i promise..

here are some photos from the trip..http://mypocketofhappiness.blogspot.com/

and the story.. but i wrote it in thai.. http://chillchillinchillysikkim.blogspot.com/

a weekend away in town..

we'd planned a weekend away in town. it'd been raining the whole saturday and we hoped that it finally stopped when it was time to leave home. it didn't but we left home anyway. the fun was planned and the hotel was booked. why gave all up just bc it was raining?

we hit the beach hoping to unwind, leave the daily grind behind, hang out by the beach, dip in the pool, get lazy, get soaked up in the sand, eat some seafoods and simply spend time together. it was a jolly weekend.. everyone was bright-eyed, wore happy-faced and had a child's heart after the trip ended.. we promised to do it again..

our fun friday afternoon

it's one of our random happiness and a little adventure.. a wonderful stroke of luck for me that i could leave my shop early on previous friday afternoon to join my sis and the gang.. they picked me up at my shop and then we headed to swensen's to have a feast on ice cream.. (thinking about it makes my mouth water again!).. then, we headed to songkhla for the beach and seafood. my sis had some work to do in songkhla town and while waiting for the time, we hit the beach first and then had another feast on seafood at the restaurant sitting facing the beach.. wish i had my spare top and shorts with me, so i could get myself soggy with the salty water.... next week, wait for another fun of us.. life is always great!..

shooting spree from the weekend..

good morning Monday!

life is getting easier from this week, less works and more fun. works are getting less bc the first semester is ending. it's time to do something else apart from working. i have some goals to chase after before the year ends. i am a bit behind my reading goal and i need a little bit of speed-up. this year, i've set target to read 50 books and i am at book 34th. now, i am reading 'water for elephant'.. everytime when reading an english book, i want to turn on my pc and write something. the language has tricked me. while i wanted to read on the story, i wanted to pour something out into words too..

improving my photography is another goal that i want to do constantly.. so the past weekend, apart from capturing the photos of my little people, i walked around looking for something else to shoot. after the rain stopped on saturday afternoon, we left the house and explored the neighbourhood. while the little people played, i shot. as i told you before, my photos are pure and fresh right from the camera. the idea of processing them never crosses my mind, even cropping them. i do like them raw. i think they look authentic and real..