Chiang Mai and Pattaya

Then, I moved to the Northern Thailand, called Chiang Mai. I and my mom joined the activity in order to go trekking and ride the elephant.

At the night in Chiang Mai, we went to night market for shopping and dinner :) Also I had a massage, it was just 100 TB for 30 min (around 3~4$?) Women who massaged us were so funny. They said they were learning English and we studied English together. haha Actually one of them was really good at languages: she spoke a little Dutch, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. wow (*_*)

We flied to Bangkok and headed to Pattaya by bus.... There we did nothing but just stayed nice hotel and had relax.

The gorgeous chair I've ever seen....

Beautiful Unique Thailand

After the short trip of Shang Hai, I headed to Thailand. I've been to Thai in March this year, so this is second time of this year. Why I visit Thailand is that I'm loving Thai food and culture. Many Japanese visit Thailand and love it. I became part of them!

Last time, I visited Bangkok in order to meet Sulak Sivataksa. He is one of the effective social activists. His studies are based on Buddhism and he has been doing many activities as a teacher, a writer, an author, and founder of many organization. Besides, according his back ground of education in England, he has been publishing many books in English. Some are in Japanese as well. 
At that meeting, he taught us how to deal with many problems in societies and in our mind. Also he talked about the recent Asian problems and the Asian history. After the meeting with Aja Sulak, I encountered the best meditation in my life. 
I want to write about them but this time I don't, because what I wanna write is not about this experience. And if I write about Aja Sulak, I need to study more. I just want to mention that previous trip has influenced me to come to Thai again :)

Well, again, after the long transit of Shang Hai, I landed in Thai, Bangkok. I visited Japanese friend and went around Bangkok. Actually I was shocked to see very globalized cities because last time I'd only seen the good part of Bangkok. Each station has big shopping mall and some stations don't have much distances that I can walk. Can you believe this is in Thailand? That's what we call "globalization".

Day 2, I went to see some Traditional architectures. These were simply beautiful and amazing. Sometimes my mom appears on photos below. haha 

One summer day

今年も去年に引き続き、友達と一緒に葉山にきた。

今年はぎりぎりシーズン最終日。台風の影響があって波がとってもたかかった。

だから波に乗っかって泳いだり、おぼれかけたりした。

お盆をすぎると、幽霊がかこの世にかえってきて、水につかると幽霊が足をひっぱるからいろんな人がつれていかれてしまうっていうのは有名なはなし？

お盆すぎると急に水の事故がふえるでしょ？

確かにそう。。。。だ。。。。

そういわれてからわたしは足がつかないところで泳ぐのがこわくなってしまった。

確か小学生くらいのはなし。今でもこわい。

Following last year, we went to our favorite beach in the end of Aug. 

I am actually scared of swimming in the sea because I sense someone grabs my foot or leg and brings me to the hell or heaven. Seriously. Still I can't swim where I can't ground my feet. so I pray, please don't take me.

それにしても自然は偉大だよ。

心をいやしてくれるし、食べ物や水という恵みもあたえてくれる。タダで。

わたしたちにとってこれ以上すばらしい贈りものなんかないよね。

ありがとう

We know this beautiful ocean stems from grace of nature

Letters

昨日プレゼントもらうとうれしいよねっていうビデオをポストしたら今日手紙が届いたの！（たまたま）

うれしくなって、最近？もらった写真に収めたくなった。

"手紙"ってちゃんと自分の手を使って、自分の字で、言葉で表現するから素敵だよね。最近のデジタル化した世の中にもこうやって手をつかって書いてくれている人がいるのはうれしいな。

わたしはしゃべるのが本当にニガテなので、文章にしたほうが、じぶんを表現できるような気がするんだ。

あいかわらず、写真をとるのはへたくそです。すんません。

Letters from all over the world :) I like to write to someone and receive letters from someone!

Feel so good

Became 21 with lots of happiness ^^
Feel so good to be given a present, so still waiting for some presents.... haha

Yui

Over the sea.... again!!

I stayed only 7 hours but I felt the atmosphere as much as possible.

Shang Hai is very globalized city and people are filled with energy. That is super.

Next destination is....