update for the weekend..

how was your weekend? hope you had a delightful one like i did. recently, i have created a routine for myself. friday afternoon, if not too caught up with work, i drive to my parents' around 4 pm and leave my shop to my cousin. i want to spend time regularly with phun and py. but this weekend, py was away so i used all my time with phun. i took heaps of photo of him, mostly while he was sleeping. early saturday morning, after he woke up, i brought him out for a walk inside the temple. the weather was clean and fresh. i wanted him to feel the soft sunray when there were not so many cars and no dust in the air. he seemed to love being out in the fresh morning. it was his first time being out of the house since coming back from the hospital.

after feeding and putting phun to bed, i was too lazy to go out running alone so i biked to see tienpae. i love seeing her at her grandparents' house. the morning sunbeam shone so bright onto the wet green grass. as always, it was well-tended and nicely-manicured. i couldn't resist walking barefoot on it. i told tienpae to do the same but the chubby feet felt awkward at the first time they touched it. she asked for a pair of shoes but i convinced her to walk barefoot more. in no time, she forgot the awkward feeling and enjoyed walking barefoot.

i liked to bring her out in the front yard and took pictures of her. if py went with me, it was not hard at all to draw tienpae outside. they were playmates and py visited her more often than i did. when i went there alone, she refused to be alone with me in the yard. her grandma had to be around, so she would let me stay near her. she seemed to like my camera, so i let her play with it and lured her further into the front yard and into the sunlight. she ran after me chasing for the camera. it was good fun taking pictures of her but it was not so easy as taking photos of buildings or flowers. i have to use several techniques to make her get accustomed to me and enjoy being taken pictures.

..after taking photos of her, i walked around and tried other techniques with the plants.. i love morning like this. the sun was gloriously bright giving enough light to make the photos turn out cheerful and animated. not so often that we will have a chance to see her dimples.

after lunch, it was time to drive back to my shop and work again. my cousin was there before me and i let him take control of the shop as i had another fun plan. i was in my shop for a few hours, then at 4.30 pm., i left for songkhla to meet my bf. after he got back from work, we went to koh yor; to pah prem's park. hearing about this place from nok few weeks ago, i got restless to go there but too many things got in the way. finally, i managed to be there this weekend. upon arriving, we parked the car inside, rented 2 bikes and rode along the newly-made road. there were few joggers and bikers when we got there. the strong afternoon sun was still active. while riding, we passed a wooden entrace leading to the west so we decided to get inside and explore it. it was a long wooden walk-way built among mangrove trees. while biking, we felt like we were heading and snaking to somewhere. it was an interesting track which we could stop along to watch some kinds of fish underneath or study the name of rare trees on both sides. there were a few of resting pavillions with seats and signs of the names and details of animals found around the area. interesting and informative

we took our time to stop, look around and take pictures. so grateful to be there. thanks nok for recommending this place to me. we kept going along the track, i could see and smell the water so we headed there. getting there, we sat and watched the sun gradually dipping into the back of the row of pine trees. it was stunningly calm and impressive.

following the way to the exit, we found a building sitting at the end of the pathway. we felt like we were in the middle of nowhere again, as we were pretty far from the parking lot where we started our bike tour. not a soul there, apart from us.

seeing the soft green manicured grass in front of the building, i leaded my bf there. i told him i had wanted to do a handstand for a long time but hadn't had a chance. i told him to take pictures while i was trying. i meant to stand straight with my hands but everytime i tried, i fell flat on the wet grass and failed to stay still at least for a few seconds. god.. it was harder than i thought.. but my bf could do it effortlessly.. damn.. he is much stronger than i am!

as darkness crept in, we biked back to the parking lot, stopped for few pictures again, returned the bike and headed home. along the way, we stopped for dinner before getting home. bf stayed overnight and watched a movie. i dozed off silently while he was still watching it.. what a day!

i tried panning technique and failed miserably. need more practice!

sunday morning, bf woke me up at 6 am sharp. ..:ugh:.. it was sunday and i wanted to sleep in but couldn't. i promised him to drive him back to his flat in Koh Yor as he had to work overtime. actually, he drove while i was slouching sleepily next to him.. the road was pretty empty. the air was fresh. we rolled the window down and let cold breeze in. .. we drove slowly into the orange sun.. it was worth waking up early if it was exquisite like this..

after sending bf to his flat, i drove back to my shop slowly. planning a lazy sunday in my head, i intended to do nothing productive and was hesitant to open my shop. it felt lonely to do it alone on a quiet sunday afternoon. getting back to my room, i jumped back to bed. read 'the reader'. fell asleep. read it again. got down to get something to eat when the tummy was crying for food. got back to bed, watched movies and fell back to sleep. i was highly glad that it rained later in the afternoon, as i used it as an excuse not to open my shop. it would be too quiet and creepy when it rained and nobody was around. so, i stayed in my pj for the rest of the day watching bunch of movies, having a picnic in bed and doing absolutely nothing.. it felt so good for being this lazy but still a wee bit quilty for doing nothing productive..

monday morning, reality bounced back. i got up at 5 am. read & run. prepared breakfast for kla, got him to school. opened my shop. and later i need to spring clean the first floor. catch up with work. go weekly shopping for my shop. blah blah blah .. life goes on.. and now i am waiting impatienly for the weekend again..

have a superb workweek!