Bangkok: Yaowarat

Right after our visit to The Grand Palace, we headed to Yaowarat, a. k. a. Chinatown. We considered various transportation options. Unexpectedly, bus was the one we took. Just because the taxi driver we checked with refused to go by meter and we were afraid that Tuk tuk could not take the capacity of five of us. Furthermore, the price of taking a Tuk Tuk was not much cheaper than a non-metering taxi. Then, we thought of walking over as the map shown a pretty convincing distance via foot. In the end, one of us sought help from a group of school girls passed by for a rough direction. Apparently they understood some simple English, advised us to take bus. When they pointed towards a bus stop, mentioned a bus number, all of our eyes followed her hand direction, the exact bus was stopping there to pick up passengers. Immediately we ran and hopped on... 

Mar 2014: Shining Four

As she was marching toward Fourth birthday, I showed her what is four, playfully with her fingers, one, two, three, four. She grinned marvelously. Four seems to be a big number compare to Three, she was very looking forward to. I reckoned she has learnt a lot more about her growth and development from past year. As I looked at her happy face to the new discovery, I thought and added on, "When you are four, you have four things to do...". Indicatively, each finger tied with a challenge for her to take up. It would be some form of change to her life moving forward. Knowing her, she doesn't really like changes, but I believe she could do it and would get the great sense of accomplishment to meet her milestone significantly. I promised her that I would help. 

It was also a task for myself to learn her growth, that she is baby no more. 

Credits: Akizo, Sahlin studio, etc.