I guess it is not too late to say Merry Christmas and probably not to early to say Happy New Year to you all dear readers as well. I am quite late to show up here and send all dear friends my best wishes on the greeting season of Christmas. But I have my good reason. I have been terribly sick; even at this moment I am not so well back to my best healh.
Well, at least I can crawl back to my keyboard. Greatly thanks to my sister and my brother-in-law. I can't feel good if not showing my best respect to the Lord Buddha and all holy spirits that I clinged to during all the suffering period of my illness. And my tired body and mind can not gather back their strength again if no lovely messages and calls from many friends.
Thank you all.
Wow, is that I who wrote such sweet lines above? I did mean that. Every word above came from my heart but I must say it could be some side effect from medicines I took or the virus doctors suspected being the cause of my bad illness. Normally, sweet words and I are hardly friends. Those who are familiar with me, regardless of love, said I have a big herd of fierce dogs in my mouth. They shoud at least be happy that they are honest dogs. I have tried to make those dogs behave, so far I fail.
Okay, back a bit before I feel too tired to carry on for a long piece. I was infected by some virus during my holiday trip in Chieng Mai. I arrived there by plane in the evening and just checked in at a new and very lovely hotel called De Chai Hotel on December 17.
First night was cold because of sudden change of the weather there. I slept very well after went out to have dinner at Night Bazar. We walked along the quiet streets since there were not many tourists there, which is very strange considering it is high tourist season. The next day my sister, my brother in law and I walked around down town Chieng Mai. We came here two years ago and since then the couple love this northern city very much. We dropped by to visit an old temple named Wat Mahawan at the entrace of the lane where our hotel is located. We spent quite an hour having a great conversation with a monk there. I will share with you all later how interesting this monk is.
Then, we went to have good coffee at our favorite place, Vavee Coffee Shop. The coffee shop is not far away from Ta Pae Gate and AUA English teaching school. I had a big mug of strong coffee. It was a bit too strong and too much for me whom my coffee lover friends said my coffee was a bit stronger than just plain water. Hey, I love the aroma of coffee.
Then, we just walked around, taking photos of the places and people while witnessing the changes of this cutural town during the time of our absence.
At night, we walked over the brigde across the Ping River. We finally landed at an open-air restaurant on the river bank called Deck-1. The main reason we chose it was due to its life jazz music performance there. We were led to a table a bit far from the stage. It was the only table available at that time. Fine.
That was the first time I felt something wrong with my body system. Nope, no other peculiar signals except I felt my usually-huge appetite nearly disappeared. I did not feel wanting to eat anything. How could that happened to me, if not serious illness? So, I ended up with a big plate of grilled, mixed vegetables. It was yummy, despite my near-zero appetite.
The bad truth came up the next day. I became headache, dizzy and nauseated. They were under my firm control in the morning. We went out of the city center to Baan Tawai where wood crafts and home decorations trades are popular. My brother-in-law's friend and his girl friend came to pick up us from Ta Pae gate. We enjoyed touring the market place of the crafts and had a simple but delicious lunch at a restaurant there.
On the way back, my control slipped. I vomitted and lost all energy in our friend's car.
That 's the beginning of my long suffering period during this holidays season.
Okay, suppress your curiosity a bit. I need some rest, as you already knew I am on the recovering process.
Don't bite me. It is a greeting season and everyone supposes to love themselves and others.
I love you, too. :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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