My friend moved her home to itaewon place, so i visted her house! hehe. Many foreigners live in itaewon, so many foreign restaurants in there also.. And we visited one of mexican restaurant, named "Taco" and ordered Taco and Burrito.. Cos i wanna try to many kinda dishes from other countries.. Umm The restaurant is quite cheap than other restaurants in the itaewon, and it seems famouse, cos many foreigners visit to there.. But the taste....Umm i think it was quite strong to us... So my friend complained it's not delicious.-_-;; And complain also why we didn't go to Korean restaurant and eat Korean dishes..She really like Korean THINGS! In fact, The town she live in is very interesting to me! I can see many foreigners in the street, and even the person from philiphine is neighbor of her. But she said she doesn't like the place, cos she can't feel it's place in korea!She is very different than me... haha..well anyway i think i can't go to foriegn restaurants with her anymore.-_-;;

oh forgot to say about her new home.. It's very very nice!!!! Even nicer than my houseㅠ_ㅠ and so big also! But she just lives there with her brother.. And she isn't lazy like me haha. quite deligent.. So always clean her house.. In fact she is the person who can't stand to see dirty things.-_-;; I just feel nowadays it's not easy to get out of my parent's home and live in alone.-_-;;; Even to ppl who are very lazy like me haha./ㅜ.ㅡ Anyway she is quite strong to support by herself. so i think i have to learn many things from her hehe

I just wanted to learn about the world and experience many things so started serving in the place every monday as volunteer to help children studying after school.. They are not normal children.. They can't hear sound.. Deafs.. So it was really hard to let them study than just normal children.... But they are much more pure than them.. and I like time i was spending with them:D And i could learn many things from them....That's right it's very hard to teach them at first.. Cos i dont' know the gesture at all.. so i had to write words on keyboard to communicate with them.. But they don't know much korean words rather than other children.. So very hard to make them understand their study... So at first time, it seemed impossible to teach them.-_-;;; But i used to talk and communicate with them, and even can know what they wanna talk from their eyes and guesture..haha even though it was quite hard times to be with them. But i could make good memories and experiences:D Just hope they can keep their smiles after they become adult and get along with ppl in the social..Cos i know Korean social don't see good to disable ppl much, So it may be quite hard to them to adapt to this social... So sad

My friends was with me til i left them to get on the airflight.. P off and new friend gift also accompanied with me also! So thank you to them!

(with friends in airport)

In fact it's not easy decision to go to thailand alone.. Of course my parents were worried about me so much and didn't wanna me to go to there alone.. And The fact i had to go to another country alone which i dont know at all and had to meet new ppl, made me scared enough...And yet, why i tryed to go there.. it may be because of my strong curiousity of other part of the world... i wanted to go to thailand since long time ago when i've seen the movie about thailand... Very gorgeous palaces and temples which have long history, and beautiful nature, their own cultures and lifestyle like floating market and thai dishes, Those made me get interested in the country, thailand and it became very strong curiosity of this country.. So i thought i had to go to this country certainly evn though i wrould get any dangers and difficulties..

Before came to there, Thailand was the country which was dangerous and well known as girls to me like other ppl think. Of course i knowed it have many beautiful palaces, temples and nature.. and that's why it's famouse for tourist and why i wanted to go there... But That's true i thought Thailand was the country which ppl shoot the gun to others any times in the public street, and very noisy for their struggles, can see many ppl sell drugs, prostitutes in the street before come to the country.

Well maybe many ppl can ask to me "isn't it a true".... But i think it's just very very small parts of the country.. We've got many imformations from TV nowadays... And if TV have just showed and tald only one part of them to us, then we just think about the things like what they tald to us.... So maybe it's the best way to go to the country in real and see what happen in there by our eyes if we wanna know the things right

I just wanna say that the country, thailand what i've seen at this time, is very different than what i thought before i went to there and felt the country by myself... It's the country which still have their own special cultures and customs and always try to keep their own cultures, and regard them as very valuable thing.. That's what i was impressed of this country... and that's why i like this country..

As we know well, Thailand is the budda's country.. Almost ppl believe in budda..So it's hard to see any scenes ppl fight each other and make loud sound on the street like korean.. And they are much more polite than us.. Always smile and very kind and respect to others....and one of countries which think courtesy as very important.. I've never seen thai ppl who are rude to others.. Always say khab khun or khab khun ka( thank you) to others when they finish their works.. And i think it's only one country which just let animals free on the streets and dont' worry about they die cos of ppl.... I just felt peace while i was in thailand..

Of course it have bad points in other parts also what we know already.. BUt all countries have good and bad points....now I just remember Thailand is the country ppl like smiling and are very kind, repect to others. and their own long history and valuable cultures... and love their king and queen and pride of them still now... and the country which have not got ruled by any other western countries like other asian countries near them.. That's maybe how they can keep and so pride of their own cultures... i still wonder how they could keep their country from their enemis at thiat time when many asian countries got countroled by many western countries... ??!!!!

Oh! it was last day in thaialnd.. so sad:( I felt time passed so fast..:( Well... We(me, pa and jie) were so tired cos of too much exercise at last days.-_-;; So we were going to another famouse place, siam street for shopping! hehe Siam street is old street, and it's very famouse for foriengers for shopping, i bought many stuffs of thai like thai silk and gifts for my parents, brother and friends in there:D

(Siam street)

(The design of the shop is quite interesting.. it made the shop under the stairs..)

(It's quite expensive the ice cream shop, but so nice nice!:D)

(Jie)

(pa)

(me)

(And ice cream!)

(shop which sell golds)

(with pa!)

(It's the restaurant we ate dinner)

(it's noodle, and we can eat this noodle with other dishes)

(i've met pa's one friend in the restaurant.. He is so funny haha. tingtong!)

(jie, me and pa's friend, gift)

(Some bands are playing in the street)

(With pa)

(It's sky load? There's long road we can walk on bridge which is in the sky in bangkok.. Last night in the thailand, i was walking on the road with my thai friends and looked at night view of bangkong.. I think the road is very nice in the big city which have terrible traffic jam like bangkok.. Just by walking on the road, we can see everything,(buidlings and other things) of bangkok!! I just felt i wish we also have this kinda bridge in seoul also. Then it's very very nice to walk on the raod and see night view of seoul everyday! and not boring to live in here any more hehe.)

While i was in siam street at the last day, i felt so sad, cos i had to be back to korea again, and i'm not sure i can go to thailand again...While i was in thailand, i felt very comfortable for this country like my hometown. hehe So it was very sad to me that i had to leave from this country.. and leave my good friends:( I think i will remember the night time in bangkok at the last night when i was walking on the sky road.. Of course, i will remember all things while i was in thailand. I had really good time in there and made many good momories with my friends:D So it was really sad to leave this thailand!

In fact, we didn't have any plan to go to this island first. cos it's island, so we have to ride ship to go there, so it's quite dangerous to go there when it's rainning days....But so luckily, the weather was so nice at that day!! So pa's aunt brought us to there by her car!!!

Oh.. it has very beautiful sea!!!! much more than pattaya.. haha.. But my friend said, there are much nicer seas in thailand!!!! So i decided i'm going to thailand again... In fact there are many places in thailand yet which i have to go and see!!:D

Hmm we had to ride ship to go to there, and it took little time to arrive to there.. Well while we were in the ship, i just enjoyed watching beautiful color of the sea and the sky.. it looked so nice...green color of the sea, and very fine sky color.. Yeah! As pa said, when i just watched their color, they made my mind comfortable...I think nature is really amazing thing....Sometimes i feel human is just very small when it's in front of the nature...We are just one of parts of them..

(The pier to ride the ship)

(Pa and Jie on the ship, while we were going to the island, They look like monkey! hahaahah!)

(Me and P off, we were just playing with the water:P)

(At least, we arrived to the island!!1 Welcome samed island!)

Oh.. From the pier, we had to ride on some strange truck to arrive to the beach, which many ppl can ride on! We had to sit to face to unknown ppl, and it was funny:P And.. The driver drived the car so fast! My god.. It was quite exciting! I like that car hehe:D

(we arrived to the beach!)

(me and p off sat on the chair)

(Someone is getting massage now:P)

We ate lunch at one of restaurants in there. and i ate kinda omelet, but the taste was little unique.. and quite delicious.....That's why i could eat so well.. So my friend was teasing me about that i ate them up all without any left foods, cos i said to her i was not hungry before tryed to eat meal.-_-;;

(We were playing in the water, me and jie and pa! The water is very beautiful and very clean! Even i can see under the sea very clearly, Just have one problem, it's very very sautly..-_-;;)

(Haha Jie is very funny!:D)

(P off:P)

(with pa! ahhh- jaaa!!)

(We've met one cute child in the beach, so pa's aunt wanted to take picture with him, but he seemed to be very shy to take picture:P)

(While we were going back in the ship)

(We met the one very clever dog, and almost ppl in the ship got interested in the dog. especially pa, she looked like the dog so much haha! but the dog seemed just interested in the foods she was giving to him:P)

(Jie and P Off! They are so funny hahahaha! I really like them!:D)

(well. so dark..-_-;;)

(The pier. it's small and silence, so i like the place much:D)

The island is not well known to ppl yet, so the water is very clear, not like the pattaya:P and not many ppl visit to there, so not much crowded!:D

We got so exhausted when we got back from our travel, pattaya-samed island,(cos we swam so much for two days!) but i had so nice day and maybe i felt sad if couldn't go to the island... haha so thank you to pa again! And hope i can go to the more beautiful beaches when i can go to thailand again:D

After floating maket, we were going to pattaya!!! In fact, pattaya isn't much far from bangkok.. about 2 hours? and floating market is also not far... but we had to be back to bangkok first and go to pattaya, so it took much time to go to pattaya.... So when i waked up sleep and heard we were in bangkok again, i just tryed to sleep again in the car till we arrived to the hotel we stayed..

At least we arrived to pattay! It's the place which has sea, but it's quite famouse, i've seen about this place in many books in korea which tell about thailand... But.. it's not much nice like what the books tell.. The sea isn't much beautiful than other seas of thailand, just looked like other korean seas..Just... it's very saulty...-_-;;;; when i swam in seas in thailand, drunk water as my mistake, i felt like i drunk sault..-_-;; and when it came to my eyes and nose, it's very ache..ㅠ_ㅠ

(It's the hotel we stayed in pattya, my friend said, it's traditional thai hotel..it was not bad:D I could watch sea and swimming pool just in terrace of the room we were staying.)

(Pa! so cute haha)

(Swimming pools, the hotel has 3 swimming pool, and we were playing in one of swimming pools!! Oh i've learned swim from my friends at this time.. They all can swim quite well, they said they've learned swim at schools.. Well i remember i've also learned swim when i was child.. and in fact i listened one swimming class at university when i was freshman... But i didn't learn much, so i even couldn't float in the water at first when we came to the swiming pool and began to swim in the water... haha.... Anyway maybe cos of those experiences what i've learned swim before even though it was just little, or i had great swim teachers(?) , i could learn swimming fast and even could swim!!! hehe ( But i'm not not sure that it's the typical swim way which swimmers do) We had really good times in there! It's very nice to swim in swimming pool which we can see many tropical trees..., and see wide horizon of sea without any things.. Just felt like everythings in my mind is just opened to the sea while i was watching the horizon, and i felt i was in the other world which i have dreamed:D

Oh.. i felt very nice to float on the water also.. My friend taught me some ways how to float on the water.... can see the sky by lying on the water.. or can float to see under the water.. Pa said to me she likes water much, and swim also. and i also felt like her haha... I got fascinated to this sport, so i'm trying to learn swimming after got back from thailand:D Well... Maybe I can enjoy swimming more with my friends when i'm going to be back to thailand again.. and maybe in more beautiful seas:D)

(That's the swimming pool we were playing hehe:D)

(They are pics which took next day.. It looked more beautiful than last day, cos the weater is very nice at that day:D)

(With jie)

(haha we made many different gestures for fun:P)

(Restaurant we ate dinner at, we've met my another friend off in pattaya again and ate dinner together, he is photographer, so he tooks many pics for us, but didn't recieve his pics yet)

(In fact it's quite expensive restaurant.. and sell many sea foods..)

(hehe i like this dish!)

(I felt it's little spicy to me;;;; )

(we have that dish in korea also, and the taste is same..i think:P)

(My friends in the street of pattaya.. So many bars and pubs in the pattaya, That's why the place is well known to ppl...It's the place USA army were in, That's why many pubs and bars began to be opened there.. And many gays or transgenders there also! oh i've seen many pretty transgenders, and wanted to take pictures of them. But i couldn't, cos my friend said i had to ask for permission to them..Some stores showed to game of boxing. so ppl can drink in there with watching the show.. and on the other side, some ppl went up on the table and danced and sang songs...And there were many girls who called to guests also... So many ppl, and many colorful store signs.. confusing -_-;;; Oh and... i've seen some ppl were smoking hemp in the chair.. They looked very comfortable and happy.-_-;;; I asked to my friend if it's a legal....Of course it's not....she said just police didn't catch them.. Anyway I felt That was right pattaya is place for pleasure and enjoyments)

(jie gave the flower medal of jasmine to me as gift! she said it's the medal for foreigners who visited to there:P anyway i like the medal, cos i like the aroma of jasmin:D)

(With another friend off)

We had to get up so early to go to floating market. cos it only opens early morning about 7~9 am.. so we got up about 5 am and just washed and left from pa's home... Umm in fact we didn't go to bed early last night, and played in pa's room together..(pa, and jie and p off and me!) and stayed up till late night.. about 3 or 4 am... so.... i just slept in the pa's aunt's car while we were going to floating market....and in fact i slept all times in the car whenever we were going to pattaya and samed island.. and other places also...So my friends just laugh at me i just sleep always when i'm in the car.-_-;;

(uhh we arrived to floating market!!! i wanted to go to there cos i've seen so many scene of that from TV... and it looked so interesting.. cos we dont have this kinda market in korea... In fact Thailand is the country, the water roads were developed quite well.. That's why they have floating market and use the water as traffic.... )

(She is the person who sell dishes, so we can order dishes in the boat and eat in there..So many shops are floating on the river also!!)

(They are making some candy by honey now, and i tryed to eat.. but it's very very sweat!!!)

(pa is making the cany now:P)

(someone waved his hand to us.. so we also waved back to him!! well.. Just felt thai ppl are really friendly. cos it's not common to see those scene in korea. we don't say hello and smile and wave our hands to others well whom we dont know well)

(me, pa, and her aunt)

(jie!!!!)

(This is the restaurant which we ate lunch at... Umm i've eatten little strange dish in there.-_-;; I think the taste is quite strong cos of the grass, shangchai...)

(It's the coconut tree? Umm i forgot..-_-;;;)

(I think it's coconut, and the pic is yaja......)

(That's the strange dish!!! hehehe In fact, It was little hard to eat.. But not much bad.. anyway it was a good chance to eat this kinda dishes also hehe:D)

(It's another style tuk tuk, My friends also seem to be very strange to see that.. Cos There's no this kinda tuk duk in bangkok.. It looks like truck... but much smaller than truck.. and looks so cute! and have many different colors.. green, pink... etc.)

(It's very old temple, and it's one of temple i like in thailand:D Cos i like old antiques and buidings which i can feel at the ages)

(It's old and many parts of this temple were destoryed, That's cos of battle with myanmar, like many buidings in korea were destroyed at japanese age... So i think that's why some thai ppl don't have good feeling about myanmar like koreans for japan...Well I think many countries don't have good relation with their neighbors hehe:P)

(It's really big budda.. even though not bigger than budda i've seen in penang(malaysia) But enough so big... huh..)

( Like other temples, have to take off shoes before come into the temple... Umm.... There are many buddihist temples in korea also, but i think budda in every countries look different all..;;; Thai budda smile more brightly than korean's:P I feel it looks like thai ppl's smile:D)

(all budda wear gold!!)

(when jie took pic of us, one black cat came to her.... umm it looks little cute and little scary also.-_-;; In fact i'm little afraid of cat.. but the cat is quite strange.. she isn't scared of ppl.-_-;; just looked at us with quite pure eyes... so i could approached to her even though i'm afraid of cat.... Well it's very common to see pets like cat, and dog in temples.. cos almost thai ppl are buddhist ppl, and in the buddisht thought, they forbid to kill animals.. That's why i can see many animals walking on the streets very ofen in thailand..)

(me and pa with the cat hehe! she was hiding behind of ba.. maybe she seemed to be shy to take picture?!)

(It's another temple, i like the temple best among i've been, and i think it's quite popular to ppl who like taking pictures)

( from here, we took pics by pa's cell phone, cos my camera and pa's batteries
went out all..-_-;; i forgot to charge the battery last night...;;)

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(It's queen's palace,, it's traditional thai style house, and it looked so nice over the river:D)

(Oh many of structures and buidlings were spoiled cos of myanma...)

While i was walking through buidlings, i felt i was in somewhere in old ages... I like countries which have long history like egypt and wanna go to some nice buidings which made in old ages....then i can feel the times when ppl lived in same world where i'm living in now... Just we lived in different time.. it's very interesting!:D

Anyway i like those old temples in ayuttaya.. Even than temples and palaces in bangkok... they are so nice but i'm impressed of those old buidings more hehe:D and had a very great time in there!!! Thank you for pa's aunt again to get time for me:D

It's the old pic when i've met my uni friends after got back from malayisa... so at this time it was winter~ spring here korea:D