Settling down at my computer on this Wednesday night after a long day of teaching...

Oh yes, I teach piano now at a couple of music studios and so far, it's very rewarding. I'm getting in touch with my spirit child again. It's getting me to remember the days when I was a child and learning to play piano or music of any kind for that matter...

I've been trying to get in touch with my creative soul more often. Trying to make more time to do my art. Any art... like drawing again, or painting, or beading more and even playing more piano! So, that's what I'll be doing more in the next few months and hopefully into the new year. It's time to take care of that inner part of me, itching to be expressive creatively.

That "September feeling"- season changing- is finally settling down for me as I'm getting use to this whole teaching gig and such... and soon October will come and oh how quickly the year goes by.

Okie... I'm going to work on some of that art I was talking about.

Peace.

So here they are. Some of them anyway. I've gotten through one cd of photos! phew! It's 5am right now. I should probably get some sleep... haha... more to come soon.

So Bangkok was crowded. Polluted air, the city that never sleeps. Parties on Koh San road. Street venders everywhere... We stayed in Bangkok for only 3 days... that was enough. I appreciate Bangkok... it's got a life of it's own there.

Our next stop was Koh Phangan. It's so beautiful there. We stayed in bamboo bungalows. Turquoise waters. White sandy beaches. We went to the Full Moon Party. That was a riot. The biggest party of this entire world, I think. We went on a boat tour a couple of days after. Went to other beaches... one was Bottle Beach... went snorkling and swum with the tropical fishes... I wish I had a waterproof camera. Some of my friends went cliff jumping...

Now we're in Koh Phi Phi. We've been here for about 5 days. Partied it up here. Lotsa drinking. Lotsa dancing. Caught some fire dancing shows.

Today we're heading to Rai Lay where we'll spend a week there... maybe do some rock climbing. More sun tanning. Some more shopping. Just plain chillaxin'.

Gotta go check outta our hotel room now! Peace! Hope everyone is doing well!

kisses.

So on Sunday I'll be on my way to Thailand. I'll get to stop in Japan for 5 hours... So, I'll get to enjoy the people watching and such... I'll try to take as many photos as I possibly can while I'm away and when I come back in July, hopefully I will have some spectacular shots! It will be my first ever "digital camera photographic adventure." I'd like to bring my canon AE-1 but it's too heavy and we are going during the hot season in Thailand. It'd be very annoying to lug that thing around; plus it'd be tragic to lose such an amazing camera... so I'll go digital instead.

Until next time!
~Judes

P.S. I may decide to blog here once in a while when I'm over there so do check back if you'd like.

I finished school 2 weeks ago. I've just been working every single day now... I'll try to go out here and there and check out a good show once in a while. I leave for Thailand in 1 month. I'm so very excited. I'm happy. Since school has ended, I've been free to do my own thing with music and art. I absolutely love it. I am not going back to school for a while. I figured I'll go back when I'm ready. I may not go back to music school... I am looking into massage therapy schools for the future... 1-2 years time that is. It's lovely that my work trains me to do relaxation massage therapy but it would be nice to have the registered massage therapist title to my name... There's talk of Langara and Kwantlen combining their massage programs together in the future so that they'd offer a Bachelor of health sciences... and a Bachelor of Science is nice to have... ah future plans. I'll see what happens. For now I'm gonna enjoy my travels and working and creating art.
Peace.