Practice Gratitude

• Dear’s wedding and gathered with relatives.
• more of translation works.
• work & busy life
• chatted on fb with D.
• something to look forward to.
• morning run
• finished a book and started a new one.
• sorted things out for Japan trip.
• many supports from dear friends.
• email from a friend who lives in Singapore.
• long phonecall conversation with a friend in BKK. i told her that i sometimes felt lonely and still thought of the time when i was in the relationship. but that’s a part of life and i am human.
• i keep customers happy with my works.
• tea

• spent lazy Saturday morning watching 2 movies, then got up to have breakfast (acutally i had breakfast in bed while watching the second one..). after finishing with the movies, i started painting the living room bright blue. threw out some of the junks, rearranged the room and drove back home. (from shop)..
• played with Py and Phun. it is always great to get back home and see them waiting for me impatiently..
• started and finished painting the kitchen. it was how i spent my whole sunday. i circled around it painting, getting up and down the step ladders, scrubbing the walls, cleaning the sink, sweeping the floor and relocating things around. i was beat after the day ended but i was very happy with my work too..
• 4 movies i watched during the weekend.
• the joyful spirit of organizing my cousin’s wedding on Tuesday. tents were put up, foods were listed and prepared. eveyone looks so happy..
• a phonecall from my girlfriend who i feel guilty not calling or sending postcards for a while. she called me to tell me about her new bf and who she might get married to at the end of the year. i am sooooo happy for her. she said i was the first one who she called and told the good news.
• our new plan after Japan failed. we are going to Taiwan!! And we will pause Japan and start to apply the visa again in October. so i do not totally give up. i will just take a break from it and get up back to it later.
• there were some ups and downs during the past week but i am toally over it with all the support from dear friends and family.
• the laugh i shared with a friend while driving back home.
• the new issue of runners’ world magazine which is coming on my way from BKK. a dear friend went out shopping and asked if i wanted the magazine. she is the one who always asks this question, goes out buy them and sends them to me.. i am so lucky to have her as a friend.

• Finished another translation work and submitted it to my customer. And started a new one.
• Out running in the morning.
• Work & getting busy.
• Phone call from PT. I miss talking to him sometimes. So when he called this morning, we had a long conversation. no, I am not getting back to him. I am just trying to make peace with myself and not mad when thinking of when he left me and broke my heart twice. I guess the healing process takes longer than I expected.
• Out shopping for shop, got things done, sorted things out.
• The new bookcase that is being overly stuffed with my and sister’s books, both Thai and English. I’ve moved all the books we own into this bookcase and love looking at it. While putting the books in, I saw that there were a lot of books I have not finished, half-read and want to reread. Good to get them together so it’s easy to seek and grab when I want to read them..
• The rain last night. I love it when I slept and opened all the windows and it rained hard all night. (just made sure I wore long-sleeved T-shirt so I won’t catch a cold again!)
• It’s Wednesday already!!

weekend

• 7 mile-run on Saturday morning.
• shopping at flea market and bought a blouse, 2 pairs of shorts and a dress.
• watched a few movies.
• housecleaning
• lazed around the house
• made new pillows, time spent sewing.
• chatted on fb with friends.
• someone told me something that made me giggled.
• had a little dance with Phun and Py.
• worked for dad on dirt moving.
• out on a predawn run on Sunday afternoon.
• messages from dear friends.
• planning for a counsin’s wedding. I will be the photographer and I don’t need to wear a dress!
• set up a mini-gym at home.
• dad agreed to have my kitchen painted yellow (with little whine though).
• a little gossip with mom.
• babysat phun while my sis was out working.

• messages from a friend.
• tea
• the shiny floor
• giggles
• new found information
• my (going to be) busy Monday.

saturday

• i had quiet time to myself and took a short nap after morning run.
• out to have brunch with sister and her family.
• went tile shopping with my dad. i pointed, picked and he paid!
• watched a few movies before sleeping.

sunday

• did fun and creative things with py, phun and jenny.
• managed to book rooms in tokyo.
• the quiet time while all the little monsters napped..
• a long afternoon solo run. thought i missed it and glad i made it.

monday

• busy & hectic monday and i survived.
• tight sleep.
• finished and submitted another translation work.
• my shop is hitting busy time.
• drove mom to hospital for her annual check-up.
• the new issue of runner’s world magazine. i am addicted to it and it hightly motivated me to go out and have a joyful run..
• $$$

• finished the translation works, not all but the urgent ones. i felt productive, relieved and light!
• shop is getting busier.
• the cold is 90% awayyyyyyyyyy.
• going home tomorrow and stopping by at the flea market..
• threw things out and had more space in the house. (i will keep throwing junk.)
• the decoration project of the house is on big progress.
• having the house to myself tonight.
• Py was here the whole day so i switched between working and playing with her. and in the afternoon we went to the farmer market together..
• morning run.

• morning run
• finished a book and starting a new one.
• scrapbook
• start packing for singapore trip
• afternoon naps
• the house after being cleaned
• played with my nephew and teased him many times a day..
• got that money.
• movies

• i finished the translation work!!! despite the busy schedule around my shop which i needed to go out running errands everyday..

• managed to send out some new year gifts my sister wanted to give to her friends.. i got the photos i took from malaysian trip developed, had them framed and sent them out.. it feels like i am her secretary. (i thought i left this job long time ago..). better not whine bc i am going to lose more energy doing so..

• lunched out with PT. it’s good that i didn’t have any urge to throw things at him.. we just had lunch and friendly chat.. (sometimes, i felt like i was still angry at him for breaking up with me and now he wants to be friend with me..)....

• another sunshining day

• morning run, morning page, morning read

• scrapbook i did last night to wind down my lousy day..

• the cold rain, the warm bed
• new translation work. i am still struggling with the old one and now i’ve accepted a new different one from a new different customer with tight schedule.. challenge. challenge.
• stayed home one more night on sunday and drove back to shop on monday morning..
• busy shop. long hour work.
• slept tight
• took a break from work talking with gf.
• went to farmer market with py and her mom..

• Finished one translation and emailed it to customer. Started a new one.
• Out with sis.
• Out shopping for shop.
• Morning run.
• Have been busy
• Had tight sleep
• Farmer market
• Received a postcard from Singapore.
• Reading and writing morning page.
• Managed to deposit money and update the bankbook