Weekend Routine

Hello folks, it's almost the weekend again! And right around this time, I'm planning what to do with my free time.

Since I got here, I've been exploring the street markets and the malls on my own, and when Pierre came, I took him to the same areas that I did on my first few days here. When he left came my parents and as expected, it was the same thing all over again. Frankly, I think I've been to Chatuchak more times than I can assume locals do in their spare time in a month. But now that I've not lined up any visitors this coming weekend, I'm left to explore all on my own again. No more weekend Chatuchak - Siam routine.

Exploring alone gets me excited because I can take up as much time as I want getting lost, and wandering around. But it also makes me a bit sad that I don't get to take as many photos as I want since I have to rely on my good old friend, self-timer. Alas, it's time to bring back the old tricks of coffee cups and water bottles (because I'm too lazy to bring tripods along with me). But I will commit for the sake of content (even if it doesn't bother me as much as it did whenever I don't get to post).

I've been trying to stay away from the toxicity of social media so if you wonder why the lack of Instagram posts, this is why. I just don't see the point anymore when everyone's just doing it to gain fame and money. The good old blogging days when people did it to express creativity, passion, and art are long gone. And to me, taking a photo with a smartphone and instant filter is not as exciting as learning about cameras, and lenses, honing photo editing skills using Photoshop and Lightroom; not to mention discovering your true personal style instead of following what's currently trendy on the gram. There was a real effort to be had back then.

Anyway, I didn't mean to rant but just wanted to express how I felt and why I'm on and off the grid. This blog is essentially the only outlet that's important to me, never mind the tube and the gram.

Back to the topic at hand.

I did VLOG on my first visit to Chatuchak market and that will soon be up on the YT channel after my last Europe VLOG (I know, it's not over yet). But bear with me. I'm starting to get a better grasp of my daily routine here in Bangkok and soon I'll be back on my regular 2-3 day updates.

In the meantime, I leave you with this set that Pierre took when he was here two weeks ago.

Have a great start to December, you all!