my little adventures.

Promise I work, I really do.

So far this little blog has been all my trips and playing, but I really do work too. Now, my work can be confused by some as playing, but it is a valid job. I have been working for a company that designs travel, security products. So here's a little update on what I do. I've been able to work on lots of projects, all sorts of things, from point of purchase displays to bags all sorts in between. The biggest project I have underway is a line of womens bags for 2009, which has been a good challenge, as well as a main reason for staying longer. But here's one of the things I do for work and in particular this project: find fabrics. A colleague and I took a little trip to Sham Shui Po, the fabric district, and did some sourcing.. below is just a small bit of the result.

And there you have it... a little peak into what I do for a living. It's great, definitely a good experience and job thus far.

The things you see...

Asia is a great place, full of all sorts of incredible sites. This past weekend, I went with some friends to Macau and had loads of fun. We saw some sites, ate great food, and hung out with all sorts of friends, but one of my favorite parts was the ferry ride. Here's why...

Promise it's the ferry and not a beauty salon. I almost asked if she could give me a manicure, but we just weren't sitting close enough. And I especially loved the one curler in the other lady's hair... just one. This is one reason why I love Asia, and just thought I'd share.

The Police...

Though musical ability passed my by, I do love good music and was raised on some great stuff (thanks Dad). So, when news of the Police heading to Macau hit my ear, I was all for seeing them. I went with a couple friends, Andrew is in the photos. Pretty much, it was a great way to celebrate Chinese New Year (there were other festivities.. I'll post those later). It was a phenomenal show, from great seats and great company. So no complaints from here. Here's a few pictures of the concert...

Back to Thailand... Time for Chiang Mai.

After Cambodia, Jason and I headed up to Northern Thailand, which was a lot of fun. We saw fewer temples and had a great time... here's a few of the highlights.

Elephants. We couldn't go to Thailand and not see and ride an elephant. We rented a scooter and were on our way. Maesa Elephant Camp was our first stop. Turns out elephants can paint, dance, make music, play soccer... you name it, they can do it... Though the one we rode was a bit stubborn, all in all loads of fun.

We got to see some of the country side on our scooter and it was beautiful, as you can see.

Our failed attempt to find a tribal village landed us in small Thai village. Jason took a great photo of this older woman, she was quite amazing. Once again, we found the kids (that seemed to happen a lot). They were quite excited to be bouncing up and down on some elevated plywood... perhaps their makeshift trampoline... and loved getting their pictures taken.

Lastly, we have the monkey school... they train orphan monkeys to do all sorts of things, like weight lift or ride a bike with an umbrella, I bet they do that in the wild. Jason looks like he could fit right in there, haha, except he's much better looking than the monkeys. And we found that little monkeys want candy just as much as little children do - this little guy tried stealing it from Jason.

And that's all the photos of this trip I'm going to toss up. There are many, many more, but these are among the best and tell the story. There will be more photos of other crazy adventures to come. Thanks for checking out my blog though, hope you like the sites or find it interesting in some way. Ciao.

Even more of Cambodia... and wow, I am slow at getting these up. This should top it off though...

Here is a temple right next to Angkor Wat, called Angkor Thom or Bayon. It had faces carved all over each, one for each of the provinces of Cambodia at the time, I believe. It was another incredible site. I could've explored these temples for months, they were amazing.

Next stop, Ta Phrom, a favorite of one of our little Cambodian friends. This is the temple that was used in the film Tomb Raider, hence its nickname of Tomb Raider. I'm not quite sure why, but the way nature and neglect have destroyed the temple has made it gorgeous. It is an eerie kind of beautiful.

And I think these are my favorites pictures of the whole trip. I fell in love with all the little Cambodian kids (despite all of them wanting to sell us stuff). They were so full of energy and excited to have their pictures taken. We stopped at a roadside stand and hung out with the kids, they loved the candy we would bring for them and it distracted them from selling us stuff for a little bit. The 3 boys came to see us while we were waiting in our tuk tuk. And lastly, this little boy was so sweet, he didn't like his job, but was helping his family. He was a smart one and read a little for us and did a great job. Ah, I would have taken them all home with me if I could've...