Happy New Year 2010 or as we say in Thai, Sawas Dee bhi Mai! Time goes by so quick. I was thinkin' about what I did last year and what was goin' on in my life, I've had a lot of good times and bad times and laughter. I finished my classes, stared working full-time and other met other goals. Life goes by so fast when you do something you enjoy but when something bad happens with you the time goes so slowly. This New Year’s Eve was the first time I hung out with my brother and we celebrated at Tha Pae Gate it was really fun, there were a lot of the fireworks and lanterns lighting up the night sky and I got very drunk later…
01 Jan 10 we drove our motorbike up to Mae On, we decided to climb at the Crazy Horse Buttress! This year wanted to do something challenging for myself and not just get drunk, doing the same as every year, so we got there about 4 O'Clock and ran up to the crag to climb couper route at the ant hill. It's very so quiet for city people like us because there is nothing to do we just drank a Chang beer each and went to bed so early because each day we would wake up early to climb. On Jan 2nd we woke up so early we ran down to local market buy some food and stuff, and then hiked up to the Gate Keeper. Add was very excited because he really wanted to work on this project. We were at gate keeper for the whole day. We were working really hard on this project and it was amazing. I have never seen my brother climb as hard as he did and he met all of his goals but it was not a good day for me. I kept trying to finish my project but it did not happen for me that day. Eventually it became a mental game for me, I kept questioning myself and why I could not finish the project. I kept trying, but in the end, it was not a good day for me. I eventually had to call it a day and try it again tomorrow. But the project was stuck in my mind and continued to haunt me all night long. So after climbing we just went to get food at the market near by the hot spring it was so nice being outside of the town because you don't think to much about everything that’s going on in your life. You just feel very relaxed and don’t have to worry about anything else. 03 Jan we woke up even earlier because we wanted to have a photo shoot and I wanted to finish my project. I felt a bit nervous that morning as we were hiking up to gate keeper again. I did a quick warm up route, and got my heart and body pumping hard in preparation for my big challenge. Finally I did. I was so happy after that, it felt amazing to finally finish it! After that we went down to the main crag do a bit more climbing but we were there just half day and then headed back to town.
What kind of year are you going to create? I always ask my students this question when I am working with them. Although it is sometimes hard to be successful, you have to keep trying. Every time I do something I remind myself the things you love are always worth doing… Happy New Year everyone 2010… CHEERS!
