Thursday I discovered an old band from the 90's.
They're called Neutral Milk Hotel. The Swell Season covered one of their songs.
It's awesome.
Then I found Iron and Wine recordings from their live performances. I've seen them live twice— it's nice to relive that.
It was a good music day— all this while I was working on our new brochures and website.
Then a man named Sean from England/Ireland came over and stayed on my couch. He's a friend of a friend, just here traveling through. We had a good chat before I left to go see my friends Jaclyn and JiYoung at this sweet place in downtown Bangkok. It was called Nest and it was a rooftop restaurant/bar.— real high class and posh. There was an event there with live music. We hung out on the roof with the moon looming at us. Jaclyn and I had a really deep conversation about life, love, and human relationship.
The next day I worked a bit. My dad came home. I haven't seen him in a long time. His Swedish series wrapped and he was done with all the shooting. I'm glad he's able to expressed how impressed he is with some of the stuff I had accomplished with the company while he was gone. It's real encouraging.
I picked up Julia, a couchsurfer from Germany, from the airport. After getting lost finding my way home, we got there. Right away she struck up a very good conversation. I'm happy to host a real German— haha, I don't know if that will make a lot of sense to people.
I showed her around the warehouse and studio. She's jealous that we worked with a lot of celebrities, especially Leonardo Dicaprio. We went and ate MK, a sukiyaki place at a nearby mall. She learned how to use chopsticks for the first time. All of us actually had a good time talking to each other. I think she's very excited to be in Thailand and traveling. We learned a great deal about Germany and where she lives.
We came home and were supposed to go out and meet some of my friends. They took way too long so Julia and I were just chatting about her travel plans in Thailand and traveling in general. She shared some of her hitchhiking experience as well as some of her Oktoberfest stories. I had a really good time talking to her. She hits me a lot— might be a German thing to do while talking. I certainly didn't mind, it added to the intensity of the conversation. I didn't realize how many stories I had to share about life and traveling. I never think about that— I always thought I never remember enough to share a lot of good stories, but I've started to remember how things are and tell them in a more entertaining way now. That's really nice. She met my brother as well— they had a really funny conversation about football— the rivalry with Germany and England (he follows British football). It's cool to see my brother speak English. My sister is very good as well now. I'm proud of them.
Hosting someone from couchsurfing is just a blast, especially if they're surfing your couch for the right reasons. It's connecting with people in ways you never do with traditional traveling. Who are you going to connect with sleeping on your hotel queen bed or laying on your tummy reading the romance novel at the beach?
I picked up Julia, a couchsurfer from Germany, from the airport. After getting lost finding my way home, we got there. Right away she struck up a very good conversation. I'm happy to host a real German— haha, I don't know if that will make a lot of sense to people.
I showed her around the warehouse and studio. She's jealous that we worked with a lot of celebrities, especially Leonardo Dicaprio. We went and ate MK, a sukiyaki place at a nearby mall. She learned how to use chopsticks for the first time. All of us actually had a good time talking to each other. I think she's very excited to be in Thailand and traveling. We learned a great deal about Germany and where she lives.
We came home and were supposed to go out and meet some of my friends. They took way too long so Julia and I were just chatting about her travel plans in Thailand and traveling in general. She shared some of her hitchhiking experience as well as some of her Oktoberfest stories. I had a really good time talking to her. She hits me a lot— might be a German thing to do while talking. I certainly didn't mind, it added to the intensity of the conversation. I didn't realize how many stories I had to share about life and traveling. I never think about that— I always thought I never remember enough to share a lot of good stories, but I've started to remember how things are and tell them in a more entertaining way now. That's really nice. She met my brother as well— they had a really funny conversation about football— the rivalry with Germany and England (he follows British football). It's cool to see my brother speak English. My sister is very good as well now. I'm proud of them.
Hosting someone from couchsurfing is just a blast, especially if they're surfing your couch for the right reasons. It's connecting with people in ways you never do with traditional traveling. Who are you going to connect with sleeping on your hotel queen bed or laying on your tummy reading the romance novel at the beach?
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