A flowery trip...
Sunflowers! 
It’s 5 o’clock in the morning! What you gonna do? Outside at the corner… gonna put myself together… and oooooh ooooh…
Ok! Quit the singing!
Woke up 5 in the morning, woke up everyone else too! And head to the gates! Neung and Sverre arrive shortly and discover that the tickets are left behind!
Mai pen rai. Take a taxi… go back to Dorm and pick us again at the gate!
We arrive at the Don Muang Airport train station and await the train. While waiting, we here stories of train trips in India! Really hilarious! At the same time, the station master warns me not to step beyond the red (or is it yellow?) line! Of course not Sir, I’m not ready to leave this world!!!
Anyway, I should say that this was different from the last year’s. I guess it has a lot to do with the accompanying friends as well as the quality and quantity of food! He he eh… wasn’t really as spectacular as expected!
We stop at the sunflower fields and I end up buying fresh seeds to plant back home. the flowers in bloom seem fresher than last year, maybe because we came a bit earlier this time? Another stop at the ‘lake sea’ and then we head to Pasak Dam.
We did more shopping on the way that time passed by without warning! And just as I realized we had 10 minutes left, I tell Ageno (whom I’d convinced to come with me to the dam… ) it’s time we head back. Of course, a short stop at the rest room would be good as well. Unfortunately, the queue for the inconvenience ended up being a real inconvenience!
Once out, we hasten our journey back and on the way, Kyaw calls to say the train’s engine started… and lo and behold! It’s moving! I can’t even see it! Christ! RUN!!! That’s all I could say!
On the move, with the mobile to my ear, I call Neung
and ask where she is! She tells me she’s still flying kites! God! Is she nuts or something??!!?? I thought she was damned serious and she thought I was playing a joke! Yeah, right!!!
Anyway, we get to the station and oh yes, the train has left!
Luckily we came on the first train so we could always catch the second train which would leave in one and a half hours time!
It’s just so hilarious that we kept laughing all the time! Wondering if it was fate and destiny that made us miss the train or a real stupid desire to see a dame seen before or was it the strong desire to have a more convenient inconvenience???!!!
All said and done, I take a nap on the wooden seats and Ageno, talks with Donna and then also rests!
Who else would be strolling towards the station than 2 more members of our group!!! Half an hour late!!! One didn’t have a ticket, neither had a mobile and neither knew anything about a second train or the way back!!! GREAT!
All doubts gone….we were sure it was destiny that kept us there waiting for these two! Couldn’t stop laughing until we boarded the second train and fate again, upgraded us to the air-con coach!
Heading back… we stop off at the Rangsit station and take a taxi whose driver seems to be working in some radio station!!!
Back on campus, a dip in the pool was something to look forward to!
Dreams of flowers, sunshine, train rides, wind in my hair, laughter filled my night!
It’s 5 o’clock in the morning! What you gonna do? Outside at the corner… gonna put myself together… and oooooh ooooh…
Ok! Quit the singing!
Woke up 5 in the morning, woke up everyone else too! And head to the gates! Neung and Sverre arrive shortly and discover that the tickets are left behind!
Mai pen rai. Take a taxi… go back to Dorm and pick us again at the gate!
We arrive at the Don Muang Airport train station and await the train. While waiting, we here stories of train trips in India! Really hilarious! At the same time, the station master warns me not to step beyond the red (or is it yellow?) line! Of course not Sir, I’m not ready to leave this world!!!
Anyway, I should say that this was different from the last year’s. I guess it has a lot to do with the accompanying friends as well as the quality and quantity of food! He he eh… wasn’t really as spectacular as expected!
We stop at the sunflower fields and I end up buying fresh seeds to plant back home. the flowers in bloom seem fresher than last year, maybe because we came a bit earlier this time? Another stop at the ‘lake sea’ and then we head to Pasak Dam.
We did more shopping on the way that time passed by without warning! And just as I realized we had 10 minutes left, I tell Ageno (whom I’d convinced to come with me to the dam… ) it’s time we head back. Of course, a short stop at the rest room would be good as well. Unfortunately, the queue for the inconvenience ended up being a real inconvenience!
Once out, we hasten our journey back and on the way, Kyaw calls to say the train’s engine started… and lo and behold! It’s moving! I can’t even see it! Christ! RUN!!! That’s all I could say!
On the move, with the mobile to my ear, I call Neung
and ask where she is! She tells me she’s still flying kites! God! Is she nuts or something??!!?? I thought she was damned serious and she thought I was playing a joke! Yeah, right!!!
Anyway, we get to the station and oh yes, the train has left!
Luckily we came on the first train so we could always catch the second train which would leave in one and a half hours time!
It’s just so hilarious that we kept laughing all the time! Wondering if it was fate and destiny that made us miss the train or a real stupid desire to see a dame seen before or was it the strong desire to have a more convenient inconvenience???!!!
All said and done, I take a nap on the wooden seats and Ageno, talks with Donna and then also rests!
Who else would be strolling towards the station than 2 more members of our group!!! Half an hour late!!! One didn’t have a ticket, neither had a mobile and neither knew anything about a second train or the way back!!! GREAT!
All doubts gone….we were sure it was destiny that kept us there waiting for these two! Couldn’t stop laughing until we boarded the second train and fate again, upgraded us to the air-con coach!
Heading back… we stop off at the Rangsit station and take a taxi whose driver seems to be working in some radio station!!!
Back on campus, a dip in the pool was something to look forward to!
Dreams of flowers, sunshine, train rides, wind in my hair, laughter filled my night!
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