Twirling time-----New Year of mine.

Every time from plane takes off and lands, there's different mood. No matter if it's happy, lonely, going back home, or traveling, we have to live our life day by day, life eventually back to the origin.

No matter where we spend our new year, new year is just a few days, but a year is 365 days.

Everyday we must have happy mood and traveling spirit.

Sometimes, people's mind change with the people and the surrounded environment.

During the new years in Dhahran, all ladies in the compound traveled abroad for holidays. Americans and Canadians flew back to North America. Lebanese went back to Beirut. Only a few and me had not yet departing for new year's journey, felt like myself had been forgotten by myself in a corner of the world.

After the new year, everybody came back and we exchanged gifts. Most people said they were so tired and so nice to come back. Thus, another year began. Among those, also a few people said they didn't want to come back, it would be so nice if they could travel everyday.

Use to have had countdown dinner and right after flew to another country.

Also used to pick up friends from the airport in the last hour of the year, and after arrived the hotel lobby, we saw many many people were happily having gala dance just right before the countdown.

Once was sick during the New Year and took rest at home and watched TV, thought in mind that staying at home saves quite some money.
Taking rest with money save isn't bad, just a little bit lonely.

No matter where we spend our new year, new year is just a few days, but a year is 365 days. Everyday we must have happy mood.

Wish everybody and myself happy new year!!

New Year's resolution.

Xmas has just gone, here come the New Year.Just finished eating the Xmas cake, as if the sweet chocolate hasn't melt.

The most excited thing is to appreciate and to taste cakes in Xmas season. This year, this is extremely beautiful, white chocolate made to be the half shell shape, with santa thick chocolate melted in my mouth right away.

Wishing the coming new year will be better than this year.

Wishing the coming new year everybody will be healthy.

Though happiness cannot be measured.

As long as everyone with peaceful mind, do well on what has to do, to me this is happiness Indeed, to have more wealth and able to help the needed people and self, this is the greatest happiness.

Sirocco----open-air sky bar

One of the world's highest outdoor bars, Bangkok's highest bar-----Sirocco----open-air sky bar, located on the 63rd floor of the Dome at State Tower.

With evening breeze and breathtaking view, this is unique and memorable evening in live jazz band music under the stars.

In evening gentle breeze, overlook a beautiful panoramic and stunning views of Bangkok and the Chao Phraya river.

Dome has obvious prominent architecture with its golden crown gleaming brighter and taller than the others. Dress code is an important polite at The DOME at State Tower, ripped clothing, slippers, sandals are not allowed, for gentlemen shoes should be fully covered. Also, shopping bags and backpacks are not allowed when enter.

While walking on the stairs, looking down around stunning view from the bar, some night breezes are touched, there was a feeling needed to grasp onto something.

From my experience, ladies don't have to wear too high-heeled shoes since the steps from the entrance to the bar needs to walk through the open-air stairs located on the 63th floor, accessible by an elevator from the 64th floor.

This is a romantic superior place.

From 9.00pm. - 12.00 midnight services dessert buffet under the stars, I believe those who had been there would leave a 360 degree open view trace in the memory!

Memories and Xmas.

In Xmas season, luxury boutique store windows are elaborately decorated and specially beautiful with warmth.

Xmas gift shopping has done, I'm at an ease and feeling relaxed, slowly walked and looked, wihtout enough courage to recall many memories, time flees too fast.

Often, before recalling memories, new memories take in place!


Suddenly felt the most wanted thing to do for pleasure before Xmas is to watch movie at home.

Remember once used to watch 2 old movies about Xmas, one was acted by Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep, "Falling in love".

And the other movie was by Annete Bening and her husband Warren Beatty, "Love Affair".

Those stories ended happily with warm Xmas reunion, during Xmas I always think of these 2 movies.

Xmas gifts shopping again.

Continued from Sunday's gift shopping, here I'm again. The wrap package of L'Occitane is graceful and refined, together matched with the soft color of lavenders makes me cognizing this brand.
In these recent 3 years of Xmas & New Year's gift lists, for my friends and sister, L'Occitane is one of the must. My sister said her hands are dry in winter, she always carries hand cream whenever she goes.

Those 3 sets are bought from in-flight duty free. On the airplane, L'Occitane's travel set has always been my first choice in selecting duty free products. Xmas & New Year are coming again, once again I bought it as Xmas gifts for friends and sister.

These 2 sets are the most frequent that I purchased in flight.

Have myself a little Merry Xmas

Used to thoughtfully consider several Xmas presents to give to friends.
Successively received gifts from friends, while myself hasn't buying yet. On Sunday morning went to department store, slowly selecting from 1st floor.




I love to give books as presents to friends, or perhaps books are my own favorites. Whenever a hardcover book is given by friends, it will always make me happy. Have spent a long time in the bookstore and bought a Jamie Oliver cooking recipes. He is an adorable chef as I love his quick speedy cooking with nutritious recipes as well as natural attitude. It's my first choice when I select books as gifts. Subsequently, I bought a hardcover travel book---500 of the world's greatest trips by National Geographic.

Chocolate is also my favorite choice when give friends gifts, just like thick sweet friendship.

Crystal...not bad. When in Dhahran, a friend gave me a chubby crystal fish, I love it and can't let it go out from my hand. That crystal fish also accompanied me to several countries upon job.

Watercolor, crayon and acrylic color is also my favorite choice since myself loves painting.

I hope all my friends are happy when open the gifts from me. Tomorrow will be another day to continue gifts shopping.

Elegant tea time.

Singly look, this teacup has elegant refine design, Putting together with teapot, they are the set in harmony.

This ascribable spoon attach well on the cup and makes people reluctantly to remove it down from the cup. For this beautiful tea set, we slowly enjoy the food.

My lunch, salmon sandwich. Delicious!

cake moment

Always felt X'mas is the season to eat cake. No any other moment will be more suitable to taste cake than around X'mas season. Since it brings no pressure nor guilty for gaining weight, or say the guilty feeling towards health.

In recent these days had eaten 3 pieces of cakes and the next day checked the weight in a hurry, Up to tday still do the best in walking to keep fit.