I'm certainly not saying the good people of Thailand live life without a worry or care, but I continue to admire their ability to keep a better grip on their "mai pen rai" (nevermind, don't worry about it) attitude, and I am again (finally) beginning to count the days until I'm immersed in it once more.
Here today are more smiling examples of shared friendship and camaraderie I've observed. The school kids up top were also shown in a different pose in "Friends" back on September 26th, but I also liked this shot well enough to repeat the same subjects. I defy anyone to look at this photo and not smile to themselves.
The kids above were playing some version of "tag" when I was wandering around in the large city park in central Udonthani one afternoon, and after taking a picture of two of them the others ran over to get in on it, too.
The two guys below were leading a less-than-charmed life when I first met them but had bonded together for friendship and emotional support, as co-workers doing challenging or unpleasant work sometimes do. I've lost track of them now but they were most generous in sharing about their existence away from home, and I hope to run across them again some time for an update.
If anyone reading this knows of their whereabouts, please leave a comment for me. In the interest of their privacy I won't publish it, but I'd appreciate it.
2 comments:
I don't have their information, but I think I recognize them in one of your earlier post, which you wrote about visiting thier humble room and your encounter with the fierce mama guarding the entrance. I am not sure if I am correct. Thais love to smile and it always calms me when I see smiling faces. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Scott - if you happen to remember anything of them, please leave another comment or email me at the address to the right. I'd be curious to follow up and see how they are doing a couple of years on.
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