A Day in the Old City. A Night on the Town.

We had an early start on Wednesday! My dad was taking us on a day trip to Ayuttaya! The assistant pastor, Ajan Vee (Ajan is a title that means “teacher”), was our driver! Ayuttaya was the capital city of Thailand from the 14^th-17^th century before Bangkok became the capital city. We had a really fun day and we got a lot of good pictures! Here are some samples :)

Wednesday night, we decided to go hear my cousin, Sunny, play at a restaurant in the swanky district called Soi Thonglor. Sunny is a professional Jazz pianist. He teaches at 2 universities, teaches private piano lessons in his home studio, and performs with a group of friends at different hotels, Jazz bars or restaurants. This particular night, Sunny was playing at a restaurant called “To Die For.” The food can be classified as contemporary American food with Asian fusion, very comparable to a nice contemporary American restaurant (and so was the price!) We sat outside in an open patio that is enclosed by the restaurant. The weather was just perfect! Brian and I had a great dinner while enjoying wonderful Jazz music. Sunny would come and sit and hangout with us during his breaks. We told Sunny that the singer sounded really good. All the songs she sang were in English and her English sounded good. He told us that her English is actually not that great if we hear her speak but you can’t tell when you hear her sing because she’s learned and memorized these songs to a T! She’s a recorded Jazz artist in Thailand and has quite a following! Brian and I had a lot of fun. Great food, great music and great company! Cheers (with Thai Singha beer) to a great night!