Moments at the Royal Reign Exhibit

Thailand's Government Complex is huge enough to house several departments and ministries and to double as venue for major art and culture shows. That's exactly what I found during a recent run to the place. It was a riot of colors and style I was humming 'beautiful, beautiful!' all the way. There were paintings by local artists, Khon masks, silk-weaving and pottery demonstrations, village replicas, man-made waterfall among many other displays. Here's one of them -  

Demure peacock all made up of flowers and leaves. The two flower balls on the lower right corner are encrusted with anise seeds and resemble dunkin donuts.

While the ratio is normally one is to one at Government House, that is one immigration stuff takes one day to sort out, Lady Luck must have smiled on me I accomplished -

Two errands in one day which saved me time, energy and money. With the re-entry permit secured I can now look forward to a holiday in Singapore I booked last month.

Back at work, I learned to -

Say no.  Perhaps after a long while I did learn to grasp reason to refuse to do something. It wasn't just a regular colleague I said no to. It was the vice president. But time does come for one to dare, to risk and deal with a challenge. It feels wonderful to come out of it composure intact.

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed. This is part of Sam Levenson's inspirational suggestions that I had fun putting on the white flower photo above. The 'slim figure' bit particularly amuse me. Haven't we been all sharing food forever? But I'm gaining weight instead. Oh well, one final fave of the week -

Red velvet cake and green tea. 'Nuf said.

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