i've been using my ipod a lot less since i arrived in bangkok.
back home in nyc and in seoul as well, i'd usually listen to it whenever i was out walking or in the subway but since i've been in thailand, i find myself using it much less. one of the major reasons is i think it'd be somewhat foolish with bangkok traffic---not having the ability to be aware of your surroundings would be a huge handicap with the many cars, scooters, bikes and people passing by. another reason would be that sometimes no song can be better than what surrounds you at certain moments of life, and you'd better listen up because it might never happen again.
i'm sitting on my friend's porch right now, and just getting some air as i stare at the sun. things are still at the moment, but there's still an orchestra of something happening---the sounds of a light breeze and echoing clanks of metal pounding together at nearby construction sites and frustrated honks of far away cars and rustling palm trees as well as numerous dialects of birds chirping and the low hums of air conditioners steer themselves through the wind.
...i should get up and head out the door, but i don't want to move.
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