One morning after my meditation at Wat Mae Yen, I stop by this café/postcard stand at the bottom of the steps. For the last couple of days I’ve been noticing a beautiful collection of postcards displayed in front of the shop.
“Are you the photographer of these postcards?” when I ask, Ms. Lek, a tiny girl with a big smile humbly answers “I’m a camera user.”
We sit, chat, show each other’s work on internet for a good morning hour. We promise to have dinner that night and check out the cultural jazz festival in the park. A few days later she offers me a room to stay, I decide to take that generous offer and promise her to help around the shop and the house and we’d do some photo projects together… Here begins my new phase of life in Pai.
Lek has 8 cats. 4 adults and 4 kittens. They are always playful, or cuddling up and sleeping on top of each other.
Busy time in Rhan Lek Lek (Lek is her nickname as the baby sister of 4 siblings, means ‘little’, Rhan is a shop, so her place is ‘little little shop’) can have a dozen of customers hanging out for hours. The shop’s services include coffee, tea and beverages, her handmade postcards of beautiful scenes from Pai, her original design T-shirts and pants, taking a digital photo and printing out postcards on the spot, postal stamps are sold here and each table is equipped with colorful pens to write a letter to your friends and loved ones, and she will even take your postcard to the post office!... all this service comes with free smile too! Check out www.rhanleklek.com for more.
not-so-busy time in the shop when Lek can watch the time go by and Toshiro can practice new songs. (photo by Taiwanese journalist Mr. Yang, www.appledaily.com.tw, www.pixnet.net/yang0902)
with Mr. Tong and Mr. Yang from NextMedia, Taiwan's leading culture magazine
Lek sits "Giant Baby" Nammon, her friend's 5 months old baby, weights 9 kg since his birth.
Ryan teaches guitar to Lek.
"Bum, Bu-bum, Bu-bum, Bum, Bu-bum, Bu-bum..." patiently dictates the rhythm syncopation.
"I want to cry." says Lek. "That means you're learning something new. You always wanna cry a little bit when you grow." says Ryan.
Kittens join the chorus.
Dinner night! "Toshiro, your green curry doesn't have flavor." Natasha and Ms. Lek come and help me making real Thai food.
Good food, good music and lovely smile.
"Time for medicine before we go to bed..." the cats totally know what's coming up and they all hide away.
“Are you the photographer of these postcards?” when I ask, Ms. Lek, a tiny girl with a big smile humbly answers “I’m a camera user.”
We sit, chat, show each other’s work on internet for a good morning hour. We promise to have dinner that night and check out the cultural jazz festival in the park. A few days later she offers me a room to stay, I decide to take that generous offer and promise her to help around the shop and the house and we’d do some photo projects together… Here begins my new phase of life in Pai.
Lek has 8 cats. 4 adults and 4 kittens. They are always playful, or cuddling up and sleeping on top of each other.
Busy time in Rhan Lek Lek (Lek is her nickname as the baby sister of 4 siblings, means ‘little’, Rhan is a shop, so her place is ‘little little shop’) can have a dozen of customers hanging out for hours. The shop’s services include coffee, tea and beverages, her handmade postcards of beautiful scenes from Pai, her original design T-shirts and pants, taking a digital photo and printing out postcards on the spot, postal stamps are sold here and each table is equipped with colorful pens to write a letter to your friends and loved ones, and she will even take your postcard to the post office!... all this service comes with free smile too! Check out www.rhanleklek.com for more.
not-so-busy time in the shop when Lek can watch the time go by and Toshiro can practice new songs. (photo by Taiwanese journalist Mr. Yang, www.appledaily.com.tw, www.pixnet.net/yang0902)
with Mr. Tong and Mr. Yang from NextMedia, Taiwan's leading culture magazine
Lek sits "Giant Baby" Nammon, her friend's 5 months old baby, weights 9 kg since his birth.
Ryan teaches guitar to Lek.
"Bum, Bu-bum, Bu-bum, Bum, Bu-bum, Bu-bum..." patiently dictates the rhythm syncopation.
"I want to cry." says Lek. "That means you're learning something new. You always wanna cry a little bit when you grow." says Ryan.
Kittens join the chorus.
Dinner night! "Toshiro, your green curry doesn't have flavor." Natasha and Ms. Lek come and help me making real Thai food.
Good food, good music and lovely smile.
"Time for medicine before we go to bed..." the cats totally know what's coming up and they all hide away.
2 comments:
chotto makka
we cannnot
we love lek lek
see you around toshi
brusco
🧑🏻🌾👩🏻🌾great article papa!
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