first english, german below.
Eat, sleep, exercise and go shopping: repeat!
"Oh, what a day," I thought to myself when I woke up again at around 5 a.m. on Saturday 6 July. I wake up at this time every day, at dawn. I usually go to 7eleven at sunrise to get an iced espresso and to wake up first. This day was no exception. Why do I always wake up sooo extremely early? Am I one of those people who work out first thing in the morning? Nope, unfortunately not... My cats skillfully wake me up with a live vocal performance in a class of its own, so that a musical "Miauw, Miiiiiiiauw, Miaaaaaauuuuuuw..." snaps me out of my daily reverie.
Well, I usually use this situation to make the best and most of my day. What's the saying?
"the early bird catches the worm"... I do feel drawn to the snowy owl, but so be it... 🙃😅
On this beautiful Saturday morning, I decided to try out a new gym and walked over to Sabaii Bai Gym. On my way there, I noticed all the graffiti and murals for the first time. To my shame, I have to admit that I had never paid attention to them before. But today they caught my eye and I was able to marvel at them.
After coming out of the gym, arranging everything with the owner and waiting for them to fix the rowing machine (yes, I need this particular piece of equipment as it is the most effective for me) I strolled down the street, still a bit haphazard as I was looking for a birthday present. A small gift for a friend. But where would I get it?
Well, I had made a plan to go to Thong Sala, at the harbor you can find all kinds of stores and certainly something nice as a small gift.
But as I was feeling a bit peckish on the way, I stopped briefly at one of those covered food markets or food halls and got myself something to eat. In addition to many exotic dishes, there are also very good, cheap and tasty vegetarian and vegan dishes. There is something for everyone. I decided on something like stuffed dumplings with vegetables, if I have to describe it in any way. You can get something like that here for 10 to 30 baht, which is well under €1.
A quick vitamin-rich and cool fruit shake (in my case 2 strawberry shakes, I was soooo thirsty after the gym!) and my tummy and soul are happy.
With a full stomach, I was now able to move on and (thank goodness) found a party service or gift store in Thong Sala by chance, which also sells small gifts quite cheaply. As you can see in the pictures, I found what I was looking for and was able to put together a small gift for my friend, which she was delighted with and thanked me for in the end.
With a proud shopping haul, I returned home to wrap everything up and blow up the balloon, as I wanted to present the gift in the afternoon.
I hope you enjoyed my impressions.
some useful addresses:
Sabaii Bai Gym
100/56 Koh Phangan Thong Sala Koh Phangan, Surat Thani 84280
Gift Shop, Costume Store and Party Service
126 15, Ko Pha-ngan, Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani 84280
Additional information:
- all pictures were taken with a cell phone. I have an Android.
- the pictures were taken on July 6, 2024.
- I edited the pictures slightly (light, sharpness and color intensity)
Your @surrealworld aka Cat(harina)
But now let's start with the photo impressions
Hidden in a corner I recognized this cute butterfly eared elephant.
In the morning hours everything is so peaceful calm. The neighborhood seems still to sleep.
Normally I walk along the beach bit not this day. I took the main road and was able to discover some streetart like that on my way.
Here another one on another wall.
Watersports is the topic here as you can see.
This unique little car was catching my attention in the next moment. It's in front of a café aka restaurant. Funny it looks right?
Would you take a seat?
Let's go here... To the gym.
Some outside impressions. The gym was total full of people so I wasn't able to make any photos because of privacy of the others. Maybe next time I am able to show this location. I like it much.
After a short workout, because my favorite trainings equipment was broken,I continued my walk to Thong Sala for finding a gift.
Soon I found the next beautiful graffiti on my way.
On my way my tummy grumbled and I had to make a break at a food hall aka market.
And yes!!! Both mine!!! Mine mine mine!!! I was thirsty like hell!
My chosen food. Delicious and not expensive at all. Love it.
I wasn't able to eat it all at once so I took my leftovers and shake and moved on to Thong Sala.
This incredible and outstanding artwork was covering a fabric door? How would you call that? Anyway, the artist has done an amazing work. Thumbs up for that.
This gasoline station was so green!!! So many plants were covering the area and were there for decorations. Super idea.
"Ah, what do my eyes see?" I was thinking and happily surprised when I saw this party store. Lets go in!
This Happy birthday teddy bear balloon got me and I got it! Hahaha
Sooo many things, stuff, costumes and small gifts. I loooove it. You will find a lot here.
I found some nice give aways so I could create a little gift bag, lets call it like that. Also I bought a fox mask for myself.
Wow,this store is big and has soooo many products... I got lost... Took me nearly 30 minutes to find my way to pay...
Here is my little treasure.
Meanwhile time was running by and it was already brunch time again. I went back home.
Back home I prepared the present for my friend which I wanted to give later in person.
Hope you liked the day with me?
Feel free to leave me a comment below.
german now
essen, schlafen, trainieren und shoppen: wiederholen!
"Hach, was für ein Tag." dachte ich mir , als ich am Samstag den 6.7 früh morgens gegen 5 Uhr wieder aufwachte. Ich werde jeden Tag um diese Zeit wach, im Morgengrauen. Meist gehe ich dann erstmal zum Sonnenaufgang zu 7eleven, um mir einen Iced Espresso zu holen und um erstmal wach zu werden. So auch an diesem Tag. Warum werde ich eigentlich immer sooo extrem früh wach? Bin ich etwa eine von denen, welche morgens gleich fleißig sportelt? Neeee, leider nicht... Meine Katzen wecken mich gekonnt mit einem Live Gesangsauftritt der Extraklasse, so dass mich ein musikalisches "Miauw, Miiiiiiiauw, Miaaaaaauuuuuw..." aus meinen Träumen täglich reißt.
Nun ja, ich nutze diese Situation meist, damit ich das bestmögliche und meiste aus meinem Tag mache. Wie sagt man so schön?
"der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm"... Ich fühle mich zwar zu der Schneeeule hingezogen, aber sei es drum... 🙃😅
An diesem wunderschönen Samstag vormittag faste ich den Entschluß ein neues Fitnessstudio auszuprobieren und spazierte daher mal zum Sabaii Bai Gym rüber. Auf meinem Wege dorthin fielen mir zum ersten mal all die Graffitis und Wandmalereien auf. Zu meiner Schande muss ich gestehen, dass ich vorher nie darauf geachtet hatte. Doch heute stachen sie mir in die Augen und ich durfte diese bestaunen.
Nachdem ich aus dem Gym kam, alles mit dem Inhaber abgesprochen hatte und nun warte, dass sie das Rudergerät reparieren (ja, ich brauche genau dieses Trainingsgerät, da es für mich am effektivsten ist) schlendernte ich weiter die Straße entlang, etwas planlos noch, da ich auf der Suche nach einem Geburtstagsgeschenk war. Eine kleine Aufmerksamkeit für eine Bekannte. Doch woher bekomme ich das?
Nun ja, ich hatte mir den Plan gemacht mal nach Thong Sala zu gehen, am Hafen findet man alle möglichen Geschäfte und sicher auch etwas schönes als kleine Gabe.
Doch da mich aif dem Weg der kleine Hunger packte, hielt ich kurz bei so einem überdachten Essensmarkt oder Essenshalle an und besorgte mir etwas zu futtern. Hier gibt es neben vielen exotischen Speisen auch sehr gute, günstige und leckere vegetarische und aich vegane Gerichte. Für alle ist etwas dabei. Ich entschied mich für sowas wie gefüllte Teigtaschen mit Gemüse, wenn ich es irgendwie beschreiben soll. So was bekommt man hier schon für 10 bis 30 Baht, was weit unter 1 € liegt.
Noch schnell einen Vitaminreichen und kühlen Früchte Shake (in meinem Fall 2 Erdbeershakes, hatte soooo einen Durst nach dem Gym!) und glücklich ist mein Bäuchlein und meine Seele.
Mit vollem Magen konnte ich nun gut gestärkt weiterziehen und fand (Gott sei Dank) in Thong Sala durch Zufall einen Party Service bzw. Geschenkeladen, welcher recht günstig auch kleine Geschenke verkauft. Wie man auf den Bildern sehen kann wurde ich fündig und konnte ein kleines Geschenk für meine Bekannte zusammenstellen, worüber sie sich am Ende auch bedankte und freute.
Mit stolzer Shoppingbeute zog ich nun wieder richtig nach Hause, um dort alles einzupacken und den Ballon aufzupusten, denn schließlich wollte ich das Geschenk auch am Nachmittag überreichen.
Ich hoffe meine Eindrücke haben euch gefallen.
nützliche Adressen:
Sabaii Bai Gym
100/56 Koh Phangan Thong Sala Koh Phangan, Surat Thani 84280
Gift Shop, Costume Store and Party Service
126 15, Ko Pha-ngan, Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani 84280
Zusatzinformationen:
- alle Bilder wurden mit dem Handy gemacht. Ich habe ein Android.
- die Bilder wurden am 6. Juli 2024 gemacht.
- ich habe die Bilder leicht bearbeitet (Licht, Schärfe und Farbintensivität)
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