I woke up really badly and lacking sleep severely. I still had puffy eyes from crying last night with Gabriel but after a while, I willed myself out of my sorry state and kissed him awake, trying to give him a good morning at least.
We wounded up going downstairs together shopping with my grandma and sister.
My grandma was slightly grumpy that my aunt forbade her to buy anything yesterday so we encouraged her to go crazy at the Pratunam Morning market. She delightfully chose her clothes and me/ my sister took turns paying.
There was this stall in particular that she stopped at. It was the same stall I bought a souvenir for her and my mum from during my last trip here.
My grandma watched the stall-tender crochet the bags for a while before deciding she had to have one. She took her time choosing the colors and asking us which one would match her outfits most and then ignored us to choose her own color hehe.
My sister paid for it and the smile on my grandma's face was so geninue. She kept telling us where she's gonna bring it to and how she will use it often hehe. I love seeing her happy.
A while later, we finished the market and got food for the lazy bums upstairs.
My boyfriend hogging the porridge.
We headed to Chatuchak after that. I think it was bad planning on my part. Chatuchak is an unmissable attraction but I neglected the fact that my grandma was coming so the heat and walking must have been tough on her.
Dammit I need better planning.
Sleepy brother.
I tried to make up for the unsuccessful Chatuchak decision (nobody bought anything for about twenty minutes now) by trying to find the old dog market near the grand watch tower. Me and Gabriel dissected from them and went rounds and rounds trying to find the stall. We couldn't.
The closest we got to finding it was when this Chinese-speaking lady told us to walk straight from Section 17 and into the opposite street, pointing to the area under a renovating building. We thought she was smoking us because they was no direct way in. So we circled the place more to no avail.
After a while, I gave up and shopped moodlessly with Gabriel. He knew I really wanted to find the place and so refused to give up, quietly checking for an entrance. He finally found an opening and tried to drag me in. I was feeling pretty hopeless about it but I went anyway.
It took us barely ten steps from the entrance and:
LOOK AT THE BABY PUPS!
And the downright bears!
I was ecstatic in there. It was the highlight of my day. It was the miracle of Gabriel finding this place and us finding out that from a little stall in Section 17, it exploded into a zoo in the Jatujak Weekend Market! They had dogs, cats, snakes, birds, hamsters, everything.
I sent the photos to my family chat in a wild flurry and my sister insisted I take them over. We met at the watch tower and Gabriel led them into the place, where my sister's screaming matched mine heh heh.
My dad was most attached to the giant bear-like dog. I think he wanted to ride it like a knight.
I thought I could ease my mum into knowing I wanted a puppy once she saw the baby pups but I had no luck. While looking at them lovingly, she disclaimed, "Coco you better not bring home," as if she read my mind. Sigh.
Everyone got sick of the sun after a while and attempted to go back home.
But not before my vanity of course!
Gabriel and I diverged from my family here because he wanted to head over to somewhere near Siam Square One. We went and collected Gabriel's happy stuff then met my family back at Platinum Mall, where they were having dinner and shopping.
After that it was just some night walking before we headed back sleepily to the hotel.
Gabriel and I had another long talk about the night before and he broke down in guilt again. I tried to reassure him but I felt it the whole day. The muted scent of the memory slicing its way into my brain whenever there was silence in the room.
I didn't know what to do. All I know is I wanted to be with Gabriel.
And I still do.
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