B b
I’ve just returned from a month long trip through the tropical Thailand.
Every day was an adventure.
My eyes should have been taped open so I wouldn’t miss a thing.
Safe to say there were too many extraordinary moments to share them all. However, there was one occasion that made me content with life which I WILL share.
On the beach of Koh Phangan, in the midst of the full-moon party, buckets devoured and waiting on the sand for people to return from the bathroom, my younger brother and I shared a moment that we share all the time:
bonding while talking shit.
This tradition started when we were little. We used to talk to each other while we were falling asleep. Our bedrooms were diagonally across from one another and if we kept our doors open it was as though it was one large room. We’d stay up discussing the happenings of the day; who got in trouble for not wearing their hat on the playground (Ali), who nearly beat the high score in the spelling test (me), who thought the fete would be the best ever this year (both of us).
And it still happens to this day, only not in the same way. Sometimes when we’re tired but mostly when we’re drunk. Usually it involves one too many wines (me) and one too many shots (Ali) and always ends up with us sitting in a gutter or alleyway or late night fast food joint, talking about how we’re best friends and how stupid cartoons are these days and slurring our words so much that most people look on in utter bewilderment as to how we understand what the hell is going on.
Which brings me to the beach in Koh Pangan. There we were, miles from home, hours from sleep and full of an assortment of booze. But it was the same. We sat there and talked shit and laughed at people walking passed and shared some memories.
At that moment we were 6 and 7 again and the only problem we faced was who would get the last chocolate Yogo in the fridge.
It’s true when they say we take comfort in the familiar.
Because in that moment surrounded by unfamiliar faces and noises and people,
I found comfort in something more familiar than myself.
PEACE & LOVE X
