At first it was a bit strange as all the people listened to only Thai music, but I love farang songs etc so it was hard for me. I sang for six months at a place called Jamaica, this was the first place I started my career for real and got paid.
When I was here in 2012 on holiday I found the opportunity, it wasn’t the real plan but it was an emotional choice. Everything was perfect, I sat and spoke with myself and said ‘why not’ and after three days I opened the shop.
On Phangan it is very calm, Sabai sabai. We have gardens and nature and I think it is a good island in Thailand. In Samui, Bangkok and Phuket there are many people and it is all the same.
It’s underground, or it WAS underground! I like the energy in Shiva Moon because the sunlight is really really beautiful on the dance floor in the morning.
It’s not easy to start this because your mind tells you that you shouldn’t be fasting. For the first one or two days your body wants food, but when you past the third day it becomes really easy.
Everything around me was only for me, it was like magic. I was working in a small gallery, my boss was the President of association of floristry, she designs and competes and so she taught me.
Inland Island beachwear is all crotchet, I make all the clothes myself. I studied making fabric and my favourite was weaving, knitting and screen printing which was not actually related to crotchet.