Life of a Kat

  If this was a date, this was the best date ever! So far. HAHAHA!  For the meantime, in 2021, I can already say, I have launched my dreams of paragliding solo by doing tandem paragliding, having that exhilarating feeling of being up, not just up, but gliding in the air!  I don't even know how long that flight is. But definitely, it is confirmed that time in higher altitude flies so fast!  The sky was clear, that wonderful breeze of the wind. I don't actually know what will happen, but smile and giggles was pasted on my face all day long. That's all I can remember.  The S came and asked me to sign a waiver, discussed the flow of events and then, the next thing I know, I am already being tied up to this bag, with harnesses, clicking locks and then my pilot strapped himself behind me, strapped his gear to lock in with my harnesses and a few more detailed instructions and then off we flew!  You thought you are running, then next thing you know, you are gliding...

 365 QOTD  Where do you wish you were? Not anywhere else but I wish I could travel more and I wish I know what else to discover.  ************* Today was quite pleasant. I woke up at the right side of the bed to start it with and just learned to not think of things and people that don't serve me any good in any way.  Spent the morning for yoga, I thought of going for a surf but there wasn't any waves good for practice so I just opted for yoga. Good decision. My hip is still feel a bit sore but nothing not manageable. The stretches made it all feel better. My muscles were all strained and tensed.  The rest of the afternoon were spent going around places to pay taxes, bills and making savings deposit. I used my card for grocery shopping. I know it was a bad decision but I am gonna be consuming those anyway.  I consumed my data plan pretty fast this month. Quite surprising to know that I had a lot of time to watch a lot of movies and tv series.  But June ...

I have been nursing this right hip and upper leg pains since the weekend. It had been hard to stand on the board while surfing last Sunday. I could stand but couldn't hold the stance for a good glide and had been uncomfortable but manageable.  I have my ever reliable Efficascent Oil as I massage my lower back up to the right cheek side of my butt.  This is that kind of night that I wish I have someone to come home too. Someone who would lovingly carress my tired and naked back and butt. Haha.  I ought to put this as a caption on my Instagram with the picture of the Efficascent oil botte but I cancelled it decided to just keep the wish in here. After all, this is my safe space.  Hopefully, as I lovingly massage my butt for the night, I will wake up feeling better as I drive back my way home for the midweek.  Universe, how long do I have to wait until that gentle warm hands that isn't mine get to touch and massage my naked back and butt? :P 

 365 QOTD  What was the last thing that hurt you? .... Expectations and the impatience for my unspoken wishes to come true.  ******************** This Sunday was too beautiful to be not written about.  I woke up and spent the morning reading Stephen Hawking while having breakfast. Nevermind the breakfast I had to prepare for myself. It was just some leftover food and sone protein drink.  Then, drove to Aoshima for surfing and yoga. I was too excited to use my GoProHero camera that I had forgotten to bring that screw that locks it to the stand, ending up I still couldn't use it today. Will definitely use it on another day and I couldn't be more excite about it.  I planned to just stay home and start working on my deliverables for Espoir and my calendar work, but it was such a pretty good weather to just lock myself in. So, I asked V if she had made plans for the day and we ended up hanging out with M and T. We drove to the beach and to a camping site and gon...

 QOTD  What is the prevailing truth about your day?  Very good question for reflecting about how my day had gone.  Prevailing truth will probably be... It is better to start the day early and get things done early because I get to feel more productive when I have my mornings right.  ********************* But it was way too productive that I am still on email around 11pm. LOL. Not good. Not good.  I am still watching Raya and the Last Dragon but I have to put it off for another day because I am already so sleepy.  Tomorrow is Friday and I still have work on Saturday. LOL. Why am I even excited having only one day off and a long drive in the rain next week for work.  Good days come to those who wait after the rainy ones. 

 

 365 QOTD  How much money is in your wallet right now? Good question!  I have 11,000 yen in paper bills and 510 yen coins.  ************ Speaking of money, the taxes to pay just came in!  One for the car tax and another for the national health insurance tax. The car tax, I meant to pay with my monthly salary and the payment for the national health insurance will be pulled out from my savings. It will be a little bit of a challenge from now on as my taxes will be a little bit higher than it was before because for sure, I am now reported as an employed resident earning a certain amount. Gotta pay what we gotta pay.  ************* I went to yoga class today and stayed the afternoon at S's house. I have always liked his house. I imagine myself having that kind of house and a pet dog and/or a cat. Now, that I have a car, it is just easier to live in a place like that. But it can actually be really a bit of a downer when it's raining and you gotta wake up on a le...

 365 QOTD  Today, I lost ...... .... the fear of being vulnerable.  .... track of time doing things that matter to me.  ********************** I had quite a productive day going about little tasks for the day.  Played with the piano for a bit then went on to the car dealer for change oil of my car. Then had gone to my hobby club for a yoga lesson. It was such a nice work out as always. Though I my mind was still filled thousands of thoughts and this person keeps occupying my head, it just wont stop but I have been managing the urge of reaching out to him. I don't want to feel like a needy soul or be a bother. All the red flags are up and I don't wanna keep denying myself the truth of how this connection is getting towards--- nowhere. Painful.  (One day I will be brave enough to open up about it as well. For now, I am slowly in the process of just letting the pain pinch my heart little by little so that when the time comes to accept the reality, it wont hurt...

 

 365 QOTD  Describe your favorite pair of shoes you own now. It is an Onitsuka Mexico 66 slip on shoes. It doesn't have shoe laces. It's very convenient as driving shoes and for walking too. It is off-white in general color with blue and moss gray for the signature stripes for an Onitsuka shoes. ************** I know I have to walk away. I should walk away and never look back. It is still hard at the moment. But working on it.  On another hand, I just don't want to think about it. I will just focus on those things that needs to be done at the moment.   Finalize the Agenda for the ALumni Forum meet for May 9th Set a Mother's Day surprise for Mama.  Resume writing for the Research proposal. Finalize the Conceptual Framework.  Start the Timeline DRaft for Espoir.  Resume writing the school manual of ESL. Get in touch with Nigel for the start of curriculum.  Just a lot, right? Will get back to this tonight when I get home from work.  *******...

Had a chance to drive to the sled place but it is closed until the 23rd of May coz of the spike of numbers again in Miyazaki.  Had the chance to see myself smile again. Recovering from the fatigue and stress of the past few days little by little felt like forever but here I am.  Taking my life back. 

 365 QOTD  The store I frequent the most is.....  I like hopping from one 2ndStreet shop to another to find stuff I think I "need" but most of the time, the items were bought on impulse.  I want to hoard stuff for my family back home but I am just really bad at shopping, much more for other people. I would usual just give them money to give them that privilege of choice to choose what they really wanted. But surprising people is always nice. I am just not good at it. But I certainly love surprises. 

 Time Check: 20:56 JST  Today was supposed to be a day I get to tour around Oita. That was how I thought I will kick in my Golden Week 2021.  I woke up and thought of driving somewhere but I ended up at Starbucks Beppu Park at around 8AM, ordered Caramel Macchiatto, non-fat, decaf, venti and cream cheese danish cookie. Sat at a corner while staring at a great dane dog sitting outside as its owner ordered coffee. After a few sips and finishing the cookie, I took a walk at the park across the coffee place. The wind was too strong that I can certainly hear the rustling sound of the winds as the tree branches bend and bow and wrestle against its flow. It was such a huge park that walking around would probably take an hour to go around it. Then, it was time to drive back to the hostel to prepare for the day.  It started at 10AM and we wrapped it all up at 16:21.  For lunch break, I had the chance to meet a friend while on an hour break.  After that, I had a chan...

There is something about visiting Starbucks in different places. Each place exudes that vibe of familiarity while giving that unique mark for that specific location.  This is Starbucks in Beppu Park in Oita Prefecture.  This should have been a holiday but today is also fhe last day of our design sprint workshop for Espoir School of Life and it had been a packed learning experience. I don't even know if anything makes sense all I know is that for now, it is worth my time and energy.  A full day ahead. Gotta prep and drive and go!