Life of a Kat

Almost the end of 3rd yr of driving and today I had my first traffic violation costing me 7000yen in total. 😅 Shoganai (can’t be helped/got no choice)  And at least it isn’t a car accident or anything close to having anyone hurt. Learning and experience are such costly moments in life, and I, in 2023 leave all those negative experiences behind and carry with me in 2024 all the great things this year has taught me.  As we remain hopeful for another year of grace, forgiveness and blessings, I will never get tired of daring for greater things as the Lord would always provide and had always provided all the great things in life. 

Life Update.  Parking lot secured!  Finally able to find a parking spot for Blue. It has been months since we moved but had been relying on coin parking, a tita’s parking spot in the city and free parking when I’m out of town. Dunno how we survived but today, we signed a year’s lease of a parking spot and couldn’t be more grateful with the thought of it.  D has been very into it and his language skills had come in handy with contract discussions and translations.  We had been having our misunderstandings recently, and last night, we bought weren’t able to fall asleep until we were able to mend it all out and I’m just relieved that we are very much open into communicating our thoughts and feelings and plans. Doing things together as partners and growing as individuals on our own.  The age gap challenges are slowly showing up but it has been personally teaching me humility and honesty. I had seen that being open with my thoughts had helped D step up his game and w...

Finally have my own nook at the new apartment!  I actually dont know how to start today's narrative.  I haven't fully-recovered from flu which I have been completely denying myself that I had and so I still try to continue with life despite the fatigue and exhaustion.  You see, dishes won't wash themselves and since we dont have a dryer, clothes wont dry themselves too.  Oh don't get me wrong, D has been so helpful. On the night of my high fever, he wouldn't sleep much at all. And he tries to really just do the chores when he is home. But when he is at work, it is just me and my mind and my excuses to not get things done while in here.  I honestly miss the old self that can get many things done, but I also know that I cannot bring it back the way it used to be. I just really need to change a few things here and there so I can get back in track.  We signed up for gym membership! Aint that fun?  It has been on my mind since I can't remember and I really ...

This is supposed to be my 7th entry for November, but that long detailed entry I wrote on the 1st wouldn't publish, nor get saved on drafts, and I tried to reset but I forgot to copy and paste the content. And so I lost drive to keep the blog going.  Excuses. Excuses. Excuses.  But here I am again, giving myself the second chance among the many second chances to keep on writing about my life.  It has been good. Too good that it’s so boring and as much as I miss the adventures I used to  do, this life right now, is way something good to give up on. Every day I wake up with a warm embrace and a kiss. Every meal, with a prayer, every moment, shared with somebody I can now call my home.  We are already at that point in our lives that we are shaking off the boat every now and then as life has gone too comfortable and growth doesn’t seem to come natural anymore.   I can’t seem to shed off the weight I have gained within the year and I feel sluggish and heavy. I f...

​I am always holding my phone but I never really took time to open my journaling app and just emo shit dump more and more. I should have done that more.  I should have taken my solitude moments in a more self-exploratory mode instead of scrolling mode. As I close my fair share of  10 months of 2023, l have a good mix of goods and bads, mostly the good are unexpected, the bads mostly resulted from inaction and excuses and there are certain times that things were really out of my locus of control.  To be able to bravely and shamelessly pen my shortcomings for my dreams and goals, is a big chunk of my desire to be out of the rut.  I was able to pick up myself a lot of times from past ruts, for sure, this time, I can do it again.  I should realize that it gets more exciting and fulfilling this time because I have a partner to divide the burden with and eventually, share the sweet taste of success as we go for the goal together.  61 more days and we call it a wr...

 There are just so many things I want to do... Update my expense tracker. Fold clothes and stack away most summer clothes. Change wardrobe for the cold days ahead. Clean up the house. Grocery shopping. Blog.  Do more video stories.  Read more.  Prepare questions for end of October training.  I am very much overwhelmed with things going on right now, but I can feel that I am handling things a bit better than I used to and I am glad about that. Maybe I could go for a good run tonight. Or maybe not. I have a lot clothes to fold and sort. Ugh. 

 Second to the last day of the 9th month of the year. then, 3 more months to call it a wrap for this month.  If my life will be a content that I will curate a story from, I wonder how it will all turn out? Will it be a story people will be willing to pay for? Will it be a story I am willing to share to the world?  Am I willing to share my flaws? My bads?  Of course I am excited to tell the world my triumphs, my inspirations, my dreams, ..... my journey.  But it isn't easy. Even here, sometimes, writing can be very painful. Most of the time, I am just lazy to move and write.