conversations with myself

at the beginning of the year, i told myself that i would create opportunities for more me time.

seems like what i have been neglecting isn't really more me time, but more conversations with myself.

i once read somewhere that one can never be a balanced person without a balance of the public and private self. the private self is where you examine your whole being; these are the moments where you reflect upon your public self, and be brutally honest about the usually spontaneous and unconscious thoughts that have guided your actions in the day. it is not even time inbetween appointments or during travel where you think about the things to settle and what you want to acheive in the day, but a time of asking yourself the questions you don't want to be addressing only 30 years down the road when you are done with your career, or when you meet God.

nihon you are beautiful

oh the land of clean air, toilets bowls with butt warmers, umami, good-lookers, simple designs and the birth place of hiyao miyazaki, joe hisaishi, hana yori dango.

somehow, our paths refused to cross.

you flirted fleetly with me in 2008, twice. i was all ready to meet you in 2011, but alas, 11 march happened and you were devastated. i endured that 2 hr transit with you flirting again and it left me with the same fate.

on my 9th year dreaming of you, we met. but as quickly as the JR rail took us from tokyo to kyoto, those 6 days in december came and went. i left with thoughts of how even the smallest things like shredded cabbage tasted good in your company.

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i know it's only been 2 months since we last met, but i've got my bags packed for this march. this time around, i'm bringing my parents to meet you!

go watch black panther!

lousy trailer showing all the action bits and didn't do justice to the storyline.

lhy got me hooked onto DC/Marvel films and we've been catching all of 'em but unlike the cliche wrecking up NYC/ some other city in the world the setting was unique and the themes covered were actually thought-provoking, somewhat social/political commentary and um, feel good. 

of course they had to cover themes like the almost overdone women empowerment (though the lead was male, the females seemed to be the wiser ones in the show, with men getting themselves into situations, only to be saved by women), black empowerment, prejudice, and shaking up of comparative politics/world dynamics a little.

plus point is a super good looking cast (mad love with Shuri's character).

everyone wants a piece of vibranium.

matthew 13

i will tell, a story of Your love.