Hello world, here we go again. First of all, shout out to
all my readers again. Throughout past couple of days, some people reached out to
let me know they read my blog or they watch the videos we’ve been making this past holiday.
Even though I seriously doubt any of my projects ever goes viral, mainly cause
I’m too old and lazy to chase
followers on social media, it is an absolute honor and pleasure doing this
for the couple dozens of y’all. It’s like our little club. Hehe.
So where I’m at
now. My life is absolute chaos. I’m in a
stage where I have no idea where I’m gonna
be or what I’m gonna be doing in a month.
Honestly speaking, I have very little idea on what’s going on in my life now. All I know is that Shanghai is
still not an option due to the coronavirus (my university is pretty clear on
that), and I won’t stay in Bangkok as long as
I thought I would, as I am heading to the Czech Republic in couple of
days. That ticket is booked, which makes it one of very few certainties in the
picture now. I have no idea how long I’m gonna
stay there but I am looking forward to seeing my family (specifically my nephew
who is growing so fast), my dawgs, my friends... I’m looking forward to taking over the responsibility of
walking my dad’s dog for a bit, to do my
runs around the castle, to go back to my day 1 gym... It is crazy though. If
you asked me a week ago, I would probably give you a completely different
plan... But hey, it is what it is so I might as well go with it.
We got to Bangkok about a week ago. A van arranged by my gf’s work was awaiting us and took us to
the same apartment building she used to live in before Christmas. Same nice compound
with a pool downstairs, free gym and spacious flats. Since my gf was feeling a
bit off and since her work takes no chances with this virus thing, we spent the
next day in a pretty high-end hospital nearby doing all sorts of tests and
examinations. This was followed by a self-monitored 2-days quarantine. The good
news is, no coronavirus was found.
These days, my gf is heavily invested into her work which
makes my days here a bit like a retreat. I’m doing
my TEFL certification, and this place is the place to do it. I usually work for
couple of hours in the morning and then go hit the gym. I was missing gym so
much during the Indonesian holiday, I don’t
really skip days. I also lost like 4 kilos so I’m
trying to get back to my regular self. For lunch, I’ve experimented with some vegan spots around (again, shout
out Happycow) and found myself a nice little eatery about 30 minutes’ walk from our building. Since Thai
cuisine is probably the least vegan friendly out of South-East Asian countries
(for real, it’s all meat, fish, fish oil;
Indonesia is on a whole different level), finding a 100% vegan local spot with street-food
prices that serves variety of plant based meals (buffet style) with tons of
mock meat seems like a major win. At this point, they know me over there and
it’s all smiles and friendliness. In the
afternoon, I usually work some more and then hit the pool for a swim. I manage
to keep in touch with my peers on the regular too. This regime really suits me. I also found a local barbershop and got myself the first haircut since like
November. Nobody there spoke any English – it was
fun. I do have a soft spot for local barbershops.
So yeah, got couple more days ahead of me and then it’s Europe. The funny thing is I’m leaving partly because of
this coronavirus; however, it seems like every day, there's new cases over there. Shit,
even Czech Republic has like 7 now. What a time to be alive. I’m gonna check back with you guys soon
again – trust me, I’m probably more curious about my
future than any of you. Sending love to all my people, I’m gonna see some of you soon. Sending love to my Shanghai
fam as well – I hope we get to reunite in
foreseeable future; wasn’t quite
ready for this. I do love the fact we talk regularly though. I see you! One!
Highlights:
- Gym every day. Fuck yes.
- New Lil Baby and A Boogie. Had a chance to catch up on some music. Love it.
- Started writing again a bit. Really wanna make this a habit.
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