Semester 19 Chapter XX: Back & Forth

Hello everybody, here we go again. Been about two weeks since my last entry and that’s mostly because of the fact that many things are taking place at the moment. To be honest, I have only vague memory what happened two weeks ago. I know I worked a lot, I know I went to the sauna, I did some yoga… Pretty much the usual.

 

Last Friday around 11am, I hopped in my sis’ car and went to The Hague. 1100km, about 11-hour drive. Probably the longest one I’ve done. Driven to Croatia before but that was definitely a couple hours shorter. I really enjoy driving and since I don’t get to do it very often, I was enjoying this one even more. In Germany, there’s pretty much no speed limit on highways and since Germany is by far the biggest chunk of this route, it all went very smooth.

 

Now the reason for me going the by car was to pick up all the shit I’ve accumulated there over the span of the last 18 months including my bicycle. See, my time over there is through for now. It’s time to get some new energy, to recharge social batteries, to attend to some of my close people I haven’t been seeing nearly as much as I should have been. Time in The Hague wasn’t the easiest on some social shit but it was also beautiful on many other levels. And that’s what is going to stay with me. Many beautiful moments, countless yoga classes (shout out Balanzs!), many rides (shout out Sore Legs!), many dives (shout out Fata Aquana!), many runs… Super grateful for all of that. It would have never occurred to me I’d live in The Netherlands for any amount of time couple years back but life happens and at the end of the day, I’m happy things happened the way they did.

 

So for my last week over there... Some cycling, a visit of Museum Voorlinden (fucking awesome), one last sauna session on the beach and one final yoga class. My favorite Friday hot 75-minute session with one of my favorite instructors. All in all, an awesome week. On Friday, I also wandered around the dunes for about 3 hours. Discovered a bunch of small trails I had not tried before. Just getting lost, taking it all in. When I was leaving the apartment Saturday morning, I had a small moment of gratefulness for everything. Then it was back to the car and another 11 hours on the road. I left before 6am so I was back in Brno just in time for dinner. Hung out with dad and his partner, took the doggo out and crashed in bed quite early, properly knackered.

 

Woke up early today, did my workout, took the doggie out once again and then caught a yoga class. Gonna meet sis later on, feeling good. Hope you guys are doing well, too! Keep it light, keep it positive, don’t entertain bullshit and don’t let them fuck with your inner light. Shout out to all my readers, shout out to all the vegans, runners, cyclists, divers and seekers. One!

 

Highlights:

• The Hague.
• Driving.
• Yoga.

Semester 19 Chapter XIX: Another Lifetime Maybe

If you wanna make God laugh, tell him about your plans. The beginning of this year is going in a completely different direction than I intended. I’m still in Brno, things are still quite all over the place and my trip to The Netherlands this weekend was postponed due to something meteorologists call an “Arctic explosion”. I don’t thing we’ve experienced a winter like this in at least 12 years. It’s snowing, it’s freezing, traffic is collapsing… This time around, I was planning to go to The Hague by car and man… Situation on Czech highways was pretty bad. In Germany, they urged people not to drive unless they necessarily have to. In The Netherlands, the situation was so bad, they had to cancel hundreds of flights within days. All happening exactly at the time I was supposed to go. Now, I wasn’t really worried about crashing into anything but even in perfect conditions, the journey takes around 11 hours. And the idea of getting stuck somewhere in the middle of Germany felt like a nightmare. I have had my sister’s car checked, I have paid for international insurance for the weekend and I’ve got everything lined up… Force majeure. Anyways, once again – greetings from Brno.

 

Let me start by plugging a song I’ve done recently. It’s pretty much a therapy session and it can be found here.

taeb31 · another lifetime maybe (prod. by mickey the kid)

What else… On Monday, I attended yet another trivia night at dad’s pub. I spent Wednesday evening at my sis’ for some more Mafia and on Friday, I met up with one of my bros for a couple of drinks. I hit my yoga studio twice, once on Tuesday and once on Saturday. Both pretty enjoyable. And then there was my favorite sauna on Thursday. Outside of that, it’s been working out and occasional running. Work is back on track, there’s quite a lot of it and it’s all fun. Shout out to all my students.

I feel like things around me are moving maybe a bit more than I’d like to these days but then again… All part of the game. Still grateful for everything, still excited about Malaysia in three months… Oh, and we’ve booked a week in Morocco in February. Me, my sis and dad. Some quality family time. Hope you guys are well. Keep it light, keep it positive, don’t entertain bullshit and don’t let them fuck with your inner light. One!

 

Highlights:

• Music.
• Yoga.
• Running.

Semester 19 Chapter XVIII: Resets

Aight, let’s get to this. Welcome to 2026. Trump got Maduro out of Brazil which only proves my hypothesis we live in a South Park episode. Trump is a piece of shit and so is Maduro. And don’t get me wrong, Maduro is a major piece of shit. Definitely don’t wanna make it sound like I condone anything that fucker does. But man… I had no idea that you can bypass pretty much all standard procedures, get into a country, kidnap the fucking president and bring him wherever you came from for a trial. I swear I gotta watch somebody explaining this at high school level on Youtube soon. Anyways… All the love, prayers and hope for people in Venezuela. It’s a fucking shit show and I hope that at the end of this tunnel, brighter future awaits. Quite difficult to imagine one now but I guess that’s all we’ve got.

Anyways… I was at a yoga class yesterday (most probably the best class I’ve experienced in the Czech Republic so far) and the guy was saying that the main astrological sign for this year is cancer (yours truly) and that it might be the time to let certain things go and invite new things into life. Now, to some degree it’s all pretty generic and I don’t really think you necessarily have to take too much from that. But the fact that it’s my fucking year and it’s okay to welcome change really fucking resonated. Shout out to the guy tho! Beautiful class.

I would also like to wish a happy new year to everybody out there. We live in the world where we often forget how amazing life can be. We are crushed by this late capitalism, we struggle to keep rent paid and food on the table, we get tired, we get frustrated, we get angry and then we often turn our hate in a totally wrong direction. And we need to stop that. And I know that some people's situations are impossible. But many of us are privilleged enough. And everybody wants to be seen, everybody wants to be loved, everyone wants to matter. Cultivate that. Connect to things within yourself and around you, connect to other people… Experiment, learn, don’t lose that spark. And don’t be afraid to change your opinion. That’s part of the process. The good things in life always take a bit more time but the reward is worth it. So yeah… Love to everybody emitting some good energy. Whatever it is. There are many ways to look at the chaos our lives are. Some of them are really inconsiderate and destructive, some are compassionate, loving and awesome. So maybe let’s aim for the latter. Jane Goodall (rest in paradise) once said that individuals have no idea how much power they bear. If enough people do a thing, it becomes a big thing. Let’s try to do some big things!

And what I’ve been up to… Last Saturday I did go for the bike ride. It was freezing but man was it also gorgeous. Some snow, river partly frozen up, ending with some good chats with sis and her friends from a drama group we both used to go to who gathered in a pub like 15km away… Monday afternoon, I hopped on a train to a visit one of my bros just out of town. We hung out with his kid, we had some drinks, we talked a lot… And the following day, we did a run. Now, that was the first run in like two weeks as my thigh had been a bit off. We did around 9km. It felt great breathing the crisp morning air, seeing all the deer and rabbits, all the trees and shit… Has some magic to it. In the afternoon, I got back to Brno and in the evening I took my dad, his partner and for a reason I’m not gonna get into also my practitioner (she happens to be friends with dad). Lovely crowd. We went to the Mahen theater to check a play named Patriots depicting rise of Putin. And man, was that dope… Not really happy but very well written and extremely well executed.

Wednesday I did some more running. It was snowing and it looked like a fairy tale. And I fell down only once. Which is a pretty good score given the fact I did 12km pretty much on ice. In the evening, I had to hop in the car and drive outside of town to get a spare key of my sis’ apartment (long story - she was out of town, somebody had to feed her cats and keys were nowhere to be found but at that place out of town) which I did but since roads were looking more like ski slopes, it was yet another adventure. Spent the rest of the year with dad and his partner and after midnight I fucked off to a club for some techno. As a responsible adult my age should. Was there till about 7am and had a really good time. Been feeling like going to rave for a while and this one was was real fun. Enjoyed both the vibe and the music. Shout out to the Fraktal collective!

Now, I’m always up early no matter what I did the night before so the next day I was walking the dog at around 10am or some shit like that. Spent the rest of the day napping, reading and watching Stranger Things at my sis’ while making sure her cats stay alive. Friday afternoon, I hit the sauna, visited the cats and eventually ended up at a friend’s spot with some other lovely people for some home cooked food. Good vibes.

Yesterday I did a morning yoga class, then I recorded a song I’ve recently written to a friend’s beat (might share later) and in the afternoon, I headed to my sister’s once more. This time she was already there. We had some dinner and then we played video games. See, she works in gaming and I hadn’t play a game since like GTA 5. I spent good two hours on the new Mafia. I felt like a 5-year-old with my skills but it was fun. And the games look crazy good these days. Granted, she does have a PS5. Might be back there to continue where I left off but I’m really fucking glad I don’t have that thing at home. Barely got time for all my hobbies already.

Today I did another morning run. It was like -7 degrees but the sky was clear and since the paths were much less icy, I was significantly faster than the last time. Honestly, I’m just grateful my thigh doesn’t pull anymore. We had big family lunch at dad’s, I walked the doggos with sis and her partner and in the evening, I hit my yoga studio once more. Didn’t feel like sitting on my ass. Oh and I also finished Stranger Things. Not bad at all…

So there you have it. Starting tomorrow it’s back to business. My life is definitely shifting these days but that’s all part of the game. It’s love and peace to everybody. And again… Wanna wish you nothing but the best for these upcoming 12 months. Keep it light, keep it positive, don’t entertain bullshit and don’t let them fuck with your inner light. One!

Highlights:

• Yoga. 
• Moments with all my people.
• Runs.