where is this sun you speak of?

Brugges, Belgium 2019 Ten things I am grateful for: The time to break a sweat in the gym in order to enhance my mood, drain some fats (!!) and be assertive. The free will to live my life the way how I want it every single day.  Easy access to listen to podcasts. I am binging on 'The Linya Linya Show' and 'Wake Up With Jim & Saab'. Great books - I just had finished reading 'The Kite Runner' and loved it! I'm planning to watch the movie later in the day. My connection to the internet in order to feel my family's presence although I am miles away from home. A safe place to live in. The people I've met for the last 4 years that I have lived in Dubai. Knowing that I will come home soon to be with family. A job that gives me satisfaction. Food on the table.

Apart from trying to lose some extra weight (simply because I cannot afford to buy new clothes if those won't fit anymore), I have been challenging myself to have a work-and-life balance.  For quite a few months earlier (or should I say the past year?!), I have been always thinking about work. It has been 24/7 in my mind. I think I am just too passionate about what I do which is a good thing. However, I also wasn't able to do more fun stuff or more me time. So in order to change that, I slowly reset myself to balance these two things. So far, I think I am back on track. These past few weeks, I was able to leave work behind at 6 pm on weekdays and proceed with my personal things after that. Although I want to prepare my to-do list before I start my week again but that is fine because I want to prepare everything ahead. That's my way to stay organized :) Let me have a rundown of some highlights in the past three months: New Year 2019 - I spent my New Year's back...

Living on your own is quite liberating. I think being in your 20s is the most interesting part of life since this is the age where you can do whatever you want in order to "find yourself" and "know yourself" more. Having a career in the travel industry really helped me get inspired more on what I like best. I never thought  I would land a job that somehow relates to things close to me - blogging, travel, and techy stuff. Although it's not blogging per se. It's more on managing content for a travel website and as a graduate of Computer Engineering, I guess what I have now is a perfect combo that I can ever land into. I'm forever grateful. One of the challenging parts is not knowing until when you are able to stay. There is no way for me to stay longer where I am now due to visa restrictions and even though it is mostly based on my employer - as long as I have the contract then I can stay. One of the challenges would be a career path. It's norm...

Right at this moment, I am yearning for more words. I am yearning to gather my thoughts from within that I can write down here because this is what this space is all about -- words. Life has been interesting as it goes... looking back to the last 28 years, it has been a share of good and bad memories. And no matter how much you try to move the fulcrum to make Happy things go higher than the rest, life will always put an amount on the other end to keep it balanced. "You can never be too happy in this life", a reference to Eraserhead's Fruitcake. You can be content with what you have and when you are, then I guess you should be fine. Am I content with what I have right now? Yes, I guess except I am missing family and friends with me. Four years and I still haven't really gotten used to living here although I manage to survive every day with the same routine, at some point, I find myself yearning for the good old days. I feel lucky for having the chance to travel l...

 Visited Aurelien and his family. Lovely time! Saw Paris the first time - also we visited Belgium and Natherlands as well! We hiked at Cap blanc-nez and Cap gris-nez.

I think I forgot how to write. Worse, I let myself abandon the idea of writing. Some days, mostly when I am under the weather, I would tell myself that I am going to write something. But ever since I let myself bask into microblogging tools, I instantly think it would take too much time for me to write. So I go on my phone and constantly tap, tap, scroll, scroll. It never ends. Here I am, sitting and listening to jazz on a January afternoon. So what's the agenda for today's blog? No idea. I think I will just go on and on just like the old days. There is something in letting the words come out of your head. It calms me down. And this is exactly what I miss. There are several reasons why I have been blogging for quite a while now: I want to have something to write down my thoughts by which I think I have written mostly about my day; just like what you write in a diary. At some point, I used blogging to connect with other people and brands. I was part of a blogging community ...

Travelled with Mary and Irene. Attended the wedding of Amulya and Prashanth. It was such a beautiful and festive wedding!