The rains have come again, and most of my days are spent at home, drinking hot chocolate, making beads, vegging out in front of the TV, eating, reading, and anything I can think of doing. The plants do not need my attention, the sky is taking care of them nowadays (except for my euphorbias that I have to bring inside lest they die of too much water). My significant other is in Apo Island, and I have no one to cook for. Cooking is only meaningful when there is somebody who enjoys eating it as much as you enjoyed preparing it. I miss sushi already–miss seeing the ceramics on the table, miss rolling the dark green rolls and most of all, miss unleashing my creativity in the kitchen.
So for the most part, I focus my energy on beading, if I feel creative. But on days when my energy level is very low, nothing beats vegging out in front of the TV and watching National Geogrpahic, the travel channel, and Lifestyle Network. I rarely watch the news nowadays. Famine in Africa, a plane crash in Toronto, flooding in Mumbai— seeing the images jsut depresses me more. So I watch the news in small doses, when I feel like I have been so out of touch with the world already.
Wish the rain would let up aready. Not seeing the sun for many days does something to my soul. Rainy, stormy days means no fieldwork–nobody would be crazy to cross the open oceans to a small island in this weather. Small outrigger boats are best travelled when its calm and the sun is out.
So for now, the only travels I do are in my mind. Hopefully, that travel to Cambodia and to Thailand becomes reality soon. And I sooo look forward to the day when Arne and I can board to Tamarin and sail towards the sunset, to the beautiful islands of the Calamianes….
