It's me, Kath | Kaye | Kai

Exactly 5 Days before we enter another year, 2025! ~ Time flies by so fast, indeed! Personally, 2024 has been quite a long year and it didn't start well for me, literally.  A rocky start to 2024 I kicked off 2024 battling a bad cold, and I suspect that must have been COVID. And pretty much every month, I get sick for a week or two. Not to mention, I have admitted myself to the hospital's Emergency Room (ER) several times this year already.  Not only that, but 2024 is also the year when all age-related health issues started to manifest as expected for someone in their early 30s.  It's not giving, bruh. No cap. This year has also been a year of cutting off ties with people who are energy vampires, be it friends or family. The second I sense insincerity, negativity, and unnecessary drama, I close my doors immediately. I have no energy for that,  for real .  Apart from that, generally, this year has been a year of self-recovery.  A journey of Self-Recovery I fi...

Yearning for a part of me- travelling One of the many things that I have always wanted to do again was to have international solo-travel at least once in a year.  My last international travel was way back in 2018, to Taiwan. The following year, I wasn't able to do so as I left work and returned to my hometown. It was a difficult period. Not only that, I lost my old passport and had to go through inconveniences to get a new one.  Last but not the least, 2020 onwards- the pandemic, we all know what happened, everything in the world stopped; that includes travelling for leisure. Years of not travelling left a void within me. It was something that I always looked forward to yearly- my motivation to grind at work. It was my happiness, as I had always known that I am meant to explore the world. I missed immersing myself into the crowd of locals and understand their daily lives; savor new flavors enhancing my palate and idea of good food.  I yearned learning a place's history an...