Tuesday, October 27, 2009

new post rules



I've been thinking about adding pictures to every post. The fun thing is, it will help me develop my skills as a photographer and force me to learn how to fit photographs into my posts. However, I'm so busy right now so I may just use a stack of photos that I already have. Including the one posted here. It was a spur of the moment thing in Pagudpud. The sky was perfect so I decided to make a silhouette shot with Neal as the model. It reminds me of our mountain climbing days. I hope I can post our photos of it here soon.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Research

There are certain things I want to do this year, or next year if I'm lucky...

1. Study Japanese and pass JLPT Level 3 (December 2010)
2. Go to Japan
3. Go to Prague
4. Go to Greece
5. Revisit Cambodia
6. Go to Hong Kong
7. Go to Bangkok

I need to research though. Hopefully I can go somewhere nice next year. Whichever of the listed destinations are cheapest. Hehe.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

bad omens

I've been scared to go back to bed recently. I haven't been sleeping properly and sometimes I go to the bathroom convincing myself that I just need to pee. The last two nights though have been rough. I feel like someone has been watching in the living room and I can't cross 10 feet (bathroom door to bed) in the darkness without someone awake. That someone is always neal.

I also had a nightmare last night
I dreamt that insects were crawling out of me. At first I though they were just inside my clothes but when I took them off, I realized they were coming from inside me. I had two running stitches on both sides of my body where my skin was just healing. I had one big worm stuck to my ass and I pulled it off against Neal's wishes since he was worried but I just wanted them to go away and I killed it with my hands. I woke up with my butt feeling strangely violated.

A short trip to Google and I found out that the insect type was important. I knew that the insects crawling out of me were cockroaches but the one in me was like a worm from Dune. Cockroaches symbolizes need for renewal and a need to rethink major aspects of my life. The worm is a little more complicated. It was inside me partly and I knew it was feeding off me so it probably represents something negative, a low opinion of myself or negative thoughts (most likely the latter). Freeing myself from the worm even if it was painful means I may be striving to free myself of negative thoughts. Killing the worm after getting it off me is a good omen I guess. After the worm killing thing, the cockroaches stopped coming from inside me and my stitches were partly healed. It's been a while since I've had symbolic dreams.

The ghost hanging around our house bothers me. It's usually a sign of a friend dying. Someone whose death will affect me. I hope everyone is okay.