The art of living, the pain of loving

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This man has been teaching me how to live intentionally. His videos are just fascinating; they tickle the hidden aesthete in me. If only I could live like he does, like attending workshops and short courses on sketching, anatomy, ceramics-making, being an apprentice in some artistan’s shop…

Here he talked about traveling to Italy for some anatomy lessons (for art) and making some sketches and paintings, selling them before he left Italy to get back (plus more) the money he spent buying art materials there. As he talked, I realized that I have wanted to go to Spain for a long time but haven’t really acknowledged it (maybe because the possibility was remote as I have kids). That was why I wanted to enroll in Instituto Cervantes de Manila for more than a decade for formal Spanish lessons. Of course, I haven’t done it because of responsibilities. 😞 Every year, I was invited by the Spanish Embassy to attend their cocktail party to celebrate their national day but because of my hectic life, I never made it to a single party. Finally, they got tired of inviting me. 🥴

What would I do in Spain? No, I won’t go there just to have thousands of selfies and do provocative/influencer poses. I will go there for/to: 1) food tripping and have honest-to-goodness Spanish food and wine; 2) discover the difference between Catalan and Castilian cultures and languages; exploring Basque region is wishful thinking; and 3) art and architecture. My friend from my old TV network spent 3 weeks jumping from Barcelona to Madrid and then down to Galicia (with a side trip to Morocco), then back to Barcelona.

How I wish I could do that! I have responsibilities that tie me down. This is what I get for marrying at age 27, thinking I should follow what society is expected of me. I should have done those things before I got married.

Oh well…

Anyway, I have to sit down watch more videos of this guy.

I’m supposed to fly to HK on Tues next week but Cathay Pacific website is terribly wonky today. I COULDN’T BOOK. Damnit.

Maybe because I shouldn’t leave???

I brought my cats to the vet during my lunch break and a quick fecalysis showed that they have bacterial and protozoa infection.

Kimchi is a lot calmer now since she has been to the vet last Thurs. Photo by CallMeCreation.com
Sushi, on the other hand, needed this cover to lessen the visual and auditory stimulation. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

So I would need to give them not one but two liquid medicines twice a day 🫠. This is the damage that Kimchi has done to me the last four days.

Love hurts but I endure. Photo by CallMeCreation.com

Ten more days to go for Kimchi and 14 days for Sushi.

This is the reason why I hesitate flying next week. My daughters won’t be able to manage giving them the meds. 😓 If the cats’ medication drops off, then the infection will come back with a vengeance.

Cats vs HK. What a world I live in. 😑

Then there’s this thing about my girls. Hard to leave them behind like this.

Picking up Twin A from school. Twin I will be picked up later by the school bus since she still has a school activity.

Twin I is a candidate for Ms. Freshman on Friday during their acquiantance party. 🤭 She’s having rehearsals every afternoon until Thurs.