Happy International Women's Day!

It's celebrated to honour women's achievements and advocate for gender equality.
Online you find a lot of political correct reasons.

I find it unbelievably important to get true equality for women as we then can finally become ourselves: in touch with our feminine energy & power.

That in turn allows men to shift into their true masculine energy being.
Then men & women can complement each other like we're meant to!

This will change societies and individual lives.
More love, respect, kindness, oneness, sisterhood, brotherhood, and so on.

That's why it's truly important for mankind's progress!

Cons:
There shouldn't be any.
A partner should add to your life.
If there are cons then it's likely a reflection of how and who you are as partners mirror.
For instance, if you're not truly happy & positive, don't have proper self-esteem & self-confidence & self-love you cannot attract quality partners either.
In that sense dating / trying to date is like free therapy: it shows (reflects) directly what you still have to work on. If you want that of course, it's a choice.

Pros:
Do we really have to list those?
Someone to share your life with, to talk, have fun, have new adventures and discoveries, grow & evolve together, support each other, intimacy.
Cooking, dining, spending evenings together.
Also having time to yourself so you can do your own thing or hang out with your own friends.
Very important to not give up everything and make the relationship your universe.
In essence someone who complements you.

Spring is in the air, sun is shining. I'm feeling happy and this buzz of spring energy, wanting to do things, go out, go on dates and so on, hihi.

Sounds wonderful!
For some reason I always feel both Vietnam & Cambodia are different from other Asian countries.
Do you have that experience (assuming you've also been to Cambodia)?

The Gorge - 2025 REALLY good movie!

Flight Risk - 2025 Also a really good movie.

I can seriously recommend both, in a way especially The Gorge as it was quite unusual. And not just action with some creepy stuff thrown in, but also a love story.
Nevertheless, I rather try my luck on a dating site than in the gorge, lol.

Thank you!
The little one is adorable

I have 2 of these wooden things with text painting on them saying "Home is where the Heart is".
That feels right to me.
It's more than people (to me), also the place, country/region, home and so on.

Thank you so much!

SOUFIE, yes, the smell, the little sounds they make!
I always have a thing for a baby's hands and especially feet! So cute, so tiny.
Kind of weird since I really don't like people's feet to the point of finding it gross to touching another person's feet, hihi.
But baby feet... love 'em!!

Tomorrow is the day, I sure as heck am going to enjoy it!

My 2nd granddaughter is just over a week old now and she's adorable!!

She was born on Feb 24.

My daughter has that beautiful glow of a new mum, radiating pure love and happiness.
So beautiful to see!
My other granddaughter -2 yrs in April- is adjusting really well.

I'm going to see them day after tomorrow

To add to that: daddies of new born babies also have this special glow! As if their eyes shine brighter and their faces somehow seem softer as they too radiate happiness & love.
I see that in my son in law as well.

Thank you! She still is even though she's a little bigger now :)
Right now she's almost 10 months old. It looks like she'll remain a relatively small cat, like her mother.

Black cats definitely seem to be different.
Little Meggie, now 10 months, sure is strong willed and never has been one to sleep in my lap.

Trying to type the above took me some 5 minutes as I had to get up 5x to make clear to Meggie that what she was doing was not on.
I think she finally understood. For now. Hihi.

Depends on my mood (as in, what I feel like doing), the weather and how my neck & back are holding up.

Today my back wasn't happy as I've done just a bit too much in the garden the last couple of days.
I nevertheless managed to do a bit more in the garden.
Weather was really good and then I find it hard to not do something while there's so much to do!

Normally I never do much in the garden this time a year, but I have an extra 27m2 that's bare ground to fill in. There used to be a hedge there and that was taken out, fencing put up instead.

Normally it's more lightweight stuff like painting :) (on canvas)

I'd prolly have a blank look on my face if someone said that as I wouldn't have a clue how to take it or what was meant by it.
Kinda like when someone would start to talk to you in Russian or Chinese or a local dialect you do not understand. I have had the latter in the area I live in.

Makes me think "WTF are you going on about?" hihi
On a good day it'd be "WTH are you going on about?"

I LOVE Expedition Bigfoot!
Currently desperately waiting for episode 5 of the 6th season to be available to watch. It aired last night, usually it doesn't take too long, but as it is I cannot find it yet :(

I have to take into account that the US is behind in time, so even though it's already early evening here it's only just past noon at the east coast.

Patience is a virtue, so they say, hihi.

I found the docu series "Expedition Unknown" the other day and began watching.

Yesterday two episodes on the stolen treasure from Cambodian temples.
Now I've seen a docu on ancient temples and the ancient culture & peoples a while back. A very high standing culture, very advanced as you often see with such people.
Intricate waterworks and irrigation systems, the carved stone buildings are exquisite as well.

But I didn't know that many of these ancient cities and temples were robbed of their artwork?!
Millions of dollars gone, disappeared into the black market and part in museums all over the world.

A lot was also completely trashed by the Red Khmer in the 70s?!!!
And after their regime fell many poor Cambodians and/or former Red Khmer child soldiers knicked what remained to sell it.
They didn't give a rip about the works as they often just broke them off their stands, leaving carved feet and hands etc. behind.

I was almost in tears when I saw that, the destruction and disrespect of it all.

There was a huge statue of Shiva, 4,5m tall (15feet) and that was blown up?!?!
Reason: Legend told that inside it was gold and precious gems.
Of course there were none, but the delicate statue is forever gone.

Currently people are trying to get those treasures back to Cambodia.
Much has already been returned, some with help of former robbers!

Much of what you see from these statues and carvings is gorgeous! So incredibly delicate and smooth that it leaves you awestruck at the skill of these people way back when!
It all looks smooth as silk.
We arrogant Caucasians tend(ed) to think of such cultures as primitive but this is no way primitive!

But such a shame.
Breaks my heart to see, think, know that people are so barbaric.
This was Cambodia but such practises have occurred worldwide.
Greed & money & ego...

And it makes me appreciate the painting I did of the Cambodian Ta Prohm temple even more!




Such a rich culture and yet you hardly ever hear of it?

5 Days, no smoking for 5 days now!!
So far it's been the hardest quitting attempt I've ever had.

Yesterday was the first time that it felt easier. But those first days were really difficult.

That may seem like nothing to an outsider, a few days, but each of these days seemed to last about a week for me, haha.
So it felt like almost a month of struggle and wanting to light a smoke then somehow succeed at not doing that.

Hopefully it will remain a little easier from here on out.
This afternoon I'm visiting my mum and she smokes. That usually doesn't bother me too much as long as it's not someone smoking in my house.

We'll see. Last week it didn't bother me so fingers crossed!
If I fall from grace this time I don't think I'll have the courage & willpower to attempt again. It's been too hard this time round.

Thank you so much, Julie!

How It Ends

Movie on an apocalyptic event, never becomes clear what event that is.
The movie is captivating as you expect to eventually find out but then... the movie suddenly ends when the main character makes a lucky escape with his fiancee when an other disaster occurs.
You see them driving off, making it out, and that's the end of the movie?
Leaves you wondering what the hell it was all about, what's going to happen to them now, and what the heck the cause was.

I say, lazy writers. Easy to come up with some terrible disastrous stuff and not bothering to explain the why and what of it.
Any dickhead can write such a story.

Crying shame as the movie had a lot of potential!

Must admit I don't know as I never had that happen.
It would depend on the reason of them not showing up. I would like to know why they didn't.

Also depends on how the meet & greet went how I'd feel AND on their behaviour when they contact me after the no-show.
If that is matter of fact and "I don't really care" or more like "OMG I hope I didn't ruin it!!"

Hihi, I had initially added the tip to do lower abdomen exercises so the rounded lower belly disappears. Not very attractive.
Then decided to delete that from my post, grin.