Secret Love Nest '23 : The Paper Year

August Blues

I'll admit to falling out of writing these days. I just have no energy for anything the past couple of weeks since Qing and I traveled South for another leg on our honeymoon trips. After that trip, I got busy with voice lessons and practices. And also with this and that.

The result is a Dayu who barely gets his head together to sit in front of an open laptop and tap on the keyboard to compose anything that could semblance a writing.

(But here you are, writing)

Yes. Thank you for that kind and obvious observation. I am here writing because Qing has this strong belief that my mood will somehow turn cheery if I write. I love a man who has strong beliefs but sometimes, strong beliefs could be misleading. Like in this point, I am writing but I am miserable as fuck.

Okay, not miserable per se...I just have multiple gripes on this world. No one in particular...just in general sense of things...I have complaints. If the world is a restaurant then I am the unhappy customer who is about ready to call the manager.

Now, you might all think...Dayu you are living the high life. Married, loved, has money, in a comfortable setting...whats your gripe?

Well...someone said Covid is now over and I think thats a load of bullshit. Several studies said that Covid is here to stay. We humans should think of living in this world with Covid in it even though its not as deadly as it was. Many of us are vaccinated. Some even got their boosters. We will be fine even if Covid is still here.

What they should have announced is that Covid is still here but we will noy die from it anymore. Why lie and say Covid is gone or that its over? Well...the last part could be true. Maybe the pandemic is indeed over. Still, Covid is here to stay. Like flu or pneumonia or common colds. I'm not saying this as a know it all or a party pooper...I just don't want anyone to be too complacent and then it will happen all over again. The nightmare that was that pandemic.

I mean, can we all agree that we don't want a repeat of THAT. For real...

Also, I have several relatives and acquaintances who were infected with this virus and boy, the long term effects of it are real. I have one former coworker who complained that food doesn't taste the same for them anymore. Like everything taste bland. They are scare to add too much salt or seasoning or sugar in their food or drinks in the fear that they will develop other problems in the future like kidney failure or diabetes but sometimes when they eat, they are unhappy.

So they are living while eating bland food. Tell me thats not fucked up. Also, several relatives of mine now suffer from weaker lungs and immune system as results of contacting the virus. Covid is still here as we are still feeling the effects of its ravages in our bodies, financial situations and even social matters.

So yeah...Covid is not over. Its here and we have to learn to live with it. New normal anf all that shit. Silver lining, its not deadly anymore but ignoring its existence would be stupidity. Stay clean, stay vigilant, stay safe.

Next...on that continuing war...

I'm tired. I have said what I said about this matter but as a refresher, let me reiterate again. War is useless. Its pointless. Its irrational. Its insanity. The world is large. Humans are small. Everyone has a place here.

And then...somewhere in the Middle East, the tension between Israel and Palestine are soaring like an infected wound that is being poked hard.

Hayz...I'm tired. I...I don't know what to say to that. I'm not from there...I admit to not being an expert on that matter between those two nations but its like watching an oncoming train wreck. You want to stop it but you are glued to the ground and your prayers are not working.