First full day back in Hong Kong and it was a busy one. I got the medical check completed this morning. It really wasn’t too bad and it ended up costing me less than I’d expected which I’m grateful for. After the medical check I went to a meeting that had some really warm, welcoming people. I’m planning to go back to that meeting. If I were to stick around in HK it’s certainly a group I could get to know and really like. After the meeting I wandered around this big garden with a conservatory, aviary and man made lakes (ok, ponds really). It was beautiful and I especially liked the conservatory that had a show on fragrant plants. Walking into that room and smelling all the beautiful smells was certainly a highlight of my entire day.

This evening I met up with AP and got dinner. We wandered around Kowloon and it was really nice. I’m lonely and tired from not sleeping well last night (or long enough) which has skewed my emotions into fragile territory. I’m going to bed soon and planning to sleep longer tonight so that tomorrow will go a bit smoother. I really enjoyed today, but I can tell I’m just slightly off from not getting enough sleep last night and all the walking I did today.

I’m meeting AP in the morning and we are going to do something. I’m headed up to where he is staying and bringing my suitcase that he has so graciously said he can store while I’m in Japan. Speaking of Japan, I can’t wait. I decided I should get a reiki treatment while there. While researching that a little I realized I’m going to be so close to the birthplace of reiki. Perhaps that was where my fixation to on making it to Japan is coming from – a need for a pilgrimage of sorts to where it all started. Or if not started, somewhere I’ve already been. I have a feeling, and I’m giving myself some leeway on sounding crazy right now since I don’t do it often enough, that I’ve been working on figuring out this mystery of life for much longer than this one, relatively short incarnation I’ve had as myself. My gut tells me I’m meant to pick up where I left off, but in order to do that some truths from the past will need to bubble up to the surface so going forward I’ll be on sound footing. I think that’s what Japan is really about: reclaiming what’s been mine in the past. A repatriation of the soul.

Gratitude List:
Impromptu qi gong class in the room at the hostel
AP and all his help right now
Being tired after a busy day