Slytherclaw Party! #13

Fantastic, meretricious, and happy New Year 2023!

Apparently, my country's government has finally decided to remove the social distancing policy (dang, absolutely LOVED that one!), even the mask rule as they're holding the New Year's Eve celebration parties at several spots at the heart of the capital. Sooo.. off I went to a big city where the most of the party was! (Don't want to give out my exact location coz don't really want yuo to stalk me, heheh..)

But determined to never lose my guard, I still wore it, only removed it occasionally when I was doing selfies. No, really, I'm taking Covid seriously because actually, the aftermath symptoms sound much more terrible: the Long Covid where you'd get brain fog, chronic fatigue, etc! 

Nuh-uh, even though I'm just visiting and still mentally-emotionally-blocked as I am for now, I still want to play this game, explore this planet as much as I can, fulfill my potentials as maxed out as I can, experience more of OPEN-SESAMES as much as my seeker soul can achieve!

Using Booking.com app, unexpectedly I easily found budget hotels near the firework attraction place, and I decided to pick what I thought offering the best value of money. Later, I found indeed it was! 

The room was tiny, but very much enough for me. The vibe was awesome, it has really gooood subtle luxurious aroma in the air (except for the bathroom, it could be close to waste pipes or something, but as long as the door is closed it's fine). Interior design was modern and cozy, loved the recessed lighting. They seem to have thought the whole design for the exterior, interior, hall, etc, so it's a great cozy vibe all the way, they even have a rooftop restaurant!! And probably the most significant feature: the hotel located pretty close to the attraction, only less than 1 km, truly a great value for money for LESS than USD $30 (really? less than $30 for such great experience? at this day and age just wha-..!)!!

By the way this was the first time I stayed in hotel SINCE FOREVER ah mai gaddd Ima feeling sooo rrrrriccchh thanks so much, thanks so much o' Universe...!!

Writing a few gratitude logs before going out.

I went out at about 10 o'clock p.m. Wow the crowd was real! I mean, considering the Covid situation, this was so back to 'normal'. Let's hope that nobody contracts the flu after this! But actually I totally forgot about it when I was there.. somehow my mind simply registered that "it has always been normal, nothing to be afraid of", and just fully focused on enjoying the fireworks despite the super dense crowd, waahooo..!!

Surprised myself that I managed to stand and walk that long (2-3 hours.. or 3-4?) - thanks so much for my PHYSICAL, and not to mention MENTAL HEALTH to enjoy all this I can't even..!!! (Maybe thanks to my twice-a-week walk of grocery shoppings, hehe..)

The fireworks were pretty standard, nothing really out of this world, I mean no complex designs / elaborate shows or such. In fact I think many fireworks were brought by the crowd themselves, likely only the later ones nearing the countdown (and sometime after) were 'official' from the government, but to me it's AMAZING nevertheless!

Time to go back.

Ugh.. this is what you got when you're taking the road less traveled - tried to get closer to the fireworks amidst the crowd.. didn't see that that was the non-asphalt part of the road. My newly bought jelly boots found their use right away!

Curiously I managed to get a good, albeit short, sleep. I guess no wonder coz the room's vibe was cozier than my home.

As morning came, I took the HOT shower, my another first time of such luxury since ages!! Ahhh.. mon dieu thanks so much, I'll always remember that beautiful, beautiful moment of 20-minute H.O.T. shower..!

Shoot.. time flies so fast, suddenly now it's afternoon and I had to leave the heavenly room. Just a few hours ago I was having a fireworks grand time surrounded by super cool skyscrapers, the charm of a modern metropolis at night at its highest! It got me thinking.. may write more about this someday. Welp, time to go back to my own messy castle out of this city that never sleeps (not that mine ever lol).

Bye bye, room!

Always remember to feed da kittehz along the way, coz yuo must love cats!

But looked like this smol bundle of furball couldn't eat solid food yet.. thank goodness I found a calico who could be its mom, hope my dry food will help her breastfeed the kitten. And happy to find her looks pretty fat and healthy, considering she + the kitten live in a train station!

All in all, it's an AAAHMAZING New Year weekend! Can't say how happy I am to stand here, in this personal milestone where I can stay in a hotel, watching the firework show alone (that's 1,000% how I LOVE it!), all safe and fun!! Enjoyed this OPEN SESAME moment IMMENSELY, thanks so much, thanks so much, thanks so much o' generous Universe always..!!

Thankfully this is not the end, as I'm now full-force INSPIRED to finally jump into much further travels after this, with travel restrictions getting lifted more and more + me now having enough doubloons and counting moar and moar (pirate is super grateful!!) + all the amazing modern convenience + discovering budget / reasonable open trips (didn't know such things exist until I bumped on a few Instagram ads lately) + etc etc!

OPEN SESSSAMEEE, ALOHOMORA world heeer I cooomee..!!

The world awaits!