5.5.24 - Being good at what we do

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May May so far... constant coughing. I am so sick and tired of the coughing. 

It started up two weeks ago when I was sick and so I'm sick again. But I not coughing during the day. It's only at night I cough.

But apart from that... it has been a whole week of May Pole rehearsals. And Forest School. And school school. It has been a whole week of very hard work. I posted on May 1 the last time and I have been wiped every single day after May pole rehearsals.

Which is why there have been no posts this week after the 1st. Which was Wednesday. HOWEVER Ghin and I have been catching up loads, treating ourselves to loads of eating outs. We have been to Sakura, Asian Fusion and the Dirty Duck. And we have just been laughing and giggling. It is always laughing and giggling with that child. 

I am truly sick again today. I have been sick all year round. I refuse to go to the doctors here because they are so useless. I don't really know who to blame. What I do know is that the system here was broken when I got here. People didn't really respect what they had. There is a kind of wastefullness in this part of the world which you would never get in Asian culture. Am I saying Asian culture is better? But there is a phrase in Chinese - chai xi - it is not just gratefulness nor appreciation - but more like gratefulness, appreciation and humility. To know that we stand humbled before what we have and that we have not right to ask for more. And certainly not excess. Even very rich people had this quality. I know that don't anymore. Even in Asia. But here it is just run riot. 

Any way...

This world, this gorgeous and beautiful world. This world which brings us everything. This world must be enough. 

It really is.

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