I've been MIA from blogging for a little over a month, so I guess I gotta blog something. 😁
August has been the longest month. Not only does it have 31 days, it also is the hottest month of the year. Many days, it was hot, dryish, and no matter the amount of air, it felt like God put the weather on air-frying mode. The last few days, though, we have had a few pop up thunderstorms, which helps a little bit. And I did not take a day off, which I probably should have just to use up some PTO time. So the majority of the time, I worked, with weekends of running errands, and meeting with friends and family for meals.
So, what other things have I been doing?
Lately, I've been watching a lot of videos on the Chinese language and Chinese/Hong Kong culture. I like to follow other folks who either know Cantonese, Mandarin, and/or know the culture but have a different experience/angle to it. Most folks I follow are either half Chinese, half something else, have grown up in Hong Kong and live somewhere else, or grown up somewhere else and live in Hong Kong. The different perspectives and experiences kind of enriched my knowledge of the different variations of what other have grown up knowing, and some of these stories are rather humorous as it usually have a Western spin or incorporates Western humor. It's one of those "IYKYK" kind of things, and maybe something I uniquely know since I grew up in the United States.
I've also been watching a lot of videos on astrophysics and astronomy. I think deep down, there is a connect of us to the universe, and learning more about the weirdness of space makes me think how odd and strange and beautiful our universe truly is. Recently, I learned a little bit more about neutrinos and the nature of these very micro/sub particles. I have heard about neutrinos but never really understood them. And I think many space scientist are also wondering the same things about the nature of these things. To me, it's like the Holy Spirit, it just kind of zips around the universe and can pass through us as well as around us. I also heard that neutrinos may travel faster at the speed of light but scientist are kind of skeptical.
I've joined a local Christian singles group and so far, it's been fun and interesting. Most times I join the group for lunch on Sundays but sometimes some folks in the group will organize other events (movies, going to dinner, tubing, hiking, going to the park). They just recently went on a beach retreat but I didn't go because I just went to London and took a week off for that.
That's it, I think. That's what's been going on in my world. I hope the next blog I have more fun and interesting things to share from my brain.
