Indulgence

full of tomorrow

Wislawa Szymborska
Life is the only way
to get covered in leaves,
catch your breath on the sand,
rise on the wings;

to tell pain
from everything it's not
to seek the least of all possible mistakes,
and to keep on not knowing
something important.

Tomorrow I go back to work. Had a fantastic holiday. Work without pay. I'm scared how little the 15th will bring in terms of salary but then, that was my choice. I don't mind. I needed to get out for a while. I needed to remember what it was like to be me. I wanted to be free again, for a while and not have anything to think about that didn't... I don't know... feel forced to think about? Or maybe, just a moment to get out of a routine. It's good to feel free.

And then there is the endless amount of tomorrows that will follow -- the promise of new experiences, the promise of new trials, new challenges, new moments of pleasure and new moments of pain. Bring it on, I say. I'm ready.

Today, I went to zips class and tackled on some more fire moves and finally got my first real battle scar. Working on new moves, I started trying out using the chainsaw maneuvre and I got the chains tangled up and ended up burning myself in my right arm. It isn't as nasty now as it was 4 hours ago but I'm proud of it.

I've posted pictures of me fire-spinning in Boracay. Pictures taken by my teacher Paulino Servado. I'm pretty proud of these shots. I was in the zone. I didn't care about the audience. They didn't faze me. I just wanted to dance with fire all around me. I had a blast.

I still can't believe I was dancing with fire all around me on the first day of the New Year. I promise, more to come!

posted by wanggo @ 12:42 AM