From July to August, I spent 7 weeks in Singapore with the girls (Jon was there for the first 2 weeks - we went to Batam as an extended family with my parents and Mama, and his friend Varun and Ishita came over from India to visit us too). It was a long and exhausting 7 weeks, and I got to meet up and spend a lot of time with my friends and loved ones, which I really appreciated. At the same time my Dad was dealing with a bunch of health problems, which was also stressful and worrying, luckily those managed to be resolved. Back in NJ however, Jon was staying in our half-renovated house, which had now finally moved into the construction stage after almost 2 years of being held up by permits.
I was not looking forward to going back to NJ. I have few close friends here, it feels like a land that I don't quite belong in, and the house was in complete disarray. For example, we have been here for over a month, and we still have no fully functioning kitchen. I suppose it's just as well that I have no appetite and am not eating much now anyway. I've managed to lose close to 7 lbs over the last 2 weeks.
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These days I think about the book/song Going on a Bear Hunt. Can't go over it, can't go under it, just gotta go through it.
I've also been listening to a lot of Korn recently. Shortly after I arrived back to the US I went to the System of a Down & Korn concert at the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford. I really wanted to go because I love System of a Down, but at the concert I gained a new appreciation for Korn. Falling Away From Me resonates very strongly with me these days.
