Getting away

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Angelina Jolie, Angkor Wat, Tomb Raider

At Tea Talk we share how we are feeling and what we are thinking. Join us with host Ruth at Celebrate Friendship

I’m having oolong orange tea in a white ceramic cup.

I’m feeling excited, hurried, my heart gripped. Early this morning I made an abrupt decision to see UNESCO Heritage site Angkor Wat on Sunday. That means going to the immigration department to get a re-entry permit which I did today. I’m going out again for unfinished shopping after posting this. Now did I just imply being heartbroken? Truth be told I seldom admit a heartbreak. If things don’t get sorted I could end up mourning in the next few weeks. I hope this quick trip will help numb the impact of an impending blow.

On my mind are travel details. FCC Angkor Hotel, which I fancy because Angelina Jolie stayed there while filming Tomb Raider, is fully booked until January 15th. I won’t be surprised if I end up in some guesthouse without a cyber presence. But I really do not mind that. I just want to get out of Bangkok for a few days and try to forget that I am facing a heartbreak. Wish me luck.

There are more or less fifty hours til Cambodia.  In the midst of work and a company party tomorrow, I might be able to have enough research to get me through this getaway.  Here’s something short but loaded:

“A lady should be modest”
Hilary to Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

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Rest to the weary

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Calvary

Tea Talk is a meme ‘for heart’s sake,’ says host Ruth at Celebrate Friendship.

Participants share how they are feeling and what is on their minds. The objective is to spend a few minutes to inspire the self and others.

Today I’m having hot mocha in a white cup, or is this a mug (?). It is pictured in one of my favorite places in Bangkok – Dasa Book Cafe.

I’m feeling sleepy.  Late nights are taking their toll on me. But there are so many things to do that I have to fight off sleep for another six hours or so.

On my mind are Southeast Asian insurgency speeches I need to review and analyze, deadlines and an important email to an international tribunal consultant I haven’t even started to draft yet. My brain is screaming  rest.

Times like these take me back to days when life was slow and one form of relaxation was accompanying my mother on the piano while she sang her favorite songs. One in particular sustains me in my crazy job right now –

“Rest to the weary, peace to the soul; though life may be dreary earth is not thy goal. Oh lay down thy burden… I will not forsake thee though all else should flee”