Story of My Life

Hello again!

Just like i promised before, I posted the pictures i took when i was travelling to Wakayama. And while at it, I also posted some pictures when i was travelling all around Japan last year. So check it out ,Guys! And tell me what you think!

I travelled around Japan last Year. It took me two months to walk around. And covered most of the North, West and East of Japan. And after that, I took another trip at the beginning of this year to cover the places that i havent gone. And finished Honshu with the last visit to Nachi Ootaki, the tallest waterfall in Japan in Wakayama last week.

Just like to share something that i got while travelling alone. When you are out there, maybe you’ll feel scared at first (Heck,… the first thing I had in mind 30 minutes after leaving my city was "WHERE WILL I SLEEP TONIGHT?"). You’ll feel scared, alone, hopeless and SMALL (Imagine sleeping on a pedestrian walk at a harbour looking at the dark sea,….you’ll get the picture,…literally).

But believe it or not, something magical is waiting just around the corner if you use your heart. Some street-band singer sang a song when I was strolling in Sendai. She sang :"If your heart is filled with love for all,….all signs will be seen with your very own eyes…." (It stroke me to the heart coz SHE was SO CUTE and LOVELY and COOL with a guitar in her hands,…..hm,…probably that’s why i listened to the lyric in the first place.)

Well anyway, She was right! I was lost and alone, far from everything that was close to my knowledge and to my heart. But at that time,….and that time only, I had the opportunity to learn how to SEE.

A Homeless teached me how to play a game in Hiroshima.

A group of teens took me by suprise at 11PM and ask me to join them for a game of pool in Downtown Osaka. (Scared me for a while coz i was alone,….but i thought "what the hell, lets Go!")

A Granma on a small coffee shop teaches me Buddhism and read my palms In Tottori. (as a fee after I fixed her Toaster,…but she didn’t know that I HAD to fixed the toaster if I wanna get some food,….was really hungry,…:PLEASE FEED THE BEAR!)

A family took me for a night for free In Kobe.

Another Granma buy me breakfast In a small restaurant somewhere between Izumo and Tottori.

Listen to a song through an old walkman with A Russian Stranger in Hakodate, Hokkaido. (Russian rap Songs,….No Offense but,….YUCK!)

SANG a Song with an American born Vietnamese on a boat trip to Niigata (Just the two of us on the deck with VERY loud voices,…..Crazy, Yes,….Fun,Yes,….Disturbing, Yes,….)

And the wonderful thing is, They were all CompleTe StRanGeRs! Behold the Magic!

I was alone but I didnt feel alone. I was surrounded and overwhelmed with love.

I was brave where I should’ve been scared. I felt the protection from the Higher Devine.

I am small among the stars but I Feel Almighty because they all rotates around me to cherish me with love.

I should’ve been Hopeless but I saw unlimited Horizon of Hope for tommorow with in a brink of a sunset.

I realized,….that I had seen with my heart…

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