Time portals

I have been awake for almost 40 hrs. straight and yes I feel weird. Currently I am blogging at the restaurant my friend works at, in Thailand. I'm on this little island called Phi Phi Island. My trip has been a journey so far, let me tell you. It started yesterday at 8:30a.m. when I got up, ate breakfast and finished packing the rest of my items... God knows if I'll make the 7kg limit on Cebu pacific and AirAsia. There is an orange cat sitting on the bar next to me. Anyway, I got in the cab and made it to the airport to catch my first flight. The first flight was easy. Cebu to Manila. A nice lady who recognized me from Bigfoot invited me to stay at her place so I didn't have to wait for 7 hours in the airport. I just had to pause a minute here, as I was trying to blog on my iPhone, which is really quite hard and takes a longer time to write just a mere sentence. Now, there are two gentlemen from... England? drinking next to me now. The cat is gone and I'm sure I look strange sitting at a bar using a MacBook.
Anyway,  where was I? Ok, so this lady invited me to stay at her place, but after a bit of pulling from both sides of myself, I decided against it. I'm actually kind of strange when it comes to airports. They comfort me and I enjoy my time in them. They allow you to think and come up with new ideas and just be alone in a world where it's very hard to be. So I was at Manila at 1:30p.m., waiting for my flight at 8:55p.m. I wrote, I drew, I slept. I then purchased 3 books. I'm telling you, I have this horrible habit of not shopping for long periods of time, that when I do, I really shop. Compulsively.. I think. Anyway, I bought one book on how to think rich, and two books written by an author named Mitch Albom. Before yesterday I never even knew him. But 8 hours later and two of his books finished, I decided those two novels were one of the best I've ever read. I encourage you to read them. I will also be honest in the fact that I cried. I cried out loud on a plane where almost everyone was sleeping.
So... back track to brainstorming ideas for my business, eating blueberry cheesecake and finding myself in Kuala Lumpur at 2a.m. waiting for my 7:25a.m. flight. I'm telling you between those two flights, I found myself a changed person. Or maybe it was my lack of sleep. Whatever the case, I was feeling great and I decided what my purpose was from that moment on. Do you know? It's art-related. I mean, I made more room for my art than I did for my clothes. I even had it in my mind that if I was over the 7kg limit, I would ditch all my clothes and keep everything else. For someone with only 1 bag for 2 weeks, I still felt like I had brought too much.
Alright. I've arrived in Phuket at 7:45a.m. The flight was not long from Kuala. Oh, I will add that in Kuala I almost ate a mold covered quiche. I was actually upset, since I really wanted quiche, but they entertained me with a delicious chicken and cheese panini to make up for it.
Alright, so I'm in Phuket. WOW. This place just flying in was amazing. I felt like I was flying over some majestical islands to a whole new world. In reality I was. Anything created on this planet is majestical and this place I was flying to was most DEFINITELY a whole new world. Indeed. Except boys will be boys everywhere I go. Short story, is I spent most of my morning fighting off hugs and kisses from a man who barely understood a word of English and at most, could say... Mai. I love you. I like Mai.
Sigh... it's all very flattering and very, very sweet. I guess Love knows no boundaries. In any case, I managed to stop him from taking the ferry boat to Phi Phi Island with me, and I managed to stop him from bringing me first to his house and second to a rent a room.. I suppose there are sacrifices for when someone decides to give you a free ride. Yes.. the ride will be turbulent and in the end it is almost always, never free. The whole time I was thinking, Dear Lord, my angels better be protecting me.. and they did. Thankfully. So now I'm on this boat... it's floating across blue green waters, slicing through crystal waters smoothly, as passengers sun-tan and sleep on the sun deck and others snooze peacefully inside the air-conditioned boat. We were all destined to end up on the same island.
As I look around now, I can feel how peaceful this island is. It's strange.. it's full of people from all over the world, all wandering around, all unsure of when they are leaving, or how long they will be staying. I know how long I will be staying. They are all so beautiful. I know when I will be leaving. I have a flight from Bangkok on the 25th at 1:30p.m. It takes 14 hours to get there from here. So, technically in my mind, it is like knowing when you are going to die. You better make the most out of your time.
So. I will meet people. I will relish in the kindness brought from my dear friend John, and I will do my best to repay him as best as I can. Although, sincere generosity is very, very hard to repay. I think the best part I love about traveling is that I always have proof that people are kind. I am always shown gratitude, smiles, warmth and kindness, wherever I go. But it is because I ask Life of that and I expect my own self to give the same. How can I live any other way?
I have already made friends. I have already made a difference in other peoples lives and I've only been here less that 12 hours. But for whatever reason, for that brief moment, we connected. And they, oh yes, they have made the whole world of a difference in mine. I remember almost everyone I meet when I travel, because Life stuck them there for a reason. I was supposed to meet them.
I travel for the sake of the happiness I feel in knowing that there is good in the world. That I, as a simple human being, can still feel everything that is human about us. That no matter what language barriers there are or where we have come from.. we are all the same. We are all just looking for human experiences in a world that strives to make us forget who we are.. I love having the day to myself, not knowing the hours and only doing what can make me happy. I would like to take this opportunity to say, "Thank you Life. For everything and for everyone."
I will now get off this thing... and be human again.