Day 3 into 2020 with work and ipman

Today, was a bit tough. Especially towards the close of the day, when a raw and sensitive patch was provoked. And I know it's no one's fault and responsibility apart from mine. I somehow would need to own this particular area and work at it to be better and braver. It's gotto be my own journey. 😔

Nonetheless I can still thank God. The start to 2020 was one with some levels of energy. It's 11 months to the happiest time of the year (Dec). And Dec will have its time again. But for Jan, it does seem like full steam and fire ahead for now. I wonder how I'll be able to manage but somehow, I know I will be able to. どうしても できるだけ頑張りたい。

And I had a wonderful end-of-week treat. Been looking forward to ipman and it's been one of my favorite shows. 就是喜欢看和欣赏有正义感的人,有理想, 有价值观的人。而且就是打得太帅了。I fell in love with the whole character a decade ago, the spirit of martial arts and defense-for-righteousness and good, and was so filled w anticipation to watch the show.

And it was good.
Just that.... The show was dubbed in English and subtitles were Arabic. That, was pretty funny at times and I was trying to switch and imagine it in Chinese. At one part, the shifu was introducing many other shifus, and the english translation was so funny - the praying mantis kungfu... laugh die me.

Spot the Arabic subtitles. 😁

And at times I literally covered my eyes and peeped thru my sweater, because some fight scenes was just too vicious, cruel and so heart-wrenching. But the ipman story always ends well. In the end, it's always him 打十个, or defeat the haughty and proud guys who look down on the Chinese or Chinese kung-fu. This theme is a constant thru out the ipman movies and while predictable, the movies are still good and pack many good punches.

I just love the way emotions are portrayed thru that piercing and direct, very serious look. Love it. Power, and power only emitted. So soulful and so deep. The 眼神。and the familiar ipman movie music. (photo credit to one of the scenes in the movie from Mr Google.)

And so my Day 3 2020 passed by as it should have. As we ended the day in Cheesecake Factory, it was nice for a change to be amongst the many eating and hanging out late, and looking forward to the weekend. Yas Mall was really bustling with life. We really seldom come out this late or hang out like that, so tonight was a nice date night for a change.

Thankful for a good first Fri of 2020.😊