Oh, What it is,

To be young.

-サヤカ-

Actually yesterday, when I brought my guests to the Kobe port tower, there was a young french bull dog, probably almost a year old - I can't remember -  pulling on its owner's leash, excited to get away, to play with people and other dogs.

And somehow I reached out to it, and it excitedly started licking my hand. 

It's the first dog I've touched since I left you in Malaysia. But I digress.

That little french bull dog, made me think back to how you were when you were a puppy.

When we first met, you were quite the calm and composed, cautious little thing. 

And after we took you home, you were quite well behaved, eager to please and so easy to train and teach.

But I remember, sometimes you would get very excited too, and you would lick my face.

At one time you took to sniffing my ear, I don't know why. But it tickled and it was cute, while i squealed with laughter, since it was so ticklish.

Then one day you stopped, I guess you thought that my pulling you away from my ear meant that I didn't like it. 

In some sense it was really ticklish, but I really did not hate it. And I missed it when you didn't do it anymore. 

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Hi Baby,

I had a tiring day today. I brought my guests to Kyoto, since Arashiyama was having a light up display event till Christmas Eve called Hanatouro - 花灯路. It was not as crazy as the Kobe Luminiare yesterday, and it was really nice.

I realised that unlike last time, where I'd feel.. I guess you could say a little touched / amazed over beautiful sights, I don't seem to feel much or almost anything at all, although I was like "oh it's nice, let me take some pictures". I can't seem to appreciate this kind of things the way I used too anymore.

But I had fun. Two of my Malaysian friends that live and work in Osaka joined us and ended up playing tour guide for us, and it's been a while, since I've experienced a fully Malaysian bunch (My Japanese colleague joined for lunch but had to leave in the evening - so it ended up with it being all Malaysians)

-sunz-