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This month is largely characterised by large amounts of medical activities. It was largely unpleasant in multiple manners, and it's unclear how what the future holds. Nevertheless some things have been clarified and the path is not as dark as it may seen at first.
A small note about the weather before we continue. This month marks the existence of the one week where the weather in Hong Kong is actually fairly pleasant and does not require any adjustment. I counted and it really is exactly one week. So at least there's that.
Speaking of weather, we have had a record-breaking four typhoons in a row in the West Pacific basin, of which three managed to more or less directly affect us. This included two where the impacts are negligible, and one where there's a genuine threat because of high winds, necessitating a "signal 8" to be hoisted, which is a big deal because it marks the point where daily life is not possible and life is suspended and moved online for the most part.
This is the latest time in a year where such a signal has been put out, and I think it's noteworthy enough to be discussed here. It's a rare thing, but not an unfamiliar thing, just familiar things in an unfamiliar context.
Yeah this is a big one. Largely, this month has been occupied by me taking medicine and also having to have to go under twice to get rid of that big stone. In the time between, I've been trying to find a stable diet, which sent me to places I rarely went before but eventually landed me into a new yakiniku place which I like.
Weight-wise, though, things have stabilised. Although I have tried very hard to eat as much as I can, the weight won't go up all that much. Just like my way down, I didn't try very hard to push the weight up, and overeating is already a thing I am wary of so I have a natural limit. Overall, the trend is still going down, but not very quickly anymore.
I'm on a large amount of medicine. It means that I cannot eat raw things anymore, which means that I can't eat the sushi I like. What a shame. But I can live without sushi for a good long time.
I haven't been able to write as much as I wanted to, and I do really want to, and I already have ideas on what to write. But I just don't write it.
Having said that I did knock out a small essay that I have been meaning to write for over a year in like an hour, so there's that.
The Japanese school is probably going to hold a countdown party and I'm going to say yes because I think I can use some social interaction. I hope that works out.
This month would have been careers month, at least I think it would be, but this god-forsaken health problem has knackered all those plans. It's terrible.
I finally restarted my Minecraft world after promising myself that I have to play for a long time, and I think it's just as engrossing as it always was once I got over that hump. That seems to be a recurring theme: a large potential barrier that looks much smaller when looking back. But that doesn't help the trepidation when it is still in front of me.
I am thinking of getting a domain name again. It's mostly because of Bluesky: if I get a domain name I can feel Very Official. Plus, it would be nice to unify my existence across multiple places and a domain name of my own is probably the best way to do it.
What a month though. With any luck, December would be more relaxing.