It has been allready 2 months and a half that I have been living and working in Panama city. It is maybe a friday evening syndrom, but I do regret having stopped travelling. It was a lot more funnier and interesting, having the hole day for doing whatever you feel like and discovering new things everyday…Who the hell on earth decided that we have to work and earn money for living??? They could have invented something more creative….In fact one of the things I used to tell to myself during the travelling is that I was really privileged for being able not to work for a while and go travelling, a lot of people cannot afford to do so. And in fact it is true, so I should stop thinking as a spoiled person and think that regarding the actual economic situation, I am lucky, because I do happen to have a job!!!
In addition of that I really enjoy the feeling that the week has finished and I can relax for the week-end.
My rational side tells me, it is good for your CV and experience…But my deepest, inner me, is a little sad I stopped the travelling. I sometimes hate being rational!!!
On the other side, life in Panama is ok, I started getting my marks and I do have my little weekly habits, such as getting a massage every saturday. I´m dreaming about tomorrow only for that…
Have met some nice people that have been taking me out for some excursions and have been going around Panama city, visiting some very very green areas. Nature here is AMAZING, with the amount of daily rain the earth receives, the sun and the heat, nature here is in it´s most intense expression, you see all sort of plants, trees, flowers, fruits and vegetation. Walking in one of the National Parks last weekend I had the impression of being in a science fiction scenary…
In addition to the wonderfull nature, after walking 5 minutes in the national park, I felt a little hot, I then looked to my T-shirt and realised it was like I was coming out from the shower….Where did all that water came from? It my sweat, perspiration, only after 5 minutes…
A part of that I´m spending my evenings watching DVD´s and reading a little. Have watched “La vie en Rose”, about Edith Piaf´s life, “El Sustituto” with Angelina Jolie about his son that disappears and “Lujuria y Traición” about the Japanese occupation of Shangai and part of China during the Second World War and I have enjoyed them a lot.