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I recently adopted a Myanmar stray kitten . What I find so amazing is that I now throughout the day take short pauses to play or cuddle and I find it so great for my general well-being. I had no idea about the benefits of their purring. I will look into it. My kitten lost her mum very early so since I got her she has been suckling on my neck. It's so cute.

Re stress and destressing devices. To have a friendly cat does often miracles for destressing and giving harmony. It probably works with a loving dog too, but my personal knowledge is cats. So, a cat with whom you are its Ma or Dad, and whom takes you as a such, does much to soothe stresses. Its very pleasant to have it laying on you and spinning.... You get to sleep deeply and get refreshed. Also, its proven cats spinning helps to heal bone injuries. I imagine for example, stress fractures, which are fairly common with hard training top athletes. And if said atlethes are also beating mercilessly upon each other, there are surely even more damages... Its very common such a friendly cat , when it notices hishers Ma or Da is sick, ill or sad, comes, lays down with you, and does its best to comfort you... A good tip is to adopt a homeless cat (or dog). Even if the fostering may take some time and patience if the cat is shy. They know they were saved, and know to give gratitude. Such a cat/ dog may remain shy to visitors, but will be your eternal supporter and protector In this live and from the afterlife too.... I dare to say. This last is my personal belief, but the earlier parts its many whom had witnessed such.

Only did 3 days at Sitjaopho so too short to know how good it is, but remember quite a few girls were training there. But owner and trainers were cool and patient. Very friendly pet dog running around the mat too

I would definitely try a few sessions at a gym first before you decide. And it is not seen as weird in any way. Gyms change a lot and especially now during the pandemic, some gyms are having fewer trainers and other students. If you are a woman and you want to fight, the north is probably better. In Bangkok it is very difficult to get a fight as a woman with limited fight experience. And of course now it might be difficult to fight at all. It seems like Thailand is slowly opening up for tourists on this so-called special tourist visa (STV), but this also includes hotel quarantine and there is still some confusion on which countries will be eligible. One thing to be mindful of is a potential second wave. I am in Myanmar and we had 300 cases up to mid-August when it started spreading again, most likely coming from India. This virus strain made its way to Yangon and despite a very strict lockdown, it keeps spreading with about 1000 new cases per day (currently at almost 18,000 positive cases). They do think the virus might reach the Thai border soon (not that far from Chang Mai).

I've been asking myself that a lot lately, as I keep working on it. I think we all have a 2.0, 3.0, 4.0... onward. It's a way to find a direction you want to develop and just f***ing go for it. For me, the "Sylvie 3.0" model is largely about feeling and the kinds of freedoms and lack of fear/tensions I want as a fighter. Those are really, really hard to accomplish. And there's no blueprint. It's a re-invention but also fixing a lot of bugs, making more efficient, offering better features, etc. to borrow from computer and application terminology. In the process of working toward Sylvie 3.0, I hit up against a lot of the old grooves and habits I have. Those are "bugs" in my system, to me.

a photo of statue of Phra Pirap, taken and stylized by Sylvie: