Today has been a long day, and I just realised that. Where do I start.

I started off with getting up from my bed at 8am and went with my yoga mat trying to do yoga but got distracted bc I wanted to find a room to rent for 1 month. And because that stressed me and my

hostel accomodation is only booked until tomorrow morning, I ended up looking at my phone for 20min and getting frustrated that I only find options for more than 400€/month. My 70 year old polish grandpa roommate noticed me on his way to get breakfast and asked me to join. He asked a waiter to take a selfie and we said good byes. I walked around some places to ask for monthly rooms and I GOT LUCKY. One hotel (very close to my dive center) said that someone just moved out so there is space now! I saw the room, it was ridiculously spacecious. It wasn‘t within the hotel resort area. We walked 5min to some building behind a motorbike rental place. 180€/month. I didn‘t even have to think twice.

9:30 - my advanced diving course starts. We get informed that our instructor won‘t come

today because he‘s on his way to the main land bc his brother died.

We got another instructor and off we went on the diving boat. Today‘s focus: deep dive & wreck dive. It was incredible. The visibility was very murky which made the whole dive feel like an adventure - only being able to see like max 5m. We swam through the captain‘s cabin. The green/blue light (water!) felt so unreal with corals and fish everywhere.

We came back around 3pm and logged our dives. And then I realize: I don‘t have my room keys. I ask every place I‘ve been today. I ask the diving center. Nothing. So I tell the reception, that I need a spare key and I accept it. TURNS OUT. When I went to fill up water: THERE they were. So I went back to the reception, incredibly happy, and returned the spare keys.

THEN I got a message that my diary notebook got found (that I lost in Hanoi). I already lost hope a little bit because I thought, well after 1 week, someone who found it, would have probably messaged me (I had my contact details inside). Now it‘s only a question, how will it get to me?

THEN I met up with a friend that I met during my yoga retreat back in January! Because she happend to be at the same time in Koh Tao as me! It was so nice. I had my 7th Pad Thai (in 3 days… I think tomorrow I have to switch it up). And tomorrow I‘ll go to a yoga class with her in the morning.

And there are 2-3 more little stories, learning japanese on duolingo, watching the sunset, painting black tip reef sharks in my new sketch book and meeting people, looking at the of the stars above the peaceful dark sea at night. But I have already written for so long, it‘s enough, not going to expand the other things. It‘s been a day full of impressions. And now it‘s time for sleep. Good night!

P.S. Another thing I realised and it has been present today bc I felt a bit of some up and downs. I cannot be happy ALL the time. I know. Shocking. But for some reason I get into my head and think that something is wrong with me if I feel slightly moody or frustrated while looking at the most amazing beach. But you can‘t be in peak happiness 24/7. At some point there is going to be something. and that‘s okay. But how to deal with low moments? Compassion and acceptance. And also just feeling the low moments sometimes with no judgement.