Recent life events and such

I'm going to babble a lot so bear with me. Not until few days ago, I started to feel the mysterious energy that only new year could bring. I've always been very slow at things, as if my senses are not in the same timeline with the physical progression of time and space. In Chinese we say “新年新气象” (≈ new year, new beginnings/fresh new look). And now 1/12 of a year has passed, I finally began to feel…