Tigers and Dragons and Bears, oh my!

Life is moving quickly here in Phnom Penh as we embrace the Year of the Tiger.  I got this sweet little stripey orange kitten, started doing my tiger workouts again (hit me up if you'd like to know how to make the most of a space the size of two yoga mats), settled into my job, made new friends, and more.  One of the biggest and most exciting changes is how happy I am every single day.  I just wake up in a great mood, toddle off to work where I laugh and smile all day, and have eat the best food all the time.  Everything about where I am right now is a dream come true.  I simply love it here.  
My mystical side is noticed and appreciated in the strangest ways in Cambodia.  I am quite enjoying being appreciated without being stereotyped.  It's rather new.  I've been spending a lot of time in meditation or contemplation in beautiful places devoted to those exact states of consciousness.  I dance all the time, I sing, I walk by the rivers and give money to kids from the provinces.  The beauty and simplicity mixed with the chaos and complexity, everywhere I look.  Invigorating.  
As I grow more mature and ever more comfortable with my BDSM self, I am consciously embracing the type of SSC (Safe, Sane, and Consensual) Sadist that lives within me.  It looks like scowling and smirking at the camera instead of smiling, for example.  I've also been taking more notice of what appeals to me by paying more attention to the things that stimulate creative thoughts.  Something I've discovered by doing this is that rope is more than just an interest of mine, it's a passion.  I've been consensually tying other people up since I was a maiden.  Now I've come to realize it's essentially one of my primary love languages.  Maybe I'll do some self ties in the near future, in honor of this revelation