Kouda Mainframe

So, my pilgrimage with the fam took a little over a week, and we spend time visiting some (religiously significant) sites. T’was an experience.
There’s a kind of calming effect in how the urban planning. I had absolutely zero concerns about getting lost while running around town taking photos and videos....

Went on a (lesser) pilgrimage with my family recently. Took the opportunity to some spend time with them and cross a few religion-, and travel-related achievements off of my bucket list.
Seeing the Kaaba in real life was amazing. Being shoved around by random strangers during Tawaf was not. There were just so many people i kenot tahan....

Growing up, my brothers and I were relentless gamers. I recall spending excessively long hours grinding in multiple JRPGs, and several fighting video games. My brother is an advocate of Street Fighter, Tekken, and the like.
I noticed that when my brother plays, the controller tends to make clicking/tapping noises that never seem to happen when I play. And that always bothered me. Lol....

The struggle of adulthood.
I’d like to think that I’m pretty good at handling my finances. But you know, there are times when real life stuff shoves itself in your face and suddenly you’re back to your patented broke lifestyle. Lol.
Note to future self; ALWAYS expect your car maintenance fees to be a friggin money-vampire....