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• Amanda Jeffrey • Season 8 • Episode 4

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As I turn 52, I'm indulging in a mix of personal reflections, laughter, and future dreams, all while sharing the excitement of a public holiday birthday in Australia. Amid giggles and birthday musings, I reveal the unique connection I share with Mozart, adding a historical twist to the festivities. Join me for a candid catch-up after a brief hiatus, as I navigate the joys and challenges of another year, peppered with humour and the occasional Aquarian traits that make life all the more interesting.

The journey of growth and relaxation is one I know well, having recently embraced both during a refreshing weekend in Forster, New South Wales. Between navigating a work transition and preparing for an exhilarating trip to Japan, I'm finding that balance is key to enjoying life's moments. I'll share my plans to explore Tokyo and Kyoto with the enthusiasm of someone finally living out a long-held dream. Whether it's soaking in hot pools or sampling sake, the anticipation of new experiences is palpable, sparking joy and wanderlust in equal measure.

Music lovers, brace yourselves, because there's a tribute to Mozart that pays homage to his timeless genius and unmatched influence. As I flirt with the idea of my own genius — perhaps tequila-fueled — I also reflect on personal milestones and the potential of moving to Japan. This episode is a heartfelt expression of gratitude to everyone who's supported my podcast journey, promising more laughter, authenticity, and perhaps even a touch of quantum physics in conversations to come. So, grab a drink, get comfortable, and let's explore life's adventures together!

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My name is Amanda. That's a smash pad. I don't know what date is. It's Sunday, I know that much. Let me check. Look, I know it's Sunday. The date I mean. You know I will catch up eventually. You know I will catch up eventually. The date today is the 9th of February. I was going to say January. I've only had one drink. I promise it's the 9th of February. It is 2025. This is the Tequila Hour. You will catch up and so will I Welcome.

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If this is your first time listening to this podcast, you're probably wondering should I stop listening? And I say no, just wait, just wait. Eventually I will get my shit together and I will sound like I know what I'm doing. Until then, enjoy the ride. Oh, I don't know why I'm laughing so much. Anyway, it's been a while. I keep saying this. Every time I do a motherfucking podcast, I keep saying it's been a while and it has. When did I release my last podcast? Let me just check for you. The 19th of January. Oh, do I have that? Is this much bad? Let me see. Um, I should have it because it sounds really good. No, I don't think it's that one um no, it could be that one.

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No, uh, now I'm getting distracted by my smash pad. Your call is very important to us. Please hold it is. I'm not going to get distracted by my road, even though it's beautiful. Let's just get into. Let's get into this podcast today.

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Hello everybody, yes, the title of this podcast, it's not a word, it's just a number, the number being 52. You might be like, if you've never listened to this podcast before, you'd be like 52? Is that the meaning of the universe? If you know what I'm talking about, I think the meaning of the universe was number 47 or 41. Anyway, getting distracted. If you are not aware, 52 is my new age, so I've just celebrated a birthday. Wait, stop, I'm already into it and I haven't. No, this is very rude. How rude of me. I haven't done any. You know what? Motherfucking admin, let's go. That's right. This is the Tequila Hour. My name is Amanda. Like I said, apparently it is the 9th of February 2025.

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What is the agenda today? So, number one, I'm going to give a quick catch up of what I've been doing between my last podcast, what Really Matters, which was released on the 19th of January, up to today's date, which was released on the 19th of January up to today's date. I'm going to then talk about another famous person Now, I'm assuming I'm famous and I'm not In my own mind. I am Another famous person born on my birthday, being the 27th of January. Yeah, applaud that shit. Oh, I'm going to. Yeah, yes, yeah, turning or turning or turned. I am right now, not earlier. Well, I was earlier, but prior to the 27th I wasn't. I was 51. Now I am 52. What does that look like? Pretty much what I looked like before, except my hair is shorter.

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What do I plan for the future? Big questions. Will I have a plan? Maybe I don't. Maybe I'm just talking it out right now on this podcast.

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Look, today it's just an easy breezy cover girl thing. We're just going to have a quick catch up. We're going to chill. You're going to probably listen to me ramble and then ramble some more. I'm going to talk about the famous person who was also born on my birthday, but many, many years earlier, even centuries earlier, than myself, and then, finally, I'm going to talk about future endeavors and what's to come. So if that is something that interests you and you like listening to the diltic tones of my voice, then please keep listening and, yeah, we'll get into it. So let's go. I'm in a very laugh mood, maybe because I'm feeling uncomfortable because I haven't bloody done podcast. Anyway, enough about me, me, me. So first discussion or topic of discussion today is what's been happening. So last podcast was the 19th of January.

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In the meantime I had my birthday, which was the 27th of January. It was a Monday. It was a public holiday in Australia, lucky for me, yay. So Australia granted me a day off. Thank you, and you should thank me. No, australia Day was on the 26th of January. If you're not Australian, you might know that. But yes, the 26th of January is Australia Day. It was a Sunday. It fell on, so therefore the public holiday is a monday. So that was my birthday being the 27th.

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I worked that week. It was a hectic three weeks prior, yep. And then I moved. I moved into a well-earned week off, yay For me. I had a weekend at Foster Tancari. If you're not Australian, you probably wouldn't know I live in New South Wales. Foster is approximately a bit over two hours from where I live in New South Wales, in a secret location which I'm pretty sure I've told you where that is, which I think. I then deleted the. Anyway, I'll tell you again in the future. No, so I went to Foster Tunker with my husband, had a great weekend, basically Saturday, sunday, monday, then had a week off. It is now the Sunday, the last day of my day of freedom, and I go back to the grind tomorrow. So, yes, we all need to work I do if I want to achieve the goals that I want to achieve, being traveling, more traveling, more traveling. You know what? Yeah, travel, it's a lot. It's a lot on my mind at the moment. I do have a big trip coming up very soon, in three weeks, which I will talk about in a second, but first I want to touch on my birthday.

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So my birthday was pretty low-key this year. I think it was a warm day. I pretty much floated around our backyard pool, had a couple of drinks, just relaxed. Mate, I think I don't know, you may or may not feel the same, but when you now I feel really old by saying this statement. But when you get to a certain age in your life, you know you're not going to the Ivy and shooting up coke. That's not what I was doing. I probably shouldn't have said that. No, look, you're not partying. All right, you might be, you might be doing shit you shouldn't be doing. For me, it's just, it was a day off to relax and have a couple of drinks and unwind and I was going to say rewind that's not the word unwind and just chill, and that's what I did and it was fantastic.

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When I talk about you know gifts, because if you know me and listen to this podcast, I love getting gifts. I'm not going to lie. Who doesn't like a present? Like cut the shit, you know, unless you're one of these rich motherfuckers who have everything and it's your birthday and you don't get a present and you don't care. Well, good on you. But for me, give me the love, give me the gifts. Love means gifts. Love equals gift on you. But for me, give me the love, give me the gifts. Love means gifts, love equals give. Uh, that didn't happen. Oh, actually I lied. I did get one gift, which was oh, no, now I'm telling porcupines, I've got two.

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I got a gift voucher for uh, what do you call it? A place called frontline hobbies which is, as the name suggests, a hobby store located in newcastle 100 bucks, I don't know what that was. No, noise, I don't know what that noise was. Just, I don't have a chiching smash band, uh, yes. So I got that. I haven't spent it yet. Probably should. I think I'm gonna buy. Well, I'm not, I don't think I know, I'll buy some lego eventually with that.

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And I also got a bottle of amaze perfume from my husband, because he knows me so well. Uh, I don't know it's, I don't know the name. I probably could look it up, but the keynote is rhubarb. It's mate, if you know me at all, love perfume, have a pretty good collection. I love all things amaze. Uh, I have a lot of Amez makeup and some jewelry pieces.

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But I'm just going to say now and I'm pretty sure I've said this in the past Amez perfume is underrated. It really is underrated, in my opinion. I don't hear anyone talking about it. Maybe they think it's too hoity-toity. I don't hear anyone talking about it. Maybe they think it's too hoity-toity, I don't know. I mean, we all know a mess is expensive.

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I'm telling you right now they have some beautiful perfumes, well-priced, and one of them being this Rhubarb. I don't know the name, I'll put it in the description for you, but it has a note of Rhubarb. Now I tell you, I am telling you, not telling you, but it has a note of rhubarb. Now I tell you. I am telling you, not telling you, I am telling you right now, mate, it's beautiful, I love it. It's feminine, leaning, it's fresh. I know it's just a great, easy, bright, kind of weird kind of floral, I don't know. It's just nice.

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For me, who normally lives in the dark side of town with leather draping all over their bodies, or oud, it's a light perfume which I really enjoy. So I got that. What my husband also has done is he has kindly saved some money for my upcoming trip. So, uh, he's giving me that which, he's going to give me that very soon because I'm going away very soon, and he's also going to pay for my which which is kind of boring but actually very well needed a CPAP travel machine. So, if you didn't know, I have sleep apnea and I use a machine every night and because I'm traveling, he has kindly offered to buy me the travel version of my machine, which I'm very grateful for because it's lighter than the one I'll be taking, which I use now. So, yeah, there's that. So, all in all, presents, top tier, right Didn't get a lot but top tier. Very happy Birthday done and dusted. I'm trying to think my mood, so I don't know. I've been in a very strange. No, I haven't actually.

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I was gonna say I've been in a strange headspace. I haven't. I have been a lot in my head, as I normally am if you know me anywhere, everywhere all at once I have really been conscious of getting out of my head and just relaxing and just letting be what be and going with the flow and all of the above.

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So, yeah, there's been a lot of that happening, trying to, you know, still follow a path of wanting to learn more about self-development and you know me as a person and to grow and what I want to achieve in my life, and the skills and skill sets and all that kind of good shit you need. If that's something that you aspire to, it also ties into, you know, that overlap of life work as well, and there's also then, then, what I want to achieve, deliver, embrace, experience and all of that. So, yeah, there's a lot of that going on at the moment in my mind and trying to like not get carried away with too much over analysis, which I tend to do, which I tend to do, and, yeah, so for me, you know, I quickly mentioned in my last podcast that my work was going to be hectic not hectic, but probably more stressful than normal. That time has passed. I mean, I had three weeks and I, as I, stepped into a different role and then, like I mentioned, I had a glorious weekend in Foster and if you're in Australia and you live in New South Wales and you haven't been to Foster, you're doing yourself a disservice, may I say you just go. It's a beautiful, stunning, beautiful place on this planet. Uh, foster, uh, tancari, new south wales go, just go, it's just great. Stayed in a cabin, reasonably priced, went snorkeling. The sea was warm, but not too warm. Temperature was beautiful around, I know, between 28 and 31 degrees. The weekend was just great.

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So to then have a week off where I've had a bit of space on my own, where I've pretty much done fuck all, I'll be honest, which is nice and my apologies. I now have a runny nose, probably because I'm talking a lot Seems to happen. Wait, I'm just going to have a runny nose, probably because I'm talking a lot Seems to happen. Wait, I'm just going to have a quick sip of my drink Drink break. First, one Drink break, drink break. Yes, I'm drinking tequila, by the way, don Julio Blunkle, I don't know why I said it like that. Anyway, yes, just had a week off, did fuck all. It's been fantastic. Watched a bit of YouTube, a bit more YouTube. You know I did some chores around the house, the usual yada, yada shit.

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I was going to read some of the books that I've acquired recently I've decided that most of those books will probably take to me. Take to me a couple of those novels, fictional novels, non-fiction yeah, non-fiction, sorry. I will take with me to Japan, and that's what I'll talk about in a second, because that's approaching super fast. And yeah, I just took the time just to downtime. Just to fucking downtime, mate, not to overanalyze, not to try and plan my life's purpose, which I seem to be drawn to more and more as I get older.

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And I don't know, I don't know if it's, you know, just thinking out loud, where you know, again, it's that getting to a certain age thing where you suddenly realise that you need to hurry the fuck up and get your shit sorted if you haven't already. Or it's just you know you're over everything thing G not G, yeah, g not okay. You know you're over everything thing, not yet, gene, okay. And you really just want to embrace the things that just bring you life and purpose. So for me, this is going to be a cracker year. I know it's going to be a cracker year. I'm super pumped. I'm looking forward to what life brings, but what I also have planned, and with that I'm also then thinking about what I want to plan for the future.

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So I'm just going to quickly stop because I need to grab another drink. Drink, drink, drink, drink. Yeah, I'm back. I don't know what that was, I just realized just by the way, I've grabbed a new drink. I grabbed a water. I also quickly went to the loo and blew my nose. Look, I'm keeping this shit real right, this is life.

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If I was on someone else's podcast, I'd be at 20 minutes and be like can I go off air? Because I just need to go to the loo and grab a drink. And they'd be like no, that's why I have my own podcast. No, you may hear I don't know, I haven't done any auditory editing at this point but you might also hear a whirling in the background. I realized for the start of this podcast I've got the fan on the background so you might hear that. So my apologies if you do hear a weird whirling. It's just my ceiling fan, because it's I don't know.

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Let's see, the temperature is pretty good here in the secret location. Let me tell you what it is right now. It is at 3.38 pm in New South Wales, in Australia, in the secret location, it is 28.9 degrees, feels like 31.8, apparently. According to the Bureau of Meteorology. Bullshit. Feels like it's warm. It is warm, look alive, it's warm. It's good, though, uh, yeah.

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So what was I talking about? Yes, I talked about my birthday. I talked about the fact that I have just had a week off it's Sunday and looking to the future. So, yeah, first of all, before we get into all that future goodness, that's right. I was going to talk about my birthday and I was thinking the other day. I'm like, you know, I could talk about me, me, me, and this podcast is about me but I could also talk about other famous people or I keep saying I'm famous, I'm including myself in this famousness other people who are born on the same day as me, not necessarily the same year. I was born in 1973. If you can do the math, you should have worked it out by now, because I'm 52.

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And there's one person that always comes to mind when I think about my birthday and I think about other people born on my day. So the reason why I think of this person is I am someone. I'll put it out there. I'm not going to talk about star signs today, but if you were to read a description of an Aquarius, that's my star sign, by the way, textbook, that's me all right, I could be on the edge of different ones, maybe, but not really. No, I'm a true Aquarian and I have to say one of the things that always oh no, right now it's bringing a smile to my face is, if you read star signs and descriptions of star signs, they often say and now I'm going to toot my own, why am I so nervous about this that Aquarius are the most intelligent sign. I'm calling it the most intelligent sign of the Zodiac.

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All right, we are trailblazers, right. If you need shit done, we're doing it. If you need a muse, I'm in. Apparently, that's true Genius. The word genius comes to mind Savant, even the savant, would I say. I was savant. Let's the tequila's now talking? No, I'm not a savant, not probably a genius either, but maybe no. A genius either, but maybe no. But this person.

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When I think of my birthday and I think of famous people born on my birthday, this one person, mate, shits over me, not literally. Classic, amazing, phenomenal, wow this. If you, yeah, who is it? You'd be like. Who is that? Classic, amazing, phenomenal, wow this. If you, yeah, who is it? You'd be like. Who is that? It's not an actress, it's not an actor. It is the one, the only most famous person born on my and this is a phenomenal person, by the way, wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, bam Drop the way. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, bam Dropped the mic. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Now, if you don't know who, that is fucking shame on you. Clearly, I just think of classical music. All right, close your eyes if you need to. I'm doing that right now. He's a composer. Oh, he was a composer. He's dead, of course. He was born on the 27th of January 1756. 17, 17, that's right, not 21, 1756.

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I'm going to read this off Wikipedia. I mean, I could read this off Wikipedia. I mean I could read it off other sites as well, when we're talking about this legend of a person. But I don't know, for me, I love music. Yeah, I just I'm not. You know, I'm not impartial to all genres. I'm not going to say I absolutely hate one genre against another. I'm an open book. I'm happy to listen to anything and everything. I don't shit on anything, because music's music, I love, music, I love. I was going to say composing. I haven't composed anything, but I will. Maybe I could channel Wolfgang because we're born on the same day, years apart. I don't know. But Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart legend, may I say, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical period, despite his short life now his life.

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He was born on the 27th 27th 1756. He died on the 5th of december 1791, so he was aged 35. Is that right? Yes, it was 35, so he was young. I'm 52, right? So he died. He had short life.

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Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age resulted in more than 800 works representing virtually every western classical genre of his time. Legend. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concerti, chamber, operatic and choral repertoire. These are big words. Mozart is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture. Whoever wrote this glorious? You know old Wolfie, as we know him, that was his nickname.

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Born in Salzburg, salzburg, mozart showed prodigious. Prodigious, is that how you say the word? Prodigious, yes, ability from his earliest childhood. At age five, he was already competent on keyboard and violin, had begun to compose and performed before European royalty. Fuck yeah, his father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg Court but grew restless, aquarian and travelled in search of a better position. Mozart's search for employment led him to positions in Paris, mannheim, munich and again in Salzburg, during which he wrote his five violin concertos Sinfonia, concertante I'm butchering this, my apologies and Concerto for Flute and Harp. I don't know why I said that. The harps, it's magical as well as sacred pieces and masses, the Motete Exaltate, jubilate. Oh no, I'm butchering this. Now, whilst visiting in vienna in 1781, mozart was dismissed, was dismissed from his salzburg position. He stayed in vienna where he achieved fame but little financial security.

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During mozart's early years in vienna, he produced several notable works, such as the opera Die. I'm not going to pronounce that. There's a lot of symphonies going on. Throughout his Vienna years, mozart composed over a dozen piano concertos. Many consider some of his greatest achievements. In the final years of his life, mozart wrote many of his best-known works, including his last three symphonies, culminating in the Jupiter Symphony, the Serenade, four operas and his Requiem. The Requiem was largely unfinished at the time of his death. What is the requiem? His death at the age of 35, the circumstances, which are uncertain and much mythologized.

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Hmm, interesting. I could go on. I'm just going to say I, yeah, I've listened to some of his music. It's just mind-blowing. I was just. I typed in probably one of his most famous symphonies, if you've listened to classical music at all. So it's Symphony no 40 in G minor, k. Yeah, that's it. Yes, g minor. Symphony number 40 in g minor. Is that right? Yes, thank you. And even now, if I was to play you something and hopefully I don't have any issues with me playing this, as in copyright, you will recognise this. Let me see if you can hear it. Oh, here we go. No, I don't want to play that. What just happened?

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then, Did you hear that this is done by the Desert Drummers and the Salih Bar use of Symphony no 40, mozart in 7th octave, and a Moroccan rhythm. I'll put in the link in the description on YouTube if this video is coming from. Okay, I'm getting lost in the music, mate. If, if you don't recognise that that's Mozart, that's fucking Wolfie. I need a nickname like Wolfie. No, I can't think of one, mate, what, what Aren't we truly blessed to have that in our lives? I'm sorry, it's just phenomenal Classical music. If you're just listening to fucking Carly B, no shade on Carly B, but just do yourself some favours and, just for once in your life, if you're on Spotify, listen to some fucking classical music for an afternoon and don't tell me that you would not be inspired and moved and motivated after listening to some bloody Mozart or some Beethoven.

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I just mate a very, very, very, very, very long time ago, I used to play the piano. I played the drums. I still play the drums and not a not, not a lot, not a not, not enough. But, and I play the French horn and I play the other thing. We won't talk about my musical past. I love music. I love playing a musical instrument. It's classical music, mate. Those are my legend. So I am truly honoured really to share a birthday. I'm not joking, I am honored to be sharing a birthday with someone as phenomenal, many years apart. Yes, I know Someone like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, wolfie to me and his friends, and yeah, so listen to some bloody Mozart this afternoon if you want to just check out the sublimeness, the eloquence. I mean at 17, he was creating these symphonies and you know, like, imagine if he lived to 60, what he would have done. I don't know. It's just clearly a genius, clearly probably a savant Not wish I, wish I was, but he is. And yeah, what a phenomenal person. So, truly, yeah, when I think of my birthday and I think of people who were born on my birthday and you know, I don't know if you ever do this or you ever thought about this, where you know there's that question around oh, if you could interview someone, who would you interview?

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Or if you could meet someone who's now passed away, who could that be? Or you know those kind of topics of conversations after you've moved from small talk with new friends, then yeah, for me, mate, you'd have to meet him. You'd have to meet the person who, a person who was born in the same day as you, and are they like you in any way? I don't know, I don't think he would be like me, but he could be. No, I don't compose music, unfortunately, but I could, and yeah, it's just fascinating. So, yeah, I don't know that whole conversation about, like, who would you like to meet or who would you want to speak to. If you could speak to someone, they could be alive or they could be dead. So for me, he'd have to be. He is on, not have to be. He is on the list. I definitely, yeah, I'd have to know what he was like. Anyway, so, yeah, mozart, check me out, just listen to some classical music. Do yourself a favor, get some enrichment in your life, if you haven't done so already.

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So now, next topic of conversation. I'm just going to have a quick sip of my drink Drink break. That was short Drink break. Oh, that was so nice.

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Take, the job Is. I've had my birthday, we're going back to work, the future is nigh, the future is now now, yes, so let's move into what's happening in three weeks. Let's get into it in three weeks time. And I still and I'll talk about this too, because I keep saying this to myself and I'm wondering why I'm doing this. Actually, I'm going to Japan. It's happening. I'm going to fucking Japan in three weeks. I am beside myself with excitement. Probably I'm trying to contain my excitement. Maybe that's the issue, I don't't know. Maybe because I am scared and anxious and excited all at the same time. But I'm going to motherfucking Japan and I cannot wait.

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So I've pretty much got everything I need to get. There's a couple of extra things I need to purchase. I need to get a couple of Apple AirTags. I think there's a Bluetooth thing I need so that I can use my own earphones like my Apple iPods on the plane. Maybe some snacks for the plane. Pretty much, that's it.

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It I got some yen. Now I've got some fucking yen. Yeah, cash, I need a cash thing like a cash smartphone. I've got some yen. I've got all my clothes. I did that the other day.

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I made sure I had a nice winter jacket. I've got like thermals. I've got some great walking shoes. I've got all the gear like. I've got like thermals. I've got some great walking shoes. I've got all the gear Like. I've got like beanies, because it's going to be cold Apparently in Japan, like. I mean Tokyo is an example was three degrees at the moment. It's going to be cold. Okay, it might suddenly warm up. I doubt it. I'm hoping I am. Yes, am I manifesting that I want it to snow in tokyo there? I don't know. It would say it sounds cool. It could be shit, mate. It's very likely, because I am going to see the snow monkeys that there'll be snow there. So, yeah, I will be in the snow. Yes, so I probably need some snow gloves because I've got leather gloves, but I probably need some little snow gloves for my tiny hands so they're not freezing the fuck off. But it's going to be cool. It's 30 degrees right now in Australia, so think about 3 to 30. They probably will be like ah, I'm in shock.

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I know my husband the other day, when I said to him like it's like, I think it was minus or something. Oh, did I tell him that? No, I think I told him it was eight degrees, anyway, and he's like oh, it's cold. And I said, yeah, I know it's cold. He's like why would you go to Japan when it's cold? I'm like, I know it's cool. So, yeah, I'm super pumped about that. I'm super pumped that I'm going, which is weird, that it's going to be like it's hot here or warm, like it's not boiling, but it's warm to like.

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I'm going to be wearing probably multiple layers of clothing. So, like the other day, I went to the shops and I bought from is it Kathmandu, kathmandu, whatever the clothing store. I bought a real thick, you know jacket to wear and I bought some other you know jumpers, et cetera to wear, and I bought some other you know jumpers, et cetera, and not that it was weird buying them. But I'm thinking, like in three weeks' time I'm going to be wearing this shit because it's going to be freezing. I'm going to be freezing my ass off, which is just, yeah, it's a whole thing.

Speaker 1:

So there's that Hoping it's going to snow in Tokyo, I don't know, I don't know. So there's that Hoping it's going to snow in Tokyo, I don't know, I don't know, somehow it would just top off a dream, anyway, yeah, so there's a couple of things I still need to do. I need to because I'm in the process of doing this, drafting a whole Word document for my husband so he knows where I am and, excuse me, hotels that I'm staying in, yada, yada. So he has my itinerary, because, if he didn't know, I'm going on my own on a tour to Japan. What else? Oh, my phone's ringing. Give me one second and I'm back. That was my husband. I turned down my phone because normally, if you've heard any of my podcasts, I always seem to record at the same time when he then rings me when he finishes work, and it's really loud. Anyway, this time I actually saw enough about my husband. Yes, so it's going to be cold in Japan. I've got all the gear. There's a couple of extra little nuggets I need to buy, and then I'm ready.

Speaker 1:

So I leave Australia on the 3rd of March, so three weeks away, yes, and I come back on the 12th of March. So, mate, I am frothing. Everyone hates that, say it's kind of annoying, but it's kind of cool. I'm super pumped, I can't wait. I've got three weeks back at work, which you know I'm kind of like, know that whole thing that I've talked about in the past, not wishing the time away and trying to be more present. So I have that in my mind, but at the same time I'm like how the fuck am I going to be able to concentrate on work when all I want to think about is Japan, japan, I don't know what that was, anyway. So, mate, I'm going to fucking Japan. I'm super pumped, can't wait, I will.

Speaker 1:

This is not a conundrum, it's not that extreme, but you know, I am a kind of, I am the kind of person where I really do like, when I go somewhere, even though I'm at home, you know, I might take a picture, yada, yada. When I'm somewhere new, I want to just experience the newness. I don't want to be on my fucking phone taking pictures of the newness. So I am already like thinking, you know, because I want to, I don't know. For me it's such a well, I know I'm going to go there again. I already know that, unless you know. No, actually, I know I'm going to go. I don't know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1:

I will definitely be going again, but what I'm trying to spit out is I just want to be in the moment. At the same time, though, I want to record the moment, but I don't want to be stuck in the record mode. I just want to be present in the present, while I'm there, while I'm there. So there's that and just being. You know that fine dance between just, you know, taking a picture for the sake of taking a picture and just living in the moment and being in the moment. So there's that. I know the time, unfortunately, will probably past really quickly. So I again like thinking out loud, just want to absorb it all in and just live in that.

Speaker 1:

So yeah, I'm super excited, I'm trying to, not, I mean, there's things I want to do in Tokyo and I've got basically one day to do them, because the travel, the you know time, like the 10 days, is going to go super fast and which is good because I'm going to see lots of things all at once. But I'm also aware that for me, I probably could just have a whole week in Tokyo, to be honest, or two weeks in Tokyo. So that's probably something that I will plan for. My next trip is just going to one place, which I was thinking of doing anyway until I decided on the whole trip, a deal thing, which that's the company I'm going on this trip with, because, being my first trip to Japan, I probably want a little bit of a safety net and that's my safety net. So once I've been, I know what it's like. I'm confident to say that I'll probably then just choose a place to stay in, like for a week or two weeks solely without going anywhere else, so I can really absorb that place, and I know Tokyo will definitely be one of those places. So, yeah, being mindful of the limited time, I have somewhere like that and what I want to do and, you know, already trying to plan out a little bit of a plan of attack prior to getting there, kyoto being the other place that you know, I think, on the tour that I'm on, instead of me actually going on one of the day trips that they provide, I'm going to have or you can use that as a you know a free day going to have, or you can use that as a you know, a free day.

Speaker 1:

Um, so my my second day. So I land on the monday evening of the third into tokyo. So the second day of the trip is a free day. You can also, if you want to, they have a tour on that day, but I'm going to treat that as a free day because I just want to do my own shit. There's also the same kind of thing, but in Kyoto as well.

Speaker 1:

So, depending on how I'm feeling and how I'm traveling, I might go on one of their day trips that they offer. I might not as well, I might just do my own thing. So there's that, because I know that. Not that I don't want to go on a day trip, it's more that I just want to have the experience of winging it and, yeah, seeing what that feels like. So at least I have some room to do that.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, I have everything ready to go. I know what I need to do prior to leaving, as in Australia, and a couple of forms that I need to fill out and, like I said, you know, I've got my bag and I've got my clothes and I've got my passport and all that kind of good stuff. And, yeah, I just these three weeks. I know that I'm going back to work tomorrow, but honestly, I'm just my mind is trying to not burst at the thought of going to Japan in three weeks' time. So, yeah, there's that. I'm super pumped, super excited. And it's not the only trip that I have this year. I still have the trip booked for Bali as well, which I still need to book flights for. By the way, I have the trip already booked, which is great in accommodation. I just need to book flights to get there. So I need to do that. That's in the 3rd of August, another three. 3rd of August Again, I'll talk about that trip closer, because right now all I can think about is Japan, japan, japan, japan. I'm just yeah, it's.

Speaker 1:

And I think I've mentioned this in the past when I've always wanted to go to Japan for a very long time. When I was turning 50, I said to myself that for my 50th I wanted to go to Japan. It didn't happen. Things don't happen sometimes as they do didn't happen. Things don't happen sometimes as they do. And I was still decided adamant is probably the word I'm looking for that I'm going to Japan, full stop. It's happening. So, yes, I took a bit longer than I thought it would take, but now, two years later, I'm going and yeah it's. I think I, I know I'm going and still I think I said this to my husband the other day that there's still that.

Speaker 1:

I don't know, maybe because it's such a big lifelong dream of mine to be going to Japan that I just haven't allowed my full consciousness to expand to the fact that I'm actually going. So I don't blow my load. Yeah, probably wrong term, but pretty much that. Yeah, I just. You know, you still got to work and you still got to do life and all the rest of the shit that you got to do. You know what I mean. But yeah, I, I just want to take the next three weeks to just acknowledge and start living in the I don't know in the essence of mate. I'm going to Japan, mate. This is my lifelong dream to do this. So, yeah, it's a lot. And the other thing is that I was a bit unsure about this and the more I think about it, the more I'm like and I haven't put a lot of thought. I'm not going to say this is more an idea or an ideal than an actual.

Speaker 1:

This is truly happening is that I actually want to do a podcast in Japan. I want to record in Japan, so I'm going to make that happen. There's obviously stuff I need to sort out, like recording equipment that I will take over with me to do the recording. It will probably be that I'll be recording on my phone, yet I don't know. It's just I'm inspired to do that, mate, and look, I know then, moving forward, that, yes, it might all turn to shit and it might sound a bit crappy, but it will also help me with my next trip, because I certainly do want to do a podcast on my next trip as well, what that looks like and what that feels like and what that, more importantly, sounds like.

Speaker 1:

But, yeah, how could I not, how could I not do a podcast in Japan, in Japan? So, yeah, that's, I'm shooting for that as well. So, just because I like to do that, I'm aiming for that as well, which I'm super pumped about. So there's a couple of things I need to get sorted out for that, to make that a reality and to be comfortable in doing that. So I will sort that out because I want to make that a reality.

Speaker 1:

I'm slapping my hand in the background. It's kind of a quick drink, drink break, drink break. Yeah, I want to make that a reality as well. So, yeah, there's that. And then, yeah, before you know it, then you know and I don't actually you know what I was going to say then, before you know it, you're back at work and life goes on. I'm not even going to go there. I was going to go there and I'm not. I'm going to say to myself that I've got three weeks to get, to go, to get there, to get to where I'm going Japan. In the meantime, I'm just going to open up my consciousness, my mind, my heart, my everything, to the excitement, the exhilaration, the prospects, all of the above, to achieving and achieving and actually experiencing a massive life achievement which is going to Japan. And I'm joking.

Speaker 1:

And then, yeah, what does that look like? You know, I'll think about the rest, Whatever comes. Whatever comes may be thereafter have a trip in July August, not July. Well, pretty much August. Well, it is the August, not pretty much August. It is the 3rd of August. To that though, um, there is going to be greater conversations around. I know my work, what I want to do, where I want to go moving forward. Do I even want to do that? What do I want? What do I motherfucking want? So there's these kind of conversations that I will have in the not too distant future, but for now, I'm just going to relish the fact that I have a trip to my life.

Speaker 1:

One of my lifelong destinations, egypt, is another one. There's another place I saw today which, doing my head in, you know, I don't know if you've done this. Once you've actually come to the point where you go yeah, I'm doing this and I'm booking my dream destination you're like where else can I go? Where else can I fucking go? Egypt is a place that I've always wanted to go. I'm not going to lie, I don't know if I'll ever get there, one of the reasons being my husband does not want me to go, which I understand the reasoning behind that. The other place which I saw today and I saw a YouTube video was this resort in Saudi Arabia, and I know if I was to say to my husband I'm going to Saudi Arabia, he'd be like fuck, you aren't, you are not going. He'd probably tie me to the bed. I don't know, it's clearly very expensive. I don't know if that'll happen, but, mate, I saw this resort. You fucking blew my mind. Uh, if you follow me on instagram, I instagram to post on it. It's this uh sick resort in bloody. Where was it? I don't know somewhere, I just it was. I don't know. If you see something sometimes on Instagram and you're like is that real? And you're like that can't be real, and you realise it is the Shibara Resort. Sorry, she, shibara resort, sorry, uh, shibara, shibara, s-h-e-b-r-b-a-r-a. It's in saudi arabia, but, by the way, in the red sea, um, yep, I, I'm, I'm telling you right now. I saw it and I had an immediate visceral reaction needs to go, I don't know.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, just what do you want? What do I want? You know what do I want? You know for a lot of the time in my mind, and I have watched many videos and I think this is again, this is probably an age thing, to be honest, or it could be.

Speaker 1:

Just, you know, you get to a certain point in your life and then you just, well, again, that's an age thing, isn't it? You just start examining everything deeper, and or you mightn't, but I do you know purpose, what do you want? What am I here for? All this kind of good shit and you know a lot of it is why are we doing this? You, you know, just ride it, baby, just ride the wave and see what happens.

Speaker 1:

Or working out, you know, or trying to ascertain what your fucking purpose is, and then aiming for that, or trying to explore what that is, or what do you want, and then working out what you actually want not what you're doing, but what you actually want to do and then going for it. So, yeah, I can. Just the door's been opened. It's strange because now the door is open and I'm walking in. It's kind of like that. You know what it is. I'm trying to describe it to you so you understand what I'm saying, because it's in my mind, not in my words.

Speaker 1:

When you finally come to a place where you go, you know, this is what I want to do and you actually own that. And then you make it happen and then you in your if you want to, in your mind's eye, mind's eye, close your eyes, if you need to visualising a door and you stepping through it, and just before you're about to step through, so you're in the arch of the door and there's like that line, but often it's an invisible line, like there can be a physical line on the floor. But if I was to say to you it's really an invisible line that only you see, no one else sees, really only you see, no one else sees, really only you see. And you go to move forward and it's like an invisible force field that, as human beings, we've created as a self-barrier to not be comfortable with just stepping through gracefully with all like that's what I'm feeling at the moment. It's a bit weird. It's kind of like that's weird because I'm just like I made this Because if you don't know, yeah, you might recognize the wording, the wording I'm in the doorway and I'm stepping through and it's electric.

Speaker 1:

It's an invisible force that I actually physically feel as I speak about it and instead of me pushing against the force, I want to be enveloped by the force. I don't know if you understand what I'm putting down right now. You might be like what the fuck are you talking about? Amanda, I'm saying to you that for most of my life I really haven't been in a place where I can just think that I could be enveloped by this, that there's always going to be some invisible barrier that as I go through the door or look out the window, I'm going to bang my head on the window or, you know, I go to step through the door and I'm going to trip and fucking break my leg. Do you know what I mean? I just fucking break my leg. Do you know what I mean?

Speaker 1:

I just I'm now at, and now I'm at the door and I'm moving through the door and I want to have that sense of envelopment and forward momentum, but with, I know, a feeling of love and encapsulation. I don't know why that word came to mind. Yeah, that's what I want to feel and yeah, I want to feel encapsulated by what I've got you know what I've got and just being comfortable in that and then just walking through, not feeling like I'm at the door and I'm about to step, and by step, I can feel that invisible barrier and I can feel the energy, and the energy is like, no like, but that energy is what I've created. I have created that. I mean it mightn't be all of it, I'm not that powerful. It could be where there is that force that stops me for my own safety and wellbeing. I'm sure that's part of it. I'm probably now moving into the supernatural. I'm already there, we're already there. We're already there. But, yeah, it's just that I want to move through the door and feel, just feel it and just let it and just let it grab me and take me, not fight it, and that's probably a bit of the feelings that I'm trying to traverse. I'm coming up with some crackers today Traverse, I love that English language. Yeah, they are some of the feelings I'm experiencing, physically and mentally feeling right now.

Speaker 1:

So, yes, I look forward very much to just settling feeling and letting go and just letting it take me and being safe. In that I am prepared. So I've got nothing to be afraid of. I really don't. I do not have anything to be afraid of. I've done all my homework, I'm ready. I just need to convince myself that I'm ready in my mind and that also leads into life. Do you know what I mean. It just also leads into this life moving forward, into my life, moving forward, that I am ready and, yeah, there's been versions of readiness and, depending on you know my circumstances, what I've brought and what I haven't. But yeah, yeah, I'm now ready and I'm eager and excited and exhilarated and hopeful and, yeah, honored, and yeah, I can't wait. I can't wait to see the snow monkeys.

Speaker 1:

I'm hoping truly, apart from snowing in Tokyo, I'm manifesting that shit. I want it to snow in Tokyo. I want it to snow in Tokyo while I'm there. I know something about it in my heart of hearts, feeling it, and I also, when I I don't know because I don't think I can, but I think I can go to pools that are near snow monkeys. Actually, I'm not swimming with the snow, like I won't be like, ooh, breaststroking with the snow monkeys, but with the hot pools and everything that I'll be in a hot pool there and I'm just, I'm naked and living my best life, mate, one with nature, as God intended. Now, apparently, I don't know. Do I believe in God? I don't know.

Speaker 1:

This is a discussion for another day, as was attended. I don't know why I'm excusing myself now that, yeah, it's just, I can't wait. I'm so excited. I can't wait to just have some sake and eat a delicious bowl of ramen in fucking Japan. Yeah, I can't wait. I look forward to the weeks to come prior to my trip. I look forward to talking you talking with you, talking you talking with you about things that I love to talk about.

Speaker 1:

So you may have noticed that on Instagram, I really decided I don't know, not that I'm not authentic. I just want to be just more just me. I don't want to have this podcast be a place where I feel like I have to sell myself to you or have people follow me or not you know or understand who I am or not. This is just me doing a podcast and talking about stuff that I want to talk about. The end If it's something that you like, then awesome, two thumbs up. If it's something you don't, then don't listen. It's really now, probably as part of my mental mind state, et cetera, that I'm like you know what this is it? Again, I think I've gone to this question before and people have asked me this question what's your podcast about, and I've tried to make it more. Sometimes, in my answers to people who don't know me at all, I've tried to make it more exciting or make it seem more important than it actually is. So a good example of that is when I say oh, yeah, it's about beauty and makeup, oh, and about quantum physics, like you know, to try and make myself seem smarter than I am, or not. Do you know what the podcast is just about? What the fuck I want to talk about? Okay, that's it. The podcast is just about what I want to talk about. One day it might be about beauty and makeup. One day it might be about tequila. One day it might be about beauty and makeup. One day it might be about tequila. One day it might be about Japan. That's it. It's nothing more and nothing less. Sometimes I might talk about quantum physics, or developing an Apple application, or creating my own app, or creating my own lipstick makeup line, or it could be about me writing a novel, or it could be about me writing a novel, and it could be about me writing music. And you know, it's just it. That's it. If you're interested in listening to what I am putting down, then you can listen to this podcast anytime. Segue to this podcast anytime. Segue via Spotify or Apple Podcasts. With the Tequila Hour. I also am on Instagram, the Tequila Hour page. I also have my own personal page being the underscore one underscore, amanda. You can contact me anytime anytime I know bizarre Find my email address, which is info at thetequilahourcomau.

Speaker 1:

So thank you for those who do take the fucking time to listen to my podcast. I actually do really appreciate it. This has been how many years now I'm still chugging along. I will chug along for the rest of time. I was going to say I'm going to move to Japan when I'm in Japan. No, look, this could happen. Honestly, I have thoughts in my mind about moving to Japan, like, I don't know how that's going to go, being married, but I don't know. Yeah, that's a conversation for another day. But thank you to those who do continually download this podcast, who've put up with my ramblings, who probably like what the fuck are you talking about? And all of the above. I do actually really appreciate it. Like I said, you can reach out to me anytime via that email, which is info at thetokillhourcomau, and you know what. I'm going to catch you next Sunday, so I'll see you. Well, you won't see me. Well, if I take a picture you'll see me, but you will hear me always. Have a good one, see ya no-transcript.

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