2017 started off with a bang. ;)
From the first half an hour of it I knew it was going to be a different year, the kind that leaves a mark. And today, with one day left, I can safely say the battlescars are there.
In no particular order;
-I felt snow (kinda)
for the first time !
-I visited new countries and places like Italy (Verona), London, Bristol, Bath, Pembrokeshire, London again, Netherlands (Amsterdam) before returning to good ol' Malaysia. And suddenly my reality became different.
- I learned what it means to have a group of friends who have grown to be like family. How everyone can be such different people and vibe nonetheless. And that just because you don't see each other all the time, the choice to patch things up lies with you.
- I learned that sometimes you could wait your entire life for one big moment and things will not turn out the way you imagined at all but it should not take away the significance of that moment.
- I graduated.
-I left Aberystwyth for good.
*a moment of silence*
- I took the most OOTD/Full body shots of me in countless variations, and I'm happy because I'm only youthful once. I want to remember it.
- I learned how to spend money on my happiness and how it's okay to not save for rainy days are important but if you only live life that way, you aren't enjoying the sunshine when it's there.
- I gained a lot of weight and you know what, it's okay . So the person who was obsessed with getting fit and staying in shape was a phase after all. I feel beautiful in the clothes I wear. I have much longer hair now and I've learned to embrace femininity.
- I have met new people online, I learned who can vibe with me and who cannot. I don't have the energy to change everyone's mind into what I think I am. But I have yet again been reminded of the old people who have remained a constant , who took the time to give me a great birthday :)
- I joined a speech competition again after ages, and I got third place .
- I started the new phase of my life, *cue scary music* ...the CLP. And in the process, took my first real steps into a legal career by working in a firm. Doing both is not easy .
- I embarked on countless adventures with Shanella . From inventing new recipes, to grocery shopping together, to cigarette breaks in 12 degree weather, to sharing deep seeded secrets and life stories, to discovering new music, to the pick up lines she's inspired, to just meeting up even though we live on opposite ends, to getting piss drunk in Bangsar, to getting lost in the woods in darkness, visiting Malta and Italy together, to once-in-a-blue-moon studying, to the thousand and one fights we have over anything and everything, to the morning moodiness until she gets her nice hot coffee--muddled with my need to get up and get organised and productive straight away, to her being reserved while I'm an open book ; She just puts up with my worst , and I have nothing but both appreciation and awe at how we're friends.
There were some rough times too , the worst in fact-- but this year was a gift. It taught me lessons, it brought me people and it changed me. What. A. Ride.
From the first half an hour of it I knew it was going to be a different year, the kind that leaves a mark. And today, with one day left, I can safely say the battlescars are there.
In no particular order;
-I felt snow (kinda)
for the first time !
-I visited new countries and places like Italy (Verona), London, Bristol, Bath, Pembrokeshire, London again, Netherlands (Amsterdam) before returning to good ol' Malaysia. And suddenly my reality became different.
- I learned what it means to have a group of friends who have grown to be like family. How everyone can be such different people and vibe nonetheless. And that just because you don't see each other all the time, the choice to patch things up lies with you.
- I learned that sometimes you could wait your entire life for one big moment and things will not turn out the way you imagined at all but it should not take away the significance of that moment.
- I graduated.
-I left Aberystwyth for good.
*a moment of silence*
- I took the most OOTD/Full body shots of me in countless variations, and I'm happy because I'm only youthful once. I want to remember it.
- I learned how to spend money on my happiness and how it's okay to not save for rainy days are important but if you only live life that way, you aren't enjoying the sunshine when it's there.
- I gained a lot of weight and you know what, it's okay . So the person who was obsessed with getting fit and staying in shape was a phase after all. I feel beautiful in the clothes I wear. I have much longer hair now and I've learned to embrace femininity.
- I have met new people online, I learned who can vibe with me and who cannot. I don't have the energy to change everyone's mind into what I think I am. But I have yet again been reminded of the old people who have remained a constant , who took the time to give me a great birthday :)
- I joined a speech competition again after ages, and I got third place .
- I started the new phase of my life, *cue scary music* ...the CLP. And in the process, took my first real steps into a legal career by working in a firm. Doing both is not easy .
- I embarked on countless adventures with Shanella . From inventing new recipes, to grocery shopping together, to cigarette breaks in 12 degree weather, to sharing deep seeded secrets and life stories, to discovering new music, to the pick up lines she's inspired, to just meeting up even though we live on opposite ends, to getting piss drunk in Bangsar, to getting lost in the woods in darkness, visiting Malta and Italy together, to once-in-a-blue-moon studying, to the thousand and one fights we have over anything and everything, to the morning moodiness until she gets her nice hot coffee--muddled with my need to get up and get organised and productive straight away, to her being reserved while I'm an open book ; She just puts up with my worst , and I have nothing but both appreciation and awe at how we're friends.
There were some rough times too , the worst in fact-- but this year was a gift. It taught me lessons, it brought me people and it changed me. What. A. Ride.