hi hello it’s been a while
2018 brought the highest highs and lowest lows. so much has changed in the 365 days since i was last here. thanks for kicking my ass and making me realize that i deserve to love myself and others.
january: came back from paris, rang in the new year with hansol, started winter semester of my last year of university, tried to finish planning my southeast asia grad trip, ate ethiopian food for the first time with jmin,
february: reading week, really got into working out/pilates again (to prep for that sea trip), made a zucchini lasagna, saw black panther with ryan,
march: dutch dreams, caisa fs, 1 more month until graduation, final week of class, formal!!!!!
april: finished my final semester of school, was surprised on my birthday by the best friends in the world, wrote my last (and only) exam, moved out of london and 217, said goodbye to life as i knew it, guangzhou, ubud, gili t, got my scuba diving certification, kuala lumpur, chiang mai, coconuts, elephants, cooking class, koh phagnan, full moon party, ivey reunion
may: koh tao, bangkok, gaggan, vienna, bosnia, LEADER 2018, mostar, istanbul, taipei, best week with casey, din tai fung, hutong, jiufen
june: ho chi minh, hanoi, halong bay, singapore, almost hooked up with someone else, cebu, canyoneering, panglao, ube ice cream, best mangoes in the world, bohol, chocolate hills, atv-ing, home sweet home, was dumped by my long-term boyfriend of 3.5 almost 4 years, convocation, grief
july: canada day at ryan’s, sherry, first adult wedding, spent time with family, more grief, went to the cottage with the exboyfriend despite my best judgment
august: love island addiction, got a haircut, learned how to curl my hair, started my first “real adult” job, training, more training, more e-learnings, work life balance, saw the exboyfriend again, shawarma pizza from chito’s, new work friends and old
september: catsat sunday the cat, saw the exboyfriend again again and continued hooking up, calgary for SAP training, excitement for the future, hoco (felt weird), really solid work friend group developing, started my first project, hit a really low low, saw the exboyfriend for the final time, hooked up, cried afterwards, slowly started accepting myself
october: friendsgiving, the most savage game ever, apple/pumpkin picking, spent time with my parents, felt surrounded by love, settled into work, started taking on more responsibility, grief was replaced by acceptance, lots of self-reflection, many late nights, started meal prepping for reals, hansol texted me and i didn’t care
november: ribs at bob’s, more meal preps, started putting myself out there, created a hinge account, aidan, boston to see michelle and casey, cheesecake factory, harvard college, cambridge, fenway, harvard vs yale, met a guy (???), lost a sense of work life balance, more responsibility, overwhelmingly dark time
december: overcooked, the end of a friend’s long-term relationship, office holiday party, even more new friends, facetiming, dim sum, potluck at nancy’s, friendsmas at michelle’s, christmas part 2 at ryan’s, surrounded by so much love, doesn’t feel like christmas, reset for the new year
cheers to 2019 and even more love, heartbreak, friendship, reciprocity, and understanding.
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