Cheers to New Beginnings

Cheers to New Beginnings

The year 2013. A new year and a new beginning. I don't really want this post to be emotional or anything but I think it's time for me to move on and the best way to do this (for me) is to write my heart out. So many things to talk about. New resolutions, my break-up and the eventual moving-on...

Don't worry. No sob stories though. Promise :)

Japan | Beijing Trip

FIRSTLY THOUGH, let's get on with the exciting stuff. The most exciting thing I suppose that happened at the end of 2012 was my trip to Japan. I've ALWAYS wanted to go but with the tsunami in 2011 and talks about radiation etc I didn't end up getting my end-of-high-school trip like I originally wanted to. But that's okay. 

Because at the end of 2012, I got to realise my dream! Hurray for me!! 

So yup, lots of fun in Japan :D Even though everyone who went had learnt Japanese before, I still thought (since I dropped the subject in Yr 11) that we'll have trouble communicating. In the end, we had a smooth trip because as soon as we got there, everything started coming back to us :D 

Osaka had the best food in my opinion, shopping was best in Tokyo and Kyoto was culturally stimulating. We took a walk in Gion (the Geisha district) but it was at night and we were all girls so we didn't wander too far off. We saw a Geisha in a taxi though! She was SO pretty. Graceful.

Anyway, after Japan, we passed by Beijing for 3 days where we visited all the notable tourist spots. 

I can honestly say...it was the coldest place I've ever been to. I mean, I've been to the US...but it was never this cold! My thighs were LITERALLY FREEZING UP (because I only wore one layer of pants). Every part of my body/face was covered up: scarves, face mask, mufflers and then eventually a pair of sun glasses. 

Anyway...so that was my exciting overseas trip :D 

Before the overseas trip, I had an "exciting Hamilton Island trip" with my high school friends but I'll make a separate post about that some other time :)

2013

January of 2013 is certainly a BIG month for me. So many things happened!


Moving On
The most notable was moving on from the break up I had with my boyfriend early in the month.

It was incredibly hard to admit that it wasn't working out although we have talked about it so many times in the past. We're both moving in different directions in life and there's always a clash in beliefs and lifestyle habits. I suppose it was for the best. My greatest consolation is that it was a mutual break up. All the best. It was a good 3 years and a bit.

But to be honest...the hardest part of trying to move on was that none of my friends knew about the relationship to start with and thus, there was, tragically, no one to talk me through it...

(Oh wait...except one lady friend whom I've kept in the loop about the whole thing. She shall remain unnamed but I am SO grateful for her being there for me. *cough* Leona *cough*.) 

It was hard on me for the first two weeks, trying to get use to things. But you know what they say...and seriously, this helped me through this...Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

Who knew Dr Seuss was so insightful?

But I managed to move on in the end and that's what's important. And now that I have, I can now focus on so many other things. So many possibilties!


Starting to Drive
All my friends who have known me long enough knows that I've been putting off getting a Learners License for the LONGEST time. I was eligible...at age 16 (and I was the second eldest person in our group at the time) but couldn't be bothered getting it until I turned 20 XD

And now, I've started taking driving lessons! It's so fun and exciting. But I do hope I don't get into any accidents. I'm deadly afraid of bumping into other cars lol :( I'm such a pessimistic person.


Getting ready for Graduate Year!
It's my graduate year this year and I have two roads ahead of me. I can either graduate and go on to my masters...or I can take up honors year and turn to masters after I graduate from that.

I'm almost 85% sure that I'm going to continue on with honors.


SO THAT'S ALL. FOR NOW. I know this post is very inconsistent because I'm pretty much just typing everything I'm thinking as it's being processed. I'm sure there's lots of grammatic errors...but who cares. I'd like to look back on this and just laugh at them in the future.

Please sir, can I have some more?