Ticked off.

Hey. How's 2018 treating you so far? I was playing with my apps in my phone and I came across this bucket list that I made a year ago, I think. So, I just thought it might be fine to share it here. It feels so surreal that I've ticked off some of the things that I really wanted to do before I die just before 2017 ended (no, I'm not dying but it's called a life bucket list for a reason). When I made that list long time ago, I thought that nah, I wouldn't tick off any of those. But, when I finally did, it made me realized that nothing is impossible if you work hard for it. Haha, I'm sorry for the not-updated date since I just ticked those off just now. 

Except now I need to make some clarification to avoid misunderstanding, probably also for me to read this post back in 10 years from now. I tend to forget easily right in the future, who knows. Regarding the Italy trip, I thought that I might end up going there soon when I'm married. But, it got 10 times better that I managed to do it with my friends and I feel so glad to share the experience with them. Well maybe someday, I'll go with someone special okay. You know, people were right about it's not about the place, it's the people who make you feel at home.

I hope 2018 will be continuously treating everyone good.

Dayana

Bring it on.

Hello, people.

Where did the time fly so fast? Come on, it's 2018 already! It feels odd that I am now away from my family for the New Year's Eve. Every 1st of January in the morning, I would wake up in the morning just to tell jokes like "hey it's been a year I've been sleeping" to my family and they will get annoyed. I know you would say it's a lame joke but yeah, they just bear with it. Celebrating New Year's Eve every year is just the same at home, probably ever since my siblings are all grown up, we don't go all the way to KL to watch the fireworks anymore. But in Bristol, it's just so different that my flat feels so empty because people went back home to celebrate Christmas Day and followed by New Year's Eve. What I love about this holiday season, they also gave us wish cards which I think that's very thoughtful of them to do so. Hence, we also replied their wishes by sliding the cards under the door and we think that's cute!

I would say that I ended 2017 gracefully. I went to Italy during the winter break with my friends from college. Even though we had a bad start, but the whole journey made it all worth it in the end. I am so happy that we survived in Italy with complete strangers with zero English. We just couldn't believe that we actually went to Italy - just the four of us, I would add, just girls. I feel so relieved that I managed to explore Italy and planned the whole trip by ourselves. It's quite an experience for us and we sure had a lot to learn from this trip. I usually just waited for my mum to join her for any holiday trip, but this time around, it was all at our own risk. No tour guide, no guaranteed insurance, just us girls. I would say that it was a success that we are still alive now.

Despite all these joy, I also got a shocking news 3 days ago. My mother got admitted in the hospital which I am very worried about. It's nothing serious so far since further check-up by the doctor will be done soon. I hope everything will be just fine for her. Knowing that there's nothing I can do now sucks that I can't be there for her. But one thing that I know is she is one strong woman and she'll do anything to get back on her feet and discharge faster because she can't eat anything she wants now. Wishing you a Get Well Soon, Ibu! 

Also, I have final term exam in 10 days' time. I haven't studied a thing yet because I basically don't know where and how to start. I should probably start now, Mum would be freaked out if she knows about this. Catch up soon!

And I hope I'm still not too late to say this, may you'll have a great year ahead and start some new fresh resolutions for this year and be a better person you would ever dream to be. For those who think 2017 had been a tough year, just smile that you made it! A person you are now may be partly due to what happened in the past. Let's strive to make a wonderful year ahead and in order to do so, we must start somewhere. Happy New Year!

Dayana