Wow it's been 8 months since my previous post.
2017 flew by in the blink of an eye.
I decided to take a look at what I posted before today and couldn't even remember the content of my previous posts. The post below this made me recall how upset I was when I first got to Wollongong. Leaving my cushy life in Singapore, becoming a minority in a foreign country and leaving my close friends is possibly the biggest step out of my comfort zone to date.
Upon reflection, 2017 has been a pretty terrific year.
I took great ownership of my thesis, and got a HD!
I wrote most of it on medication, and I was super ill at the time of submission so thank God that I pulled through with that grade.
I missed first class honours by 2 marks. That was a major bummer, but I realised that people could still get into postgrad with 2UC, so that's not too bad.
The lack of a scholarship sucks though.
I tried so many new things this year.
Went on so many road trips.
Syd/Blue Mountains/Wgong with Weiting and Bry
Melb/Syd with Jo and Bao
Syd/Tas/Wgong with HT
Canberra with Singapeople on voting day (which turned out to be a walkover, but still, cause for a celebration)
Around Wgong/NSW with Bry's parents + BYSH
Drove down to Melb with BYSH and found the joy of minigolf + laser tag (GUESS WHO WON BOTH GAMES) and archery and a lot a lot more mini golf
You know shit's about to get down when the bet for a hole-in-one is a hungry jack's hashbrown (and sher somehow won 4 hashbrowns when she lost the game)
Cheered like crazy and had so so much fun with mini golf, people would think we won a gold medal at the olympics (wait, do they even have golf in the olympics? idts actually)
Loved friends that came into my life
Some friends that I loved made me realise that not everyone is as trustworthy as I give them credit for, and sometimes we gotta let them out of our lives
I learnt what a great country Singapore is, and how I am so fortunate to have such a good life
I learnt to TRULY appreciate the great friends I have, and how some relationships I will treasure till my last breath
I learnt how to write academically, to be organised and to be my own boss
To accept challenges out of my comfort zone
Although it didnt come to fruition, I accepted a temp role as a dance instructor for a dance group in UOW
First time choreographing and prepping to teach. Shame it didn't end up happening since classes were cancelled
Listened to 你好不好 A LOT
Point is, I learnt a lot from this year
I formed my own thesis topic
I did the recruitment all on my own
I wrote a fucking 12k+ thesis and got a HD wtf still can't believe it
I went to raves
Met people I never thought I would meet
Moved out and became the last Singaporean to remain in aussie for now
Partied in Sydney and Melb (OMG ALUMBRA WAS SOOO GOOD)
Leant to roll
Presented my thesis poster in front of academics
Got an RA job (the first post-honours Singaporean to get a job here altho I'm hardly getting paid enough to fund my expenses so fucking stupid)
Depleting my savings in sg
Hung out with people (a lot)
Hosted a party (kinda)
Never embraced my singaporean/Chinese roots so much
Gained so much weight cb but I still feel beautiful so ok la but can lose some weight if I try
I'm not doing living overseas.
Honours has ended but I have so much of my life ahead of me
Can't wait to see what the future has in store for me
