Me atop a hill during our acclimatization day in Manang, Nepal.
Yes, it's been a month since we got back from our Thorong La Pass trip and I'm already counting days for the next one. I don't know whether the time really did flew sooo fast or is it because we are too preoccupied with life that it seems like everything in the past feels like yesterday.
I just realized that all my trips last year were to developed countries; Norway, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and again South Korea. So this year I've decided that I should go back to the mountains, untouched valleys and bumpy roads. So there I was last month, back in Nepal!
I was initially not part of the pact, but after AJ insisted that I should join to add the number of girls in the trip so I gave it a thought. I met up with LH the next morning for some discussion and somehow we deviated to talking about Nepal for hours instead. I went back home and pondered... Well, to be exact, I asked myself this, "If I were to see their pictures in Nepal, will I be jealous...?" and there was this "Jealous jealous jealous.." echoing in my head aaaaand yeah minutes after that 'YOUR BOOKING IS CONFIRMED' flashed on my phone screen lol
So that was how my best achievement in mountain climbing was instigated. Yes, this is my third 5000m mountain but it is by far the highest, 5416m. We even have a hashtag #Chasing5416 and everybody was clueless what it was all about.
So in a few weeks I'm going to be out and about in one of the largest desert in the world. I hope things will go fine as planned, ameeeennnn...
Career wise, as for the first quarter of the year, I think I'm coping well. My circle of friends are making leaps since a few years ago and I'm thinking that I should be making plans for myself again after I dropped the offer from one of the university in UK. It was inevitable; it was a sacrifice that I deemed necessary. Somehow, I got inspired again by some incredible women in my life. One of my bff was awarded with one of the most prestigious scholarship and currently is studying in UK. And another one made a decision to move to another country to pursue further in her career path.
Well, this time I want to set my intention right. I'm lucky to incidentally found my passion in infectious disease so for this year I'm proactively volunteering myself to participate in any related courses. If I can't pursue with masters, I still can gain knowledge through different mediums and simultaneously gain more experience at work. I'm starting to utilize this online free education website that I registered in a few years ago. I just realized there are so many useful stuffs in there so it has become an obsession to check on them whenever I'm free. They are presented in such an interesting way that I'm kind of hooked whenever I started reading the materials. As for exams, I'm going to wait for at least 2 past year papers before I sit for it hahaha
Another thing that I really want to improve for this year is how I share my knowledge with others. Somewhere last year, I was told that the knowledge of my members are not on par with mine. They always have to go back to me eventually just to be sure. I accepted this positively and admitted that I haven't been actively and effectively sharing my knowledge with people around me. I'm actually very blessed to have colleagues who are also dedicated in making our service a success, but it has always been difficult to get together to do discussions so for this year I'm experimenting some unconventional methods to see whether it will work out or not. Please work... or else I have to think of another way...
I'm continuing my Japanese class and will soon be in the advanced level. I missed a lot of the intermediate level classes because of my trips and will be missing more during the coming Ramadhan. (Actually I skipped class today because I'm sick~). Since my aim is to speak fluently as if it's my mother tongue, so I'm going to work hard to catch up. If I can speak fluent English, I can definitely speak fluent Japanese one day! I'm looking forward to sit for an exam at the end of this year. So yes, Ganbatte Kudasai, Haziah!
I've been able to maintain my weight, Alhamdulillah. I think I'm starting to have adipophobia these days because I get anxious if I think I overate or underexercised. But yeah, I'm trying my best to maintain regular exercise for both health and aesthetic purpose hahaha I'm also trying my best not to eat out too often. My 'save more money' resolution outcome for last year was satisfactory but I think I have to be more discipline this year to upgrade that to EXCELLENT (yeah right~ membeli tiket nda ingat dunia)
Suddenly... Son Oh Gong
Truth is, I haven't been able to finish watching any romance drama perhaps for the past 8 years. Even they are too much of a fairy tale, most people will manage to finish it anyway although knowing that doesn't happen in the real world. But to me, most of the time what's on screen was what I had. But knowing that the ending will not be the same as mine got me leaving a drama halfway.
But last year, I tried to finish a few hahaha somehow it felt necessary to try overcome this before I start giving love another chance. I thought, if I can't even give chance to a drama, how can I allow a guy to prove that he is different hahaha so I watched Goblin and my latest favourite is Hwayugi.
I've passed that phase where you thought that marriage is a happy ending long long ago. After Nurul's demise, I'm even more sure that my life is not defined by what I had; but by who and how I am to others around me. And as years went by, looking at how friends lost their spouses due to divorce or death convinced me that being single and on the market for too long is not so much of a test at all! Having more time and money for my parents is such a blessing to me because hey, the time I have to repay them is actually very short when compared to the years they spent raising me.
At this time and age, I guess I'm too preoccupied and focused on living. I decided this year I'll give a room for a special someone in my life. I don't know if that someone to fill that is already in my life or not... but yeah, he will be someone who is different, someone who will continue to love me despite knowing that I'm actually not perfect and most importantly someone who decides to commit and will never let me go...
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