IGNORE THAT I HAVEN'T BLOGGED IN 4 MONTHS
Hi. I didn't realize I forgot to blog on here but life like actually got busy... sooo here's a roundup for the last 4 months!!!!
First of all, I've been writing and writing "Fall in love" and I finished part 1 (Winter)! I'm slowly chipping away at part 2 but I've been super occupied because...
I went to the Philippines for a whole month!!! It was kind of a last minute plan because I thought just my parents were going but then they offered and I was like... hell yeah. It was my first time solo travelling (my parents sent me early because I had school) on a plane and I'm proud to say that I can fly on my own very confidently! Like a bit too confidently... I went on so many domestic flights because I had to do some family things/travel between parts of the country. So now I don't fear planes but I do still get stressed about airports.
I haven't been to the Philippines since I was about 3 years old so it was basically my first time there while conscious. It was a really good experience and I want to go back as soon as possible. I loved being with family and feel the sun for once. The humidity there feels really nice and it's quite different from the summer heat here. Plus the food was super yummy. I gained a bit of weight while I was there (good thing)!
The highlight of my trip:
BARD! He's my cousins' cat and he's just the cutest thing ever... Such a friendly and vocal kitty. He was a bit smelly due to an injury on his foot but it's healing up.
Next time I go to the Philippines I'm hoping to have better conversational skills.... Learning two languages is tough.... My parents and half of my family speak bisaya which I'm better with, but the other half speak tagalog and I couldn't keep up in their conversations very well. ...I'm working on it!
And now: I'm attending university! I think you can actually track my mindset shifting on this blog over the last 2 years about what to do with my life so I'm happy that I'm doing something with my life right now. That's one thing I like about this blog... Next week is my fourth week in university and so far it's been really great. I've made new friends and classes are going well. My schedule isn't that crazy right now and honestly the only bad thing is how expensive travel is... whew... it's bad even with discounts.......
I have my first lab on Monday and I'm super excited! I got to do some labwork in the uni on the taster day earlier this year, but I'm super excited to do a proper session. I'm feeling really hopeful. There's so many things to look forward to and university is just one part of it.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading if you did ;-)