an update on life so far

Woah. I didn’t realise so much had time had passed since I last logged in here.

This is gonna be an unformatted post I fear because I’m currently typing in the middle of the night on my iPad with my fingers and not a keyboard and mouse. I really can’t be asked to put in the html tags… maybe I’ll fix that later TT

Okay so my acads actually started looking up in april, about three weeks before my finals. I was at my wits end, so behind on lectures, not yet confident in any study method and the shadow of failure hung around my neck. My best friend and I were working late at uni when a senior came up to us and started a conversation. Long story short, I left with loads of advice, new resources and a lot more confidence. Finals were a nightmare but I pulled through, and come results day, I found out I passed!

Also my temp jobs pulled through and I was able to buy my iPad Pro! No more working off a mobile phone anymore hehehe. Honestly the only reason I made it through first year med school (apart from God of course) was because I practically became a library hermit. With no functioning computer or laptop, I was constantly using the ones at the library (also thank God for the laptop loan service). Hopefully second year runs A LOT smoother @.@

Another thing I’m glad about is that my relationship with aunts and uncles became a lot better. At first I was reluctant to go home for the summer break, but now I’m reluctant to head back to uni. We became closer than we’ve ever been, a lot of misunderstandings were resolved and we bonded a lot… as cheesy as that may sound haha

I finally got to visit my friends up in Manchester, their campus is so pretty, and the overall dynamic there is a lot different to London despite them being both big cities. Exploring the city with my besties and capturing each moment in a photo was a lot more heartwarming than I already knew it would be. We’ve changed as people and find that we don’t text as much, but we haven’t grown apart in the slightest. They’ve also gotten me to stray away from my aversion to alcohol… i’m not sure if that was a good change for me

We went on a family + friends cruise on the mediterranean! There were well over 60 of us and that fortnight away is a fortnight I will never ever forget in my lifetime. I think I’ll make a separate post about this because a lot happened, both good and bad and bittersweet.

And now to dampen the positivity of this post, well hold on— I would like to first of all state that writing this post actually made me remember all the good that has happened to me in the past few months. Because the ending made me almost forget most of that.

Actually I’ve decided to leave that for another post too.