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Hello losers.
It has been awhile since my last update.

Initially, I planned to do an update on New Year's eve but I guess I just forgot. I just wanted to summarise how my year went and all that. It might be nothing to most of you but to me, a way to note what I should change for 2019.

Last year I pretty much hit rock bottom a couple of times. Had a few rough patches but I picked myself back up with the help of a couple people who has been my pillar of support when I was unable to get back on my two feet (Shout out to them! You know who you are :D ). Along the way, I have learned to let people go, knowing that the few I have now are enough to keep me happy. Selfish in a way, but after all I'm the one in charge of my own happiness. I learned to take it easy on myself, especially this semester because I realise the more I push myself (i.e. study all night with no sleep, worry non-stop, self-doubt), the worse I feel about who I am and that led to a very dark period of my life that I am somehow grateful for but I am  more willing for it to be forgotten. I understood that I should not be so selfless to the point I often got used and stepped on by people who I genuinely used to care for and that unfortunately caused my own destruction and to that I put my foot down and say, no more.

To be frank, my life has gotten a lot better once I started to take it easy on myself. I know my limits and I learned to respect them and not push too much and as a result, I'm proud to say it has been turning out good so far. Entering the final trimester of the 2018, I felt more fulfilled, free and happy. I promised myself that I would spend more time with my family during this semester break and I'm glad that I fulfilled my promise.

Some photos taken during this whole 3 weeks (No captions because I'm a sloth to think of one) :-