Birthday.
I spent the last few days in Taiwan, climbing. I think I haven't climbed that many mountains in a shot in this lifetime. It was however very therapeutic albeit physically draining. I had enjoyed every bit of being in nature and could never have felt more inspired by the mountains and waters. Being there just made me feel like I was home and away from work for ages. Now I totally understand why Mic has to return to Korea every time she is free!
The officer at Taoyuan Airport immigration smiled and wished me happy birthday after she had stamped on my passport, whose pages have already been filled with the same stamps of the same country. It was nice of her, really. That smile was one of the friendliest I had seen in Taiwan. On the flight back, turbulence was so bad that I really thought I was going to die on my birthday. While I didn't, I felt very nauseous even after clearing immigration. The cab ride back home made things worse with the driver driving very recklessly on the road. How thankful I was to make it home safe and sound.
Some friends remembered and dropped me text messages. My mum and sis had sent me a WhatsApp audio message at midnight when I was still in the hotel. I came home to a photograph on my bed. My bestie ZZR had secretly left it there when I was away. Probably only he would have access to my room if I were to be away. A parcel was lying on my table. It was a belated Christmas present from my favourite secondary school teacher Mrs. Joyce Tan. How timely for a birthday present.
Just when I thought I had a quiet one, a very ordinary one, I was really, really pleasantly surprised today. The golden bag of many of my favourite snacks sat on my table, a note attached to the bag, a simple message but I could picture the person as he wrote the message. I smiled happily to myself, thinking how he had picked the items in the bag one by one in the supermarket. This is the sweetest present and I really want to remember it for a long, long time.
ZZR, Max and Nich came over for dinner and that completed a nice birthday.
Really, I can't ask for anything more :)
I just want to focus on work and studies and care less about things that don't matter.
I must do it.
The officer at Taoyuan Airport immigration smiled and wished me happy birthday after she had stamped on my passport, whose pages have already been filled with the same stamps of the same country. It was nice of her, really. That smile was one of the friendliest I had seen in Taiwan. On the flight back, turbulence was so bad that I really thought I was going to die on my birthday. While I didn't, I felt very nauseous even after clearing immigration. The cab ride back home made things worse with the driver driving very recklessly on the road. How thankful I was to make it home safe and sound.
Some friends remembered and dropped me text messages. My mum and sis had sent me a WhatsApp audio message at midnight when I was still in the hotel. I came home to a photograph on my bed. My bestie ZZR had secretly left it there when I was away. Probably only he would have access to my room if I were to be away. A parcel was lying on my table. It was a belated Christmas present from my favourite secondary school teacher Mrs. Joyce Tan. How timely for a birthday present.
Just when I thought I had a quiet one, a very ordinary one, I was really, really pleasantly surprised today. The golden bag of many of my favourite snacks sat on my table, a note attached to the bag, a simple message but I could picture the person as he wrote the message. I smiled happily to myself, thinking how he had picked the items in the bag one by one in the supermarket. This is the sweetest present and I really want to remember it for a long, long time.
ZZR, Max and Nich came over for dinner and that completed a nice birthday.
Really, I can't ask for anything more :)
I just want to focus on work and studies and care less about things that don't matter.
I must do it.
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