- became financially independent
- made a fool out of myself by ordering a vietnamese drip and not knowing how to drink it
- made solo sunday brunches a thing (for the first few weeks, at least)
- started wearing glasses again
- relearned the piano
- met sarah kay & phil kaye
- was invited to speak at a youth org event
- had my work published on rambutan literary
- put up ikea shelves (album exhibition, book ladder) in my room
- went to dufan, twice (wore the same outfit both times, stayed past closing time the 2nd time because i misplaced syania's mukena)
- slept over at dinda's, like, 5 times or something (all those uber trips to bintaro essence)
- went to taman safari with cindy, ina, nita, tirza
- started following my own skincare routine
- traveled to seoul (with the best coworkers), manila (saw bangtan for the 3rd time), singapore (1st a family trip, 2nd a ridiculous decision to experience uss halloween nights), malang (baso bakar for life), kl (why does everything feel so much cheaper), jogja (factory visit), lampung (flavoured banana chips)
- received my own health insurance for the first time
- bought my first ever android phone
- played mystic messenger (zen route 5ever)
- got over my dislike for spicy food, actually quite in love with them now
- crashed at lesley's apartment
- met up with vern (after 2 years) for a day out at haji lane, and a few weeks later for breakfast at changi's mcd
- hosted aimie at my place for an entire weekend, made her eat indonesian food
- met other tlist friends: nini, kee, ginny, aimee, angel, rissa (twice!), penny, korinne
- went to a shinee concert
- bought too many books than i know how to deal with
- came to understand (and follow) the obsession behind lip products
- went paintballing, actually won
- ate jaffa cakes again after 3 whole years
- didn't drop out of any fic exchanges i'd signed up for, did ask for extensions though
- wrote <8k words' worth of fic, more than i had churned out in the past 5 years alone
- had my credit card application approved
- hired my own interns
- resigned from a job i loved but unfortunately couldn't satisfy my marketing nerd needs
- had too many of sbux's beef sausage & cheese croissants throughout nov-dec
- learned many things the hard way, specifically "don't make decisions out of fear"
- picked up the art of being happy for someone else
- ❤ landed my dream job ❤
- finally moved on, and forgave
jan 3 2016 ∞
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