important things that happened, the good & the bad.

• started the new year by going to sleep early and waking up early nice ft mums special vada pav
• new zealand trip yayyyyyy
• getting to see mt cook + lake tekapo my favourite
• meeting nz friends and having dinner in auckland
• finally getting my first entry level job in the industry
• watched black mirror entire 4 seasons
• 25th birthday weekend p1 surprise birthday party at pancake parlour with close friends
• 25th birthday weekend p2 going to bright with my family and close friends
• team leader acknowledging my work by saying i've been learning well and quickly
• finished my warli painting after 6 long months and gifted it to mama
• cairns + darwin trip with the swiss fam
• went snorkelling in the great barrier reef //got coral gashes as a souvenir
• attended my first work event until late night
• did the gor road trip within 1 day with swiss fam with late start
• doing pooja for cousin, brother and myself for bros bday
• got an ear infection and lost hearing in end of july-mid aug
• managed to finish a large painting of om for ganpati that i was procrastinating on for a week within 2 hours on the last day
• watched the office + friends at the same time finally
• attended m's bharatnatyam dance concert sept 22
• meeting d after so many months and staying at m's place chatting & watching funny videos until 2am with m & d
• catching the flight to nz and sightseeing through auckland
• driving all the way down to mushroom reef sanctuary- so beautiful
• wolfpack surprising me for leaving for nz by having dinner on a rainy pouring night @kingsway restaurant
• a tribe hangout on a long rainy day making filtered coffee & spicy nachos watching the shining
• game night sleepover ft wolfpack minus r, a, s
• watching the ritual and having a games night with twister,charades etc
• brother is back from jp so panipuri with the family - getting me a pikachu
• cleaning out room- getting rid of bed & leaving for nz
• sightseeing around hometown city - taking pics
• grocery shopping with my favourites @ pak n save and warehouse - s & a - i truly felt blessed
• roamed around in the rain on xmas day and no one was out on the streets. it was peaceful
• had a pizza night with the roommates at the hostel before xmas
• met shev in city & walked around city and waited for sunset at harbour - had warm pasta that made our stomach happy with l&p
• took the hop on hop off bus early morning and visited the outside of kelly tarltons and around, auckland museum, auckland domain and winter gardens in one day before she left for whale watching tour, was a whole lot of fun & running around
• had chicken slingshot pizza from pizza club mmmmm my favourite & lime scootered throughout the night with shev while searching for it for a long time previously
• walked all the way from city to mission bay and got sunburnt in the process.
• spontaneous kayaking at mission bay and kayaked all the way to the pier
• had movenpick ice cream tiramisu flavoured and relaxed at the beach.
• rode the lime scooter all the way back from mission bay to city & walked a bit after it ran out of power.
• got down at 12 am on the dot & counted down with strangers for fireworks at 12am. what a way to end the year :)