In 14 hours, I will be sat in a seminar room somewhere in SOB listening to my MPW prof. I will be a sophomore, and my first summer as a uni student will be over. So here I am to wrap up the summer and release the mental/ emotional baggage so I can start the year on a fresh slate.
The past 4+ months have been an incredible break that truth be told, I didn't really know I needed. I think, to a certain extent, I've grown this summer. I've made peace with, a lot of things that kept dragging me down the past year. The things that made me question my decisions, doubt God's grace, struggle with the way I am. Well maybe made peace is a bit of a stretch, but I'm getting there, I think. I hope.
So, the past four months. According to my calendar, this is how my summer went, starting April 15.
Potatepotatepotate > workworkworkwork > AIP > Japan > Ekklesia Camp > Korea > Aspi.
With other exciting things here and there, like watching Les Miserables/ day tripping to JB/ watching R&J etc etc etc.
I guess my highlights of Summer were Japan and Korea. I dayre-d pretty extensively in Japan and a little in Korea (dayre.me/deborahhee bc i am creative w usernames like that) so all that is there BUT I guess what I really wanna say is that this summer brought me back to how much I love travelling. Japan and Korea were really nice in the sense that they had such rich culture compared to the other cities I've visited in recent years. Different, too, from the other countries I've visited. The food was also A+ as always and SIGH i really wanna go back.
Korea was special because it was the first of hopefully many solo trips. Granted, I wasn't alone most of the time (yay Emily) but the feeling of independence and being free to wander around is something I'd like to experience over and over again. #1 regret is not doing a vlog thing despite knowing it probably wouldn't be all that impressive hahaha. I guess the 2033819901 photos will have to suffice. It felt very specially like ~my own~.
I also blew many many dollars in Japan and Korea on food and cosmetics, among other things, but well. This summer was also special because I paid for most of (all?) my expenses, which, however broke I am now, makes me feel very adult and in control of my life HAHA. I get very excited thinking about which cities I can feasibly travel to on my own in the future now, but not so excited thinking about how much I have to work/ save to make these daydreams a reality.
Over summer, I also got hooked to Korean dramas HAHAHA. After 19 years of existence not having watched any, I think I cleared a good 6 or 7 dramas. I finally get the appeal!!!! Not sure why this is significant but I thought it might be worth mentioning.
Right so. Ugh I am so rusty with blogging.
Bottomline is, year 2 starts tomorrow, back to working my ass off (or pretending to) and hopefully doing well, and in more than just academics this time round. All glory to God for everything the past year and whatever may come in the next few months :')
