I'm Now a Working Adult!

     Hey!!! It's been so long since I last wrote here! Wow, I mean like I said in my previous post, I now have a personal journal now where I write most of my thoughts, so that explains the frequency of my posts here. I know I'm the only person who reads what I write here, but hey, how have you been?! I didn't write anything for the past 4 years, and I almost didn't write anything about my degree life. So, maybe we'll start with that.

Degree Life

    So, degree life was fun for the first few semesters. I think that's what people call the "honeymoon phase," and it was quite fun. I went out a lot, I wanted to have a lot of friends, and I tried networking. In some way, it worked. But after that, drama happens, you know, as usual. I would say my degree life is not as much fun as my diploma. My diploma was very fun. I had a lot of good friends, but in my degree, well, people are a little toxic. That's not to say that my diploma friends were perfect. We grew out of each other in a way, and we haven't met for years. I'm not sure who to blame. Is it the distance? Is it social media? Why is everyone so self-centered now? Are we becoming more selfish as individuals and as a society? Well, I don't know. Maybe it is social media, and maybe it is that damn phone. But, I believe it's not beyond repair (homage to my first listening test). I still believe we can fix it.
    Anyway, even though degree life had its bad moments, I also met a lot of people who I think are quite life-changing. I met a really good friend I can depend my life on. I met people from Japan, the US, Korea, Morocco, Mongolia, and many more. It's such a blessing to be able to meet those people, and I even invited the friends from the US to my house! I met a linguist from the US, and I met some pretty damn cool lecturers. I had a group of friends (we were nerds) that were never overbearing. I think I love my degree life too. It's life-changing despite its challenges. I'm very thankful for what I have.

Achieving Dreams

    Now, enough of my degree life. Did I tell you I ticked off a lot of things from my bucket list? I went to Japan for the first time in 2024!!! After 25 years of living, my dream to visit Japan has finally been achieved, and I went in early autumn, my favorite season. It was beautiful, and I was very grateful it happened. I went there as soon as I graduated from my degree, ahahaha. I graduated in August, and I went in October. Anyway, more than a year after that, I went to Japan again... in December 2025, and it was perfect. I saw snow, experienced real winter, and I finally know how it feels to sit under the sun in winter (the sun is still hot). So, yeah. I'm now very content with my life. I feel like I can die peacefully now knowing that I have achieved all those. But, you know, there are a lot of things waiting to be seen in this world. So, let's not die yet.

A Working Adult

    So, I got my first job in May 2025, and it funded my second trip to Japan. I'm living the office life. But my situation is better than most, I would say. My company pays half of my apartment rent (or more), they subsidize the food, and the office is 5 minute walk from my house. My bosses are okay, and my co-worker is also very nice. So, I'm very happy. I live in KL, and I have what I wanted for years. Living by myself while living comfortably in my room. The pay is okay. It could be better, but considering the benefits I receive, I'm not really complaining. I do have friends in KL in case I run into some problems. They're my childhood friends, all from the same elementary school. I also have a very close friend I can spend time with in KL. So, yeah. My life is really good now. Not perfect yet, but good enough. So, from now on, I'll keep growing and becoming better and better. This year, I'm very free. So, yeah, let's see where it goes.

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