12 Pics for 2022 (July - Dec)

Continuing from where I left off...

( and yes I know this post is long overdue... like a year 😭, I'm sorry ok)

July

For some context: Everyone in my family has no concept of planning in advance, they all just be spontaneous and unapologetically last minute for everything. Though that stresses the shit outta me, it makes everything ever so fun and exciting.

Two weeks prior to taking this pic, my cousin randomly suggested that we should go to Bali. One thing led to another and I found myself on the shores of Penida Island, staring out at the very same view you're looking at now.

At that very moment, time stood still and I felt an indescribable sense of peace. As I sat on those shores taking in every bit of that view, it dawned on me that: this is how life should be ya know; enjoying time, every bit of it.

August

For those of you who are wondering who that guy with too much hair on his head is....he's Poova, one of my best friends and my partner in crime when it comes to sampling every Japanese restaurant in Ipoh. Also, he's always making me lie about how we met lol (I dont mind telling the truth fr, literally whenever my parents ask me how we met....I'll just go like: Owh, we met in secondary school 😅 but that's so far from the truth).

About the pic: Here we are in Cameron Highlands waiting for Poova's order of chicken bites which came out drenched in some weird ass cheese sauce.... like who orders food from Tealive!? 😩, and just for the record I was right about it not tasting good 😌.

Anyways, thank you Poova for listening to me always and cheering me up when I'm not feeling great, you're a wonderful person and I hope you find that someone who appreciates you.

September

Life was going great at this point - Japanese food and good company (and yes that's Poova again, also, recently after having been to a dozen Japanese restaurants with him, I'd found out that Poova doesn't like Japanese food all that much and he'd just gone along with my restaurant choices for years since he thinks that I don't like the places he picks, I mean... where's the lie but that's besides the point 😅)

Ngl, I was kinda looking forward to heading back to Cambridge for once after having a tough year.

October

Alas, I was back 💀 in the UK, this time along I'd brought back-up in the form of my mum and my brother to get me through the initial period. This was my mum's first time in Europe and my brother's too.

I recognise that not many people would have done this; leaving everything behind and travelling halfway across the world to get me through that initial phase in uni, just cuz they wanted me to succeed but my parents and siblings are special people. They've always put me first and I love all of them for that. Also, though my dad isn't in this pic, he was back home in Ipoh holding the fort down.

Thank you Amma, Appa, Prawin and Siva too for always believing in me and doing everything y'all can and more to help me achieve my goals

November

I was sat in the library of the Plant Sciences department, and all I could think about then were the memories I shared with my late grandma. From her bossing my grandpa around to the times she sat with me on her favourite swing whilst telling me her life stories.

It had been a week or so by then when she'd passed and I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling I had about having not been able to go back for her funeral to send her mortal remains off. Nevertheless, I was at ease with her passing as I knew that I enjoyed every moment I had with her in this lifetime. As my mum always says: treat people you love well whilst they're alive and not when it's too late.

Ammama, my love for you transcends this lifetime. Thank you for showing me what real devotion and determination is.

I kinda cheated with a vid but ya know who cares lol.

I'd come home for the winter cuz honestly freezing my socks off in the UK just aint the vibe. Nora completely lost it when she saw us; Amir's theory is that she'd probably thought that all three of us: mum, my brother and I, were probably dead since we'd vanished, so imagine the shock she would've had when she saw us after two months.

OK That's just about it for 2022

I might write about 2023 soon,

though I do wanna write about my trip to Sri Lanka first.

Thank you for reading again and have a good day!