Breathing Time

It is finally holiday time for me!

Registration is in. Visa will be processed in the start of the new year. Apartment is waiting, just need to fill it up with stuff and love. And most importantly, family is here to celebrate this merry season.

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Months of stress, anxiety, frustration and even depression; and, with family around, I am becoming who I am again. Before the stress, laughing more and enjoy life a little bit more. And with all this 'rejuvinating' (for lack of a better word), I'm getting some perspective too. About my own life, my approach to things, even to the manner I've been handling relationships and people. Without my family here, I doubt I would have been able to reach such a conclusion. I was myself again, I understood who I was in the family and noticed the difference during the past months and the few days.

Realizations...

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Me:

This year was spent on adjusting to this new country; suriving and balancing university load and working hours. I didn't know who I was as an individual: without my family and friends; without the foundation I grew up with. Simply an individual. And it was a confusing process when you're overwhelmed by other things.

Him:

When dating guys, I focused on what was normal from my own country, forgetting that I was in a completely different country that runs on a different culture. It caused so much confusion and frustration that I did not understand. (Sad thing: I still hurt.)

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With these realizations come goals and plans for a new me...

(Next blog)