It's funny how we all complained about how slow January was but I just sneezed and we are now in March. In 3 or 4 months (?) time, I'll be celebrating my first anniversary here in the UK. How time flies! I could say that I have adjusted very well to work, it's definitely not a walk in the park but I am okay. Weather-wise, the cold never bothered me. Oh who am I kidding, I miss sunny Manila but I am not mad at the cool UK breeze that doesn't melt my makeup easily. Hehe!

I am trying my best to be better with my communication skills. I want to prepare myself in case I would want to continue the corporate role that I left in the Philippines. Or whatever, I just really want to speak better English. Then I am thinking of also learning how to drive, not this year though maybe next? I don't know but it is definitely a life skill that I should learn. Aside from that, I'd also like to have a theme for my room. Blame it on all the reels that shows pretty clean and aesthetic rooms.

As for any specific life updates. I HAVE NONE, STILL. HAHA.

Maybe on my next entry, I might have something to talk about. Hahaha anyways, I'll leave you all for now. Talk to you all again on my next blog.

Xo,

Ria

In 2021, I wrote Que sera, sera on Twitter (now X). There are only a selected few who know what I went through in the last two years. I had a series of many highs then suddenly followed by even more lows. In 2023, I persevered and got to where I am right now.

To be honest, I still haven't gotten over many of my losses in the last couple of years. I am still sensitive about the topic and my real friends know to not open it up and ask me about it and I am very grateful for that. When 2023 entered, it all really started with a simple prayer: Please don't let me down this time.

By the start of 2023, I already know that I am moving to a different country. But that was also how I started my 2022, so when 2023 had the same beginning, I prayed really hard that it wouldn't be the same heartbreak over again. So when I talk to people who are helping me, I sound uninterested and unhappy. Maybe it was my way to prepare myself for whatever was coming. I just don't want to get my hopes up again and be heartbroken in the end.

FFW to today, I am now in the UK. Working in the healthcare industry, which I always wanted as a kid. As a child, I grew up wanting to be a doctor that's why I took up clinical psychology. Who knew fate had other plans for me. As I said in my year-ender post on Facebook: Started 2023 with a prayer, ending 2023 with the answer. God's answer this time was a yes.

So maybe, I will start 2024 with another prayer and let the Lord decide on what is best for me.

Happy new year, everyone! Cheers to new beginnings!