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| Channeling my Doctor Eggman. |
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| I love this photo so so much. |
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| at Ace House in Jogjakarta! |
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| This was homemade wine, and absolutely wonderful, and after 3 cup-things I got tipsy. |
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| I'M SCREAMING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THIS PHOTO WAS BEING TAKEN. |
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| So if you didn't know, my face gets really really red as soon as alcohol enters my system. |
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| Boys Will Be Boys.
Rain's mother's friend (whew) has a villa in Seyegan, which is a part of Jogja, and that's where we stayed from 27 December to 39 December. We talked about boys (of course) and ate lovely, lovely food, and we also went to Beringharjo to find typewriters for Rain and her wonderful German boyfriend. I had my own things to do, which I will...refrain from telling about.
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My deers, it is now officially 2016 everywhere in the world. If you're reading this, I would like to congratulate you for making it into this year. It's now been a year since my SA, and funnily enough, I think I'm doing much better this time around.
How was my New Year's Eve? Well, I went to dinner on the 30th to a Japanese restaurant, courtesy of someone's (let's call him Manis) family. Have you ever been to dinner with a very large group of people you have mostly never met before? It is nerve-wracking, and my anxiety acted up quite a bit that night.
Fortunately, I and some distant relatives and 2 of my cousins left early to watch Ip Man 3, which made me cry three times and which I recommend.
On the 31st at around 19:00 Manis' family started their New Year's celebration at the Wisma Pojok Indah, which is the guest house across the street from my aunt's house and which she helps run. (It's a large guest house). All in all it was a grand celebration, and I was able to talk more to Manis' family members, who are funny and sweet, if a little odd. Still wholly intimidating, but somehow it worked out.
Anyways, it was a lovely New Year's Eve, and those of you who subscribe to my newsletter know what else happened 2 days ago.
2015 was a wild year, honestly. It involved so much self-discovery, self-reflection, anger, and heartbreak. I fell in and out of love. I ended the longest relationship I've had to date. I went through the ordeal of getting an Indonesian student visa. I slowly improved my Indonesian (that's ongoing). I met Madina and Rain and Moz and, of course, Manis, and so many other people that made my days so beautiful. I am saying goodbye to 2015 and all of its happenings. You were kind to me, monumentally so.
And 2016, you young beast which will inevitably plague me and simultaneously bring me awful joy, I welcome you. Here's to more sleepless nights giggling because of corny jokes, and to stolen hours full of joy, to stories we don't expect. There will be many anxious days and debilitating loss, I'm sure, but the sun will still rise and we will move forward, together, wondering constantly at the infinite beauty that surrounds us. I am so eager to celebrate this life, and I hope that part of you is, too.
With all my love,
Theodora
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