Jan 2024: This chapter feels right

Last year was a challenging year, and my mind was constantly preoccupied with anxiety, worries and other shit. While healing is a process, I definitely feel more content, peaceful and resilient with where I am now.

Taking photos and blogging have always been a way for me to document the moments in everyday life, express myself and reflect. I was fairly absent from blogging last year because I didn't want to face the bad, which meant I also overlooked the good. This year, I want to be more mindful and blog more, whether it's good or bad.

This post is a little late and messy, but it's better to be late than never 😛 Here's a summary of January.

January musings:

  • L officially asked me to be his girlfriend and it was so sweet! After two heartbreaking situationships and a string of bad luck with guys, I had honestly given up on dating. But meeting L has changed that thought. It's funny and reassuring to see the difference between the right and the wrong guy. With situationship B, I literally asked him the "what are we" question (twice!!), whereas L really put in the effort towards building something serious with me and didn't shy away at all.
  • I watched "The Boy and The Heron" with L at the cinema. I enjoyed the movie, but I accidentally fell asleep. I think I need to re-watch it to properly understand the message.
  • A group of friends and I took advantage of the 50% off deal at the HaiDiLao Bayswater branch during New Year. It was cheap and good!
  • The perks of living in Canary Wharf mean I can visit the Winter Lights easily. I saw it twice, once with my flatmate and another time with L. I preferred last year's overall, but I loved the main light attraction this year.
  • I tried making porcelain pottery for the first time in a BCS event. I'm not particularly creative, but I found it pretty fun. Curious to see what they will turn out like.
  • I watched "Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy" at the ESEA film night at Hackney Chinese Community Centre. A coming-of-age film based on a series of tweets. Spoiler: it is NOT a happy film.
  • L and I played "The Past Within". I played in the past, whilst L played in the future. It was an awesome co-op puzzle game!

Winter Lights, 2023 (I didn't post these last year but I feel like these pictures are too good not to post)

My friends failed me haha

Winter Lights, 2024

Mysterious boy 🙂

Other January pictures (mostly food)

Full English Breakfast at E Pellicci - a friend recommended this place and I fully agree it's great!
Can't go wrong with going to WA cafe for desserts
Had Japanese food for dinner at Eat Tokyo after watching "The Boy and the Heron"
Finally visited the popular Milk London cafe for brunch with Aleix. I ordered the fish sandwich - it was delicious but slightly too heavy for me. Not quite sure whether it was worth waiting for over an hour...
Slightly disappointed by the tornado rice at The Eight, but the pork and pineapple bun definitely made up for it
My pottery creations
Super cute - made by the organizer Gordon
Popcorn at the ESEA film night

you may also like