|:: Reflections ::|

A lot has happened in the last 1.5 years of my life. I left home for 9 months and embarked on an eye opening journey overseas to a place that is under appreciated but highly stigmatized, India. For the first time in my life, I had to live on my own and depend on my self.

During my journey, I've met some amazing friends, lost someone close, but gained someone special. I have shed a lot of tears and yet had my fill of laughter and joy. I broke someone's heart in order to mend my own heart. I ate and drank with some very unforgettable people and yet know that I would be forgotten by them. And through it all, I was able to find myself and to finally be able to come to peace with my soul. I was rejuvenated.

I'm blessed to have met my good friends Sammy, Nunu, Jules, and Ramin; I will always remember you and keep you in my heart. I cherish the times that we spent together, all the rickshaw drivers that we haggled with, all the times that we crammed into one rickshaw to save money, all Lemon Tree chicken that we ate together, all the shopping that we did, and all the long road trips and train rides that we shared. You are my true friends and I love you all.

To the person who waited for me to return home, I'm sorry. I returned home, but my heart didn't. I wish that things didn't have to end the way that they did, but these things are never easy. I was too immature and didn't know what I was getting myself into. I made a lot of promises that I simply could not keep. In the end, I failed to reveal my heart to you and you failed to give me assurance in the relationship. I still wish you the best in chasing your life long dream; you are working so hard at it, and so surely good things are yet to come.

And to the special someone who is now my everything, thank you for all the love that you have shown me. For all the times when I was down, for all the moments when I felt small, and all the moments when I felt alone, you were always there for me. You never let me fall, you held me so tightly in your wings of love. And even when I hurt you so many times, you never gave up on me. No words or action or emotion can ever capture the love and gratitude that I have for you. You are my life, my world, and without you I seize to exist.

Thank you my love, my best friend, my piggy, my wife. ^^

So today I am here, standing in front of the mirror, looking at my own reflection, and I smile because I am happy with the journey that life has embraced me with. Because I have learned a lot, seen a lot, and gained a lot from this short 1.5 years. And I can smile proudly with my head high today and tomorrow and the day after that; because from here on out, it's going to be a beautiful life!