Rainy day

From the title itself. I love rainy days. It calms me. It’s like the universe telling me to relax, everything is going to okay. The cool and breezy temperature; island people need a break from summer too.

Anyway, a lot has changed since I’ve last written in this blog. It’s been more than a month since I was present here.  Even the Blogspot interface has changed lol. I moved out of my old place, I’ve left my job, and after a month I’m finally starting a career at my dream workplace — a Swiss Bank. Phew. Such a life development. I am looking forward to a better work environment, supportive colleagues, and weekends finally! I can’t believe I’m having my weekends off again after two years. And guess what, I’m going to be temporarily working from home starting on Monday! To those who have gone or still going through this, can you give me tips / advice please?

A lot of things remained the same though. The pandemic; it’s still there, even worse for my home country. The anxiety; for my family and myself especially that the borders are opening again soon. But above it all, the faith; that we will overcome all this very soon and for everything to be back to how it used to be with us being wiser. 

I look forward to getting my game back together. This blog is my safe place and no matter how crazy life gets I will always go back to diarising my life here.

How have you guys been?

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