Baby Raspberry is a 1 Year Old

Bonjour!

From the title, you can probably guessed it. Procrastination hit me like a towing truck that's towing another car which also ended up hitting me because the baby that I last posted about is now 1 years old.

My darling baby boy turned 1 on 16th June 2020 and it was a simple and humble celebration with the family (both my side and the hubby's side). We didn't get to carry on with our original plans due to the Movement Control Order due to Covid 19 (looooong story but basically 2020 has been a shitty year and we are in the midst of a pandemic that caused us to be put under compulsary movement control) as well as financial restrictions, we will have to do what we planned to do this year, next year. But putting that aside, my oh my has my baby boy grown. As of today, he has already mastered crawling and now he is starting to attempt to take his first step and I can tell you right now that I will be an emotional mess when he finally makes that first step (especially if I miss it).

Aside from Ayden turning 1, I am also in the (technically) 4th month of chambering since I started my pupilage in March but the MCO hit the nation and I'm no longer sure how my chambering period is counted anymore. Chambering at the State Attorney-General Chambers is quite an experience. There's a handful of chambees here and I've made some new friends while also being reunited with some old friends from uni days. It isn't all rainbows and sunshine but there are more better days than the rainy ones. Basically I am all pumped up to go through the learning process of it all. I also signed up for an Advocacy Training course in August which is also a requirement for my pupilage. I am not so excited about that but I am embracing a new attitude to just absorb every experience good or bad and get through it all because either way, I will gain something from it.

I guess basically this post is just to say that despite all the bad that hit this year, there are always more things to be grateful for if you look closely enough. My blessings are in abundance and there is more to come, I know it coz quoting Pikachu, I feel it in my jellies. So let the good come through and the bad pass by.

x's and o's

Hello 2020

Bonjour!

On another post of “I’m sorry for the procrastination...”, as usual I apologize for letting my laziness get the better of me and making me skip an entire year of blogging. Life has been.... pretty hectic. 

But to start this post off, I’d like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! It’s finally 2020 and there are still no flying cars to be seen (boy, did our generation get that prediction wrong lol). As per usual, it’s that time of the year to reset resolutions and reflect on the previous year’s resolution to see what was actually achieved and what was left to be carried forward into the new year. This year I am having second doubts and conflicted thoughts about resolutions. I mean, people rarely get them done but they still make new ones every year (where most of them are just previous years’ resolutions that are carried forward anyways). So whilenI ponder whether or not I will be dedicating a post for my new year’s resolutions, I’d like to leave a little update on my life.

First of all, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on 16 June 2019. To be honest I was half way thru a post dedicated to the story about his birth but as always, procrastination caught up and then motherhood didn’t make it any easier for me to dig up some extra time to sit and type, so that post is currently collecting dust in my drafts box. Hopefully I will come around to getting it done with (does this count as a resolution?). 

Secondly, 2019 was not kind to me in the career division. I applied a number of non legal related positions but yet, dis not manage to get a job despite getting a couple of interviews done with. So in the end, last December, I found myself submitting an application for a chambering position at a government department and I am still waiting for a response. Let’s hope that goes well for me. 

My 2019 was basically focused on friends and family. My best friend in the whole wide world came home back in September and we got the chance to spend some quality tine together and I also managed to go on a short vacation to KL and meet up with the gang from my uni days. There were more family trips and events this year as well. All in all, it was a great year. A simple, humble yet full of blessings and good vibes kind of year. I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better way to spend the entire year. 

In general, 2020 is the year where I plan to make a come back. I have high hopes and dreams for 2020. I just hope they fall into line and work out well for me and my loved ones. You know what? Maybe I will make a post about my 2020 New Year resolutions and wish list. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe. Til the next post, xoxo.