The Adik: Sweded!

And we're back.

The past month was just a cycle of events that went from almost dying from the heat, to taking care of my nephew to meeting up with friends for goodbye-until-later meetups. As most of you know, the full scope and enormity of the fact that I am moving countries, nay, continents has not been really the easiest thing to digest nor fully comprehend. Up until now, it hasn't really sunk in yet. I honestly don't know when that realization will come. Indeed, how does one get to wrestle with all the emotions that come with leaving one's country when I've lived in stockholm for 3 months?

One of my best friends, Aspiring Theater Superstar, has pointed out, it would be a whole lot better if I focused on the good things that are coming to me instead of wringing my hands because of what-if's and things that aren't existing. I took that advice to heart and added a dash of adik to it. I didn't even worry about the fact that I haven't packed 3 days before I was leaving (a fact that my high school friends panicked about) while I enjoyed the company of friends the last week I was staying in Manila.

Honestly, it doesn't feel like I lost anything from moving continents. Now that everyone else is moving on with their lives, this feels like the start of my own new chapter. While others had coming weddings, new relationships, and new careers to handle, I've got my new life waiting for me in another continent. While I, too, have a wedding, a new career, and a new home waiting for me, I'm honestly not scared of all these things. Maybe I've become more mature, a bit more emotionally stable, or maybe I've found someone who'd help calm all my storms, but I am at my happiest. Now who, even the most adik, would be scared of that?