As the end of 2011 was approaching, I was thinking of stuff (as many people perhaps did) and of course the question of new year's resolution made its way into my head. I am not one who ever did that. I don't understand the need for it - If you wanna do something, just do it. However as the days were ending, a thought came that I should list all the nice things that happened in each of my days in 2012. It first came to me that I should tweet it everyday or put it in my Facebook status - show a little positivity to the world. Then I realized, I might be in places where I'll have no internet access. So I bought a thin cute book to list everything and I decided I would blog it at the end of each month. That somewhat became my new year's resolution. As not interesting as it may sound, I thought it would be a good practice to dig deep into my shitty days (which I am sure will exist) and see something, anything, at least one thing nice that happened that day. So if these entries are boring, I'm sorry (I'm sorry too if I'm tardy in posting). For some people, they may put things like got married, saw my baby for the first time, got proposed, etc. If it's me, perhaps the nicest thing was a chocolate bar, but then perhaps you can sense how sucky my day was that a chocolate bar was the nicest thing that happened to me :) Some days the nicest things will send me grinning from the inside, some days they will just stop me from crying, but those are my life in 2012, I suppose :)
PS: I did use this blog to talk about stuff long ago. I decided not to delete the entries. To read a more sobering view of my life, you can go here.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

April 2012

The nicest thing today was ...

92) 01/04/2012 - how the nice the temperature of my room was when I was taking my nap.

93) 02/04/2012 - getting my new glasses.

94) 03/04/2012 - Ten To Five's I Love Indonesia album :)

95) 04/04/2012 - talking to dad then mom before I go.

96) 05/04/2012 - arriving in Goreme after a long journey.

97) 06/04/2012 - being able to take a hot air balloon ride and meeting a handsome Turkish tour guide :P

98) 07/04/2012 - getting the handsome guide again :P Man! He's so cute. Also surviving the underground city, then hiking / walking 4km in Ihlara Valley and then watching the Whirling Dervishes. Then I also talked in Italian to an Italian dad and his 2-year old daughter, Bianca, from Ravenna. I'm not good in Italian baby talk :P

99) 08/04/2012 - arriving in Izmir safe and sound. Bought a new suitcase from a cute chubby boy and his dad. I told the 15-year old boy that his eyes were beautiful :P His dad smiled :)

100) 09/04/2012 - waddling in the travertines of Pamukkale.

101) 10/04/2012 - seeing the Virgin Mary's last house.

102) 11/04/2012 - seeing part of Izmir and arriving safely in Istanbul.

103) 12/04/2012 - feeling awed with the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace's Chamber of Trust / Sacred Relics, and Hagia Sophia. Awesome stuff :)

104) 13/04/2012 - seeing the Basilica Cistern and the Blue Mosque at night and feeling it's such a sanctuary for me.

105) 14/04/2012 - arriving in Singapore in 1 piece and I actually slept on the plane (thanks to the empty seat next to me).

106) 15/04/2012 - the talk with mom and talking about my trip. It's great to hear mom being excited to hear it.

107) 16/04/2012 - surviving Monday.

108) 17/04/2012 - the sms with mom.

109) 18/04/2012 - Glee :)

110) 19/04/2012 - talking to mom.

111) 20/04/2012 - MODERN FAMILY :)

112) 21/04/2012 - completing my french test eventhough I was dreading it and I'm not sure I'm going to pass but I didn't back out and I did it. Please God let me pass with a not-bad score, please. Amen!

113) 22/04/2012 - talking to my brother.

114) 23/04/2012 - the lady at the bakery which I like who seemed to start to recognize me. She asked if I liked their raisin cinnamon roll. I do, I like it a lot :)

115) 24/04/2012 - getting a few laugh with Opera Van Java. They seemed to be running efficiently today :)

116) 25/04/2012 - Glee, especially Blane, he's so good this week. Teen Jesus was also pretty charming this week :P

117) 26/04/2012 - when the auntie who sold my dinner said, "thank you sayang" to me. This was so nice especially since I had a hard time keeping my anger down at the stupid photo shop.

118) 27/04/2012 - the fact that I can sleep without having to set the alarm for tomorrow.

119) 28/04/2012 - not having to wake up early and it was raining this morning! It felt really good to just stay in bed.

120) 29/04/2012 - my nap.

121) 30/04/2012 - feeling relaxed in my room.