A few more days before resume of classes and I've been contemplating about life lately. The month of December has been great to me. Before the year 2023 ended, we stayed in the Province and celebrated Christmas with the whole family. My vacation was so great, bunch of group games for the holidays, good food and people full of laughter. I also dye my hair for the first time (After 24 years) I realized how I never experienced dyeing my hair other than its natural black color. I always have people complimenting my hair while growing up that I don't want to ruin it. Just like what everybody says "A girl's hair is their crowning glory" because just like a crown, you can never take that off especially when everything messed up. I dye my hair by a few highlights of caramel brown and tried bleaching for the first time as recommended by my sister who said that "dyeing your hair is life changing."
This is also the month where my college bestie got married. It feels like yesterday during school breaks when we stroll around the streets of recto to go in a nearby supermarket and buy watermelon zesto while sharing stories about some silly stuff, laugh at our inside jokes, talk about boys, books and series we've watched and so on. I remember when we used to visit museums, ukay-ukay and boutiques together. We seldom skip classes (I mean not ALWAYS but yeah) we went to several fieldworks together, our first OJT and even first job after graduation. Now that she's married, I'm sure that her marriage will bring lots of happiness just like our friendship has brought to mine.
Me and my family also went to Irayang salog in our province. "Salog" is a Bicolano word which means ilog in tagalog or "river" in english (idk, sometimes salog also means sahig in tagalog and "Floor" in english. I guess it depends on how you pronounced it. Interesting, right? Haha) While taking pictures in front of a boulder surrounded by different colorful stones, I witness a rainbow arc. During the first few weeks, I already saw another one too. Maybe, a sign of hope and happiness for the year 2024. I'm just grateful to end the year with my family, full of blessings and good health.
P.S : The Digital Journal at the cover of this post is a template from Canva shared by a very kind and creative graphic designer named Natasha. Her username in instagram is @natashahmedx and you can also check her works in natashahmedshop.com
