I made quite a few resolutions for this year and I'm happy to say that I ticked off at least 20% of them off my list. Hey, it's better to have something than nothing right? Here are some of my resolutions I managed to achieve this year *wink wink* - 

1. Be in the top 20 for cross country 

2. Avoid spending on unnecessary items from Forever 21

3. Meet Marc Marquez 

4. Save money to treat self after SPM

5. Join as many events possible on sports day

As of now, that's all I can remember. I'm proud of myself, even if my number 1 resolution was to get fit and I failed at it, I'm still proud of myself. 

My favourite moments this year? Oh I have loads of them. Having Farah, Iman and Aizad as my classmates in one heck of a boring class was one of them. I'm SO grateful to have them around or I would've been so miserable. Being in the top 20 for cross country was another favourite of mine. Hello, I was the 12th person to cross the finish line for my category. I, me, yaya used to be horrible at cross country. As the years go by, I found myself improving A LOT. Back when I was just 13, I was back in the 300's. The next year, I improved by getting number >180. Form 3, it was 84. Form 4, > 25. This year? 12th place. Yay for Yaya!!! 

I also had a good sports day this year! Although winning only a medal wasn't really what I had planned but at least I tried out for something right? I have always wanted to try running for school but I suck at it AND I was too shy. After that experience, I learnt that if you wanna do something or join a club or whatever you're good at but too shy to make a move, just do it. You've got nothing to lose anyway :)

I have many more wonderful things to talk about but really, all I want to talk about is meeting Marc. 11th October. A day I will never forget. I knew I was going to be walking at the pit lane, being only meters away from the bikes and their crews but I certainly did not expect to actually meet him. We managed to get to the pit lane walk spot in time. They only allow the first 1000 grandstand ticket holders for the walk. The thing was at 4pm and they only let us queue up at 230. It was kind of a "siapa cepat dia dapat" thing. I managed to lightly forced my brother to finish his food (he was eating and watching the free practice at that moment) so he could make his sister's wish come true hahaha. And he did. Right after he finished, we quickly made our way to where we were told to wait. To this very day, I'm still so thankful that I made it on time. And then while waiting, my dad decided to upload this - 

24th Dec -

Another early start because our plan for the day was to go to Twelve Apostles. If you don't know how it looks like, I suggest you Google it because it is SO beautiful! The perfect place to propose someone ;)

Before we reached our destination, we made some stops at the Great Wildlife Sanctuary or something like that, which is like a petting zoo! I fed wallabies and deers. It was so gooey but still, a fun experience! Then, we finally made it to the Twelve Apostles! Oh my god, it was so beautiful! 

I think we got there around 3 or maybe 4pm but we planned to catch the sunset there. So, we just drove to the nearest town aka Port Cambell, to kill time. My brother and I walked by the beach while my parents were chilling, on their phones, you know, being antisocial HAHA. Anyway, Kamal (brother) and I wandered around the beach and the creek we came across, which was so funny looking. There was one part of the creek where the water looked so gross but the rest of the area looked normal. Still, we had a good time! 

Anyway, I'm here to talk about my trip. I feel like some people would find me lame writing a whole post just about a trip but my holiday to Melbourne is so worth talking about! I had so much fun, despite the fact that my dad had to travel around with his crutches, everything went well. And the fact that it was my third time going to Australia, i thought it was going to be boring but nope, one wonderful trip! So let's start from the first day, shall we? 

20th Dec, 800pm -

We made our way to the airport, checked in and you know, all the typical traveling stuff. Boarded our flight at about 11pm. We got on the "priority boarding list" because well, dad...crutches. Mhm. I felt so important when we found out we can board the plane first LOL. 

21st Dec -

Landed in Melbourne at about 10am. It was a 7-hour flight and Melbourne was 3 hours ahead of KL. So, go figure! 

Once we were done settling in and unpacking our things at our apartment (Nova Stargate - lovely place ^^) we went to Queen Victoria Market! Came across a couple of street performers that were so good! They were quite attractive too ;)

I was just there for a couple of hours but I was already so in love with the city! It was so amazing! I get it now, why Melbourne is the "most livable city in the world". Yeah, I do dislike how unreasonably priced some (all, really) things were but the city was so lovely! I loved how friendly everyone was. Like when you enter a shop, their workers would ask you "how are you doing on this lovely day?" and also, after you pay for your things, they'd say things like "have a good day!" or "enjoy your goodies, love!". I feel like this "culture" of being friendly only exists everywhere but Malaysia. I have nothing against my own country, trust me. When I was in Europe, quite a lot of the people there would ask you how your day went and what not & when I was in Australia, literally about 98.9979% of them are friendly! 

Oh my god and everyone there had their own sense of style! It was so subjective. That was one of my most favourite things about Melbourne. There were girls with pink on the ends of their hair, with tattoos and tons of piercing, wearing just a plain white tank and shorts, which I personally think is cute. And then there were skater boys, oh god, my favourite! Scruffy hair, pretty eyes, charming smile and on skateboards! I know this is already a long post just by me talking about the people but seriously, i loved it! Besides skater boys, there were also well-dressed man with chiseled facial features. Oh my god yesterday, one tall, dark and handsome man walked past me and my jaw just dropped! I'm not even kidding! 

Ok enough about the people! 

First day was lovely. The food though, wow. It was kinda difficult to get Halal food but it wasn't impossible. We bought our dinner at this Bali/Indonesian place. Oh my god, my dinner on the first night there was SO amazing. It tasted so good. I want more of it!!

22nd Dec -

We made our way to Luna Park on the city's tram. This amusement park was one of the many things I was looking forward to because when Marc was in Melbourne 2 months ago for the race in Phillip Island, he took this picture: 

And of course, being the obsessive person that I am, I just had to take pictures similar to his, make a collage and upload it with the caption "I went on a date with Marc". Yup. 

"Oh my god it's my final year in high school. My senior year." 

But that was back in January! It seriously scares me that time flies so fast! The time I spent in high school will always be something i cherish. I loved this year! Despite how much I dislike my class, I still loved every bit of it. I love having Farah, Aizad and Iman around. I really can't imagine what this year would be like if they weren't my classmates. (Also, I love the fact that Aizad & Iman finally got together after months of being teased by farah & I and months of "hating" each other) 

I know it's not even the end of December yet. I still have a vacation to look forward to during the week of Christmasbut the most memorable event of the year? Meeting Marc Marquez. I still find it unbelievable. I mean, I do see him every year in person but he would always have his helmet on. This year, I thought it would be just another typical race, seeing the boys do their thing with their gears on, not being able to see their actual faces. But nope, it certainly turned out better than I expected. I ALMOST HAD A SELFIE WITH MARC OK. That's how incredible it was. I touched him. We have a connection. We're getting married soon. Hahah I wish!