Hello again :) Gotta give it to me for being able to quell the will to write much more than I did the years before haha. Human memory is always the weakest memory holder of them all, and that's precisely why civilizations never progressed much until humans found out how to write out their minds and expertise into stories and preserve them.. I don't want this memory to fade away anytime soon, so let's write it out while it's fresh! :)
Earlier this week, I just ended one of the most fun trips I've had in a while. I went to Turkiye and Jordan with dear friends of mine, Sarah and Leona!
Someone asked me if I went with my work friends, and to be honest, it might sound degrading to label them just as my work colleagues. I'd like to say I went with a group of friends who grew together with me, are experiencing the same vulnerabilities and life journeys that shape us to who we are now, and definitely, a good travelmate haha.
We made the plan quite abruptly! You know I am stationed in UAE right now. At first it was just me and Nico (who's in Kuwait) making plans to visit Jason (who's in Jordan). I thought it would just be a middle-eastern STAs trip since well, we're kinda far from anywhere and to be honest if I'm anywhere else, probably the plan would sound less interesting. However, suddenly I heard that Leona was also interested to come! I thank God that Leona talked about this to Nico so he invited her to our "Tipping Point" group chat--which reminds me I should really finish that book OMG I haven't even opened it!
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| The chat that started everything |
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| The book that I haven't even started |
So, we created that group called "The Tipping Point" hoping to kickstart the planning of it all. When Leona joined, I suddenly think about that trip Leona wanted to make with Sarah so I also reached out to her. She said yes and then we were 5!
We set a date for Jordan trip, but Sarah could fly earlier from Indonesia after she finished the Commercial Conference. Leona and Sarah will have another destination first for the pre-trip, sadly I couldn't join for full because there's something in the office :(
HOWEVER, after all the discussions and all the visa problem that we have, this is what we decided on:
- 17 - 19 Oct : Nana, Leona, Sarah in Izmir, Turkiye
- 20 - 23 Oct : Leona and Sarah somewhere (they haven't decided or booked any tix, crazy)
- 24 - 27 Oct : Us three + Nico and Jason in Jordan!
