It's been about 10 years since I first stepped into a classroom with my brand new fancy backpack and a pencil case as a 7 year old mini me. And now, 10 years later, having attended school in Finland, Germany and Singapore, I ended that journey yesterday receiving my high school diploma. Oh god, this one is going to be a tough one to write because I'm already tearing up. I feel so grateful that I have had the opportunity to live abroad, because I don't think that I would be at all the kinda person I am now. I was so shy three years ago, and every time at school or anywhere where I had speak English, I got anxious because everyone was so much better than me, and I was scared that I will say something wrong. Now however, I am almost too social sometime and having attended OFS, with 70 nationalities amongst students, I have learned so much about different cultures, about different perspectives. So if you have an opportunity to go and study abroad, DO IT. You will only gain good things from it in the end even though at times it might seem hopeless.
Anyway, yesterday was probably the most important day in my life so far, but it felt so surreal the whole day, and I still haven't quite realised that I actually did graduate (or then it's just because of the fact that we rehearsed it so many times this week...). It's just so crazy to think that yesterday I saw some of the people in my class for perhaps the last time ever? And that we are now being thrown into the deep end. And I can assure you that at least I am terrified. But then again, if you want to grow in life, you have to face challenges, but life shouldn't be all about that though. Sometimes staying on your comfort zone is good, because you get better and better at what you enjoy doing, and of course you can always ask for help. None of us will be left alone, nobody will have to face the first challenges alone, and I know I will take in every single advice my parents give me.
The humorous part is, that since I did the IB diploma (oh how light it sounds... trust me it's not, got me paranoid because I still feel like I have an assignment or something undone), I won't know whether I have actually passed till the results come in during the summer. So cross your fingers for me will ya? Not that I need to get a straight row of 7's, but that I do pass which I'm sure I will, since I already got into university. So yeah, next step is moving to Milan, and having a fresh new start there, cannot wait what those three years will have in store for me!
