So on the 13th of March,
Joanne and Weelee decided to have lunch with me after my practical class ended. So we headed to Randwick and had some fancy food (wanted to get sushi at first but changed our plans to go to some restaurant). Also we went back to the waffle/dessert shop I went the other day to get an acai smoothie. Sadly, the owner of the shop doesn't remember me (despite treating me and my friend to froyo the first time we went and asked for our names) but again, he treated us to a free waffle with ice cream on top because lol, Joanne told him shamelessly that it was my birthday. It did make me feel bad for him though haha, I keep thinking about his income and whether he'd be able to run this shop for a long period of time if he keeps giving out free food like that haha.
After that, my cousin called and asked me to join him & his girlfriend for dinner in Balmain. Balmain is 45 minutes away from the place where I live and I had to catch 2 buses to get there. I had to reach there at 8:30 and it was raining, but it sounded like an adventure for me, and it was a chance for me to actually travel alone so I felt pretty pumped up about the idea. I got down at Town Hall and lol got lost for a little bit, but I asked for directions and found the correct bus stop. And on the whole journey to Balmain I keep resenting the fact that I didn't bring my camera out with me because there were so many interesting things that I wanted to capture. Sigh. Anyway after 45 minutes I finally reached Balmain and he came to the bus stop to fetch me to this wonderful little Japanese restaurant. And hahahaha, I felt so grateful that I did not go for sushi this afternoon, because the sashimi I had in that particular restaurant was so. good. *cries tears of joy* and I really liked the ambience of the restaurant too. After that he brought me to the wharf, and showed me around. We also went to his girlfriend's apartment in Campsie and then he drove me home.
What I loved about that day was that I had the chance to travel alone to a place that I've never been before. I know it's only 45 minutes away and it really isn't a big deal to anyone of you but it was to me haha because I have been a coward all these years. I acknowledge it. But what I did that day just proved to me that going somewhere alone isn't really that hard. And I have somehow achieved something that I have always wanted to do. (Planning to travel alone some time soon) And spending time with people who don't know it's your birthday is actually so so so so much better than having to endure awkward moments like having to wait for people to finish singing the birthday song to you. -__- (I hate birthday songs hahaha)
That day felt somehow... liberating.
And on that day, I turned 20. but really, it doesn't feel any different. Just like any other day, I continued to learn, I continued to grow.
