O 26

So I just turned 26, like, yes, 26. When I was younger back then, I thought that I would spend my late 20s birthdays with the bloody typical routine of a career woman, you know, that kind of routine in the craziness of Jakarta.

Well, things changed.

In fact, I spent my 2nd birthday here in Germany. I spent my 25th birthday last year in Munich with an intimate dinner at the end of the day and my 26th which was 3 days ago, turned out to be a blessing. I got a cake, flowers, card, those phone calls and skype session, and of course my favorite part: I got those warm greetings and beautiful wishes across the globe that made me enough to think that I am more than blessed to have those kindhearted people around me. Thank you! 

I was at the office the whole day, doing my training (and yes, I finally got my LRQA Auditor certificate signed right on my birthday! what a gift!) and I kept on smiling everytime I read the birthday messages sent to me.

I closed out this week by getting my first presentation well done in the meeting. Actually I was SO nervous being the youngest in the team, furthermore I am still struggling to be familiar with the whole Wind Turbines, Solar, Nuclear etc etc, the things I am working on now. 

By the way, thanks to our culture for creating the birthday milestone which is scary for some people. Well, I haven't achieved many, I'd rather say that I am still on my way, but looking back to what I've got last year, I'd say that I wish I could thank God more for letting that all happened. I've never succumbed to birthday stress, like I've never been freaked out by getting older and still haven't got many. Life is no rush for me, in fact, life's been treating me the way I've never thought before.

So, Ich danke euch!

that happy face!

-F-