I always did wonder approximately how old my school was…

Well, I got my answer…with this!

And concluded it was ANCIENT.

Recently, after weeks and weeks of nagging and pestering and arguing, I finally got my parents to agree to go to the zoo. Yes, the zoo. MY MOST TREASURED PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD! I absolutely love animals; their adorable little faces and BABY ANIMALS ARE JUST SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

So, have you guys ever experienced a blackout?

Well, I’m sure some of you have…

But I hadn’t, for some strange reason, WHICH I WAS PERFECTLY FINE WITH.

Up until 4 days ago, when I experienced my first blackout and power-cut.

So, when we first shifted to our new house, me and my family were pleasantly surprised! “Such a serene place, it’s so beautiful.”, were our exact words. Unlike our older house, there was an air of silence and tranquility, and quite a relaxing atmosphere.

While in Australia, I heard from a friend about the war…waged by helpless animals on baffled citizens.

And the animals were emus.

Ever since we moved, I had been tasked with completing household chores. The umpteen lectures on “responsibility” and “independence” were finally being put into practice. As our new house needed cleaning, and “everyone needed to do their part” (Guess who said THAT☹), I was very unjustly coaxed, convinced, and cajoled into vacuuming with promises of free time soon, which graduated into later, which metamorphosed into the next day, and then I stopped asking altogether.

The two best days of school, the first and the last.

Who would’ve thought? On October 31^st, 2022, I left the school I’d spent 5 years in, with my oldest friends, teachers, and memories.

I would begin a new life in January, not in a new school, but a new country.

The last time I had ever visited Bintan, it had been with all our closest friends, when I was around 7 years old. This time, to my utter excitement, we planned to visit Bintan again with all our friends. AT THE SAME RESORT TOO! And since I had loved “Cassia Bintan” the last time we had stayed there for a week or so, I was incredibly excited to return. I was slightly disappointed as we would only have a sojourn of 1 and a half days. Nevertheless, I was eager to spend time with my friends and family at a scenic, beautiful place like Bintan. It was a break from the hustle-bustle of the city, and we would all get to relax in the sea and the swimming pool😊.

So, a few days back, I decided to attempt making chocolate-chip cookies. I had baked cakes, brownies, and cupcakes before, but never cookies, either because my so-called “cookie dough” would slowly transition into cake batter or because I didn’t find baking cookies as interesting as the other aspects of baking.