30th birthday you say? Yes Russia is where I'm celebrating it. At first, I wasn't so sure where to go for this trip. I was thinking Lisbon, Greece, Spain even Australia but a 30th birthday has to be somewhere epic and unexpected. After a number of discussions, tossing coin here and there we decided to go to Russia. St Petersburg and Moscow to be exact and it's all expense paid minus the ticket of course.

St Basil's Cathedral is one of the main reasons why I wanted to go to Russia. I've seen it in pictures but always wanted to see it in real life at some point. And so next Saturday I'll be hopping on a plane and going where most athletes have gone a few weeks back. Haha. Cheers to an awesome adventure!

There are things in life that I don't want to face and whatever comes after that, I don't want to know either. Let's just pretend everything is okay.

I'm not sure if I can write anything near my 30th birthday because July is going to be a very busy month; doing homeworks, reviewing for exams, doing a marathon, planning a trip it's all too much. I have time today so might as well write it all out.

30, wow I can't even believe I'm turning 30. The last decade has been a culmination of learnings and experiences while I was pretty much timid and naive. I never thought I'll look back and say damn was I so clueless then, yet those were necessary wasn't it. A lot has change in the past year, especially in the last couple of months and I feel like it's prepping me as I welcome a new decade of my life.

I became a vegan, a minimalist, started yoga teacher training and doing things I classify as #adulting. This whole realm is new and exciting for me and I'm learning and maturing at the same time. I guess when you grow older you realise what's important and grow from there. I'll talk more about it in the coming days but as of now, this is where I'm at.

I was thinking yesterday how I wanted to pause everything I do or looking forward to do just because I have set my mind on something bigger that requires more attention. Then again I realise this is unnecessary. Why should I stop doing what makes me happy when it's the only thing keeping me sane? Why should I miss out on life for something I don't even know if it's going to come true? As Paulo Coelho said on his books The Alchemist "The secret of happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never forgetting the two drops of oil in the spoon.”  

After having a positive conversation with my boss on what my future plans are, I immediately thought of Him and how amazing He has planned everything in my life. As I looked back on how I reacted at the time when I took this job, I realize I only saw the surface of it, the lack of it even. Little did I know there is a bigger plan waiting.