X years ago, a meme

I found this meme at Expat Mom’s blog.

15 years ago… I was 17 and in my first year of college in the Philippines. I took a course I didn’t like because my father didn’t allow me to travel far to attend a school of my choice. I bade goodbye to my friends who left town to pursue college somewhere else. I wished I had the freedom to do that!

10 years ago… I was 22 and in Japan, enjoying scholarship in one of the universities there, having an allowance, my own room and lots of freedom to do almost anything. Looking back, it was one of the best times of my life.

5 years ago…I was married and pregnant, expecting our first child in December. Mine was a very smooth sailing pregnancy. The delivery was another story, though. More than 30 hours of painful labor is something I wish wouldn’t happen again. We were living in Nagano, a quiet, suburb in Japan. A very beautiful place surrounded by snow capped mountains.

3 years ago… We bought a own house in Japan (only to leave in less than 2 years).It was this year also that my aunt who lived with us to help me with the baby returned to the Philippines and I was left to tuck the baby in my waist while cooking dinners.

1 year ago…We left Japan for Dubai (for my work). Hubby was staying at home, waking up at 5 am to prepare breakfast and my pack lunch, babysitting, cleaning and just being Mrs. Doubtfire without the fake boobs. He started working in May last year after my mom came to rescue him from domestic turmoil.

Yesterday, I came back to work after 4 days of Eid holidays.

Today, I came late for work because of the heavy, crazy traffic. But that’s not news, the traffic, that is. My being late is news – it’s the first time I’ve been late in 22 months.

Tomorrow, I hope I can finally upload photos from our vacation.

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