10 THINGS

Hola everyone! I'm pretty sure the crazy heatwave is back :( I'm legit dying every time I step outside (which is surprisingly not very often lol) I hope everyone is having a fab day!

This post is dedicated to all the stupid things I've ever done in my short 14 and a half years of life.

Here are 10 things I've learnt through all those cringe-worthy stages/phases of my life.

1. You simply can't wear your school uniform to sleep to save time in the morning. You just can't. You're so sure you'll be faster but chances are you'll stink, your uniform will be super creased, and let's face it, you'll be late either way.

2. Your year 7 'boyfriend' isn't going to be the love of your life. Wow this makes me cringe so hard, I have permanent wrinkles. We've all been there. He was your first love, that childhood memory, the prepubescent boy who wooed you with the wild flowers in the garden bed at the front gate. Soz to break it to you, but most likely, after the excitement of the whole school talking about the two of you, it's going to die down until there's nothing left. You may be heartbroken and feel as though the world has stopped spinning, but it's hasn't, and your heart will heal.

3. Organisation is worth it in the long run. I used to be the most disorganised, messiest person in the world. I wouldn't care if all my school books were falling apart, or if the clothes in my cupboard were't actually in my cupboard. Then one day, BAM I just decided to clean myself up. Life got so much easier, choosing clothes to wear happened in less than 2 seconds flat because of  the colour co-ordinated closet, my marks improved by a bazillion since I could actually study and read my own handwriting.

4. Highlighters just won't work as hair dyes. You're in grade 7 say, you want pink streaks and mum's never going to allow it. What do you do? Grab your trusty pink highlighter (Bic brand, only the best for your hair of course) and lay your hair across the desk and colour. It doesn't work. It dries your hair and makes it stink and washes out in the shower. Or, like me, you'll freak out when you can't rub it off with dry hands and just cut a lock of your hair off.

5. Your older sister is always right. I hate to admit. It's true though. Remember that time she told you to tell mum instead of doing it sneakily? Or maybe when she told you never ever ever to cram the night before? What about when she told you not to wear crocs to that social event of the year? She's right, she's been there and she knows all the ways around the parents, how to make (or in Diem's case, not make) friends, the best study methods. Trust her because she knows, and please, listen to her, don't wear crocs to that next party.

6. Friends won't always be your friends. It's sad but it's the truth in so many ways. Your friends now might now be your friends in 6 months, 2 years, 10 years from now. Sometimes it just happens, drift happens and you can't stop it. If they were amazing people, be happy that you got to spend time with them even for that amount of time instead of forever, if they were horrible people, be happy you aren't their friend anymore. Your friends won't always be your friends.  The hardest thing I've ever learnt in the hardest way. The people you trust the most might not be who they seem to be. That's all.

7. It's very very hard to unlike all those pages on Facebook. I scroll and I scroll and I scroll. It takes me at least ten minutes to find something interesting, or funny or something actually related to one of my friends. Because of all those pages I 'liked' as a twelvie, I literally never go on faceyb anymore.

8. Making your little sister cry will just get you into trouble. No secret, the little sibling is always the favoured one, maybe not the favourite, but face it, with me as a daughter there's really no contest in favourites. Anyways, be nice to your younger siblings, despite their size, they have a lot of power in deciding who is to blame and who isn't.

9. Using big words you don't understand to make yourself seem smarter always goes wrong. I had this phase in grade 6 where I wanted to be just like Diem. This for me really meant sounding super sophisticated at the time (back then, sophisticated seemed like a pretty complicated word to me hehe, so did complicated come to think of it) anyhoo, no one understands you and you make yourself a bigger fool than you were.

10. This list could go on. I have learnt so much and have so many more things to learn, I just hope I don't embarrass myself too much in the future! Knowing me, I probs will but that's not the point.

Ps I sincerely apologise for anyone who knew me in grade 6, 7 and 8 especially.

With traumatic experiences,

Thanhy xoxo