for the first time this sem, i missed home. for the first time, i went back to my aunt's place with tears in my eyes but a smile on my face. it sure brought smilez back to my parents' face too. i m finally back to myself at home and it feels great. the nxt challenge is the ensure harmony under one roof. since i have faced and stood up the the previous challenge against myself well (though it was a long internal struggle), this would not be a problem :)

this sem, every tear that i dropped, i grew by an inch. every smile or laughter i gave, came from my heart. the joy was double of what i would otherwise have felt in the past, simply because having difficulties magnify the little joys in the world. i don't wish to have to face the same magnitude of hurdles at a go again but i m sure glad to have learnt so much. life is made up of many steps of growth, just that suddenly i had a spurt of growth. thanks to gh for highlighting that though the circumstances have changed, the people ard me still remain the same. thanks to cl for making me realize just how much i want to be home, where my family is.

for now, i have no more distractions. studies is finally what is on the top of my priority list :)