Two years in Malaysia.

Well, two years have flown by since I've been in Malaysia. Where did the time go? I remember turning 22, tearfully getting into a plane in the chilly Autumn air and saying goodbye to everything I knew. Now I'm 24 and in a place I've accepted as home.

Some lessons I've learned along the way:

1) What's in the past, is in the past. Leave it there.

2) No matter how you try to plan your life, it never comes out the way you expect it. Just take it as it comes and be grateful for what you have.

3) Any relationship takes work, things don't magically fall into place without effort.

4) When you find yourself at the bottom, don't give up, you'll find your way back.

and lastly...

5) People come and go, you're lucky to have one friend that will be there for you through thick and thin.