Photo from: Grampians, Victoria Australia

A Quiet Start to the Year and I’ve finally settled back into my routines.

After the school holiday break — and a long road trip up north that took us all the way to Penang — I’m easing back into writing. The journey felt like a small milestone for our family. From Singapore to Penang (about 700km+ each way), and now we are just about two hours from the Thai border, it marked how far our series of road trips north has come.

It’s something we once talked about casually. Last year, we actually did it!

As is now a yearly practice, this feels like a good moment to pause and reflect on the year that was — not to summarise everything, but to notice what quietly mattered as we step into a new year.

Health

In 2023, I wrote about my struggles with a knee injury and three surgeries since 2019.