Daily Archives: Jan 1, 2025

New Year 2025 🎉

Returned to TO for one and a half month now. Things are more or less settled now that I had finally found a permanent residence and made the deposit just before the start of the holidays. We had been to showings of about 40 condo units, it was a relief to finally found one with a convenient location, fitting size and budget, and meeting my parents’ requirements.

Having settled with a car and permanent housing, I began contacting friends more proactively to meet and catch up during the holidays. So far I had met up with a couple of families from my HK church, UW friends, ex-colleagues, high school friends, and a primary school friend. Grateful for the opportunities to meet and catch up with every single one of them.

On this New Year’s Eve as I write this post alone in this rental unit, I feel hopeful to starting a new life in this familiar and yet distant city for the year to come. 2024 had been too hectic and tiring, news (mostly bad) and changes happen at a rapid pace that it was almost impossible to think clearly and plan far ahead. And seeing the freedom, justice, and economy of the city continued to deteriorate turned the slightest hope I had into despair.

After retuning to this country for one and a half month, I feel more and more certain that I had made the correct decision to move back here. Many things have changed in TO – higher crime rate, poor economy, a disappointing government, etc. However, I honestly feel happier and less stressed, and more importantly, I can see hope for change in the year to come. And with that I’ll end this post with the wish that Everyone will have a Happy and Peaceful 2025 🎉

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