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To be honest, I am here listening
If I had a heart by Fever Ray,
reflecting in my whole year, and I don’t know how to start or even what to
write in this text. 2017 passed in the blink of an eye. Looking back I have a
lot of good moments that I do not want to forget, however, the bad ones prevail
over the good ones. Howsoever, in this post, I'm not going to talk a lot about the bad times. Funny fact is that every year, on the last day of December
I say to myself “next year can’t be worse, it won’t”, but in the recent years,
I was always mistaken.
First things first, one of the
main points that went really decently this year was the fact that my father,
who was emigrated in France for about four years due to the economic crisis in
Portugal, after much displeasure and sadness, finally came back to Madeira and
our family is all together again (I mean, technically I spent most of my time
now in Lisbon, but it doesn't matter). I remember in January-February when we
got the good news I couldn’t be happier.
Furthermore,
another thing that I am very happy about and so proud is this Blog, Aliferous. In mid-February, when Jesika
talked to me about the idea of having a blog I got instantly enthusiastic. The
only thing I remind worrying about was the English. I was horrible in this
language once. I couldn’t understand anything, speak, and it is better not to
talk about the writing. I hated the language and if you asked me “English or
French?“ I would answer you without thinking: French. This lasted until I
decided to ask my parents to have English classes in an Academy. I went there
for three years, and it was totally worth it, although I often remain insecure
when speaking or writing in English. Likewise, the writing was always something
that I enjoyed to do. In my opinion, both I and Jesika are good writers.
Nevertheless, as humans we have to develop, we have to learn and try to be
better, try to reach the best, this way I think that this Blog is helping us to
improve our capabilities. I am an ambitious person, so I
have high hopes and dreams for this project.
Moreover, I
already talked about my experience in University in my first year (click here).
A major part of my year was all about University and Law. Namely, in January and February, I had exams for the first year.
February also saw the beginning of my second semester, and until July was just
this. If I could
describe it in one word I would say that it was frustrating. On the other hand,
I learned a lot of interesting and informative matters. In September I started
the second year and I like the units even more, despite the fact that stress
and difficulty are the double. Therefore, I know that we do not get anywhere
without effort and work, and I am perfectly sure that this is what I want to do
with my life.
The end of
July, August and the beginning of September was amazing. I had the opportunity to recharge batteries, I read a lot of books
like the series of The Infernal Devices
by Cassandra Clare, Marked in Flesh
by Anne Bishop and the first book of the saga A Song of Ice and Fire. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to read
more. In addition,
I passed the Code of the Road and I spent quality time with my family.
The last
months of 2017 were busy and fortunately I had a lot of new experiences: I went
to a little party in my Faculty, I had the opportunity to try macrobiotic food
and duck rice, I visited the Assembly of the Republic for the first time to
attend a debate on the State budget, I participated in the International
Congress of Civil Law of the commemoration of the 50 years of the Portuguese
Civil Code, I was present at the ceremony of the Honorary degree (Doutoramento
Honoris Causa) of the President of Cabo Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca. Equally
important, I travelled back to Madeira to attend the ceremony of the Crismas of
my sisters, they were both gorgeous, and I had my first simulation of judgment
in University which was very interesting. I also watched a few episodes of some
new TV Shows, animes, I was dragged to the K-pop world and started to watch a
K-drama. Otherwise, these months were partly a nightmare, since it was bad news
after bad news. I wonder how is it possible for
some people to have so much bad luck and why. Anyway, we have to be strong, for
us and for our loved ones. Better days will come.
To sum up,
2017 was a busy year, full of memorable moments, new experiences and knowledge.
Actually, I grew up as a person, and I got used to not depend too much from
others, especially from my family since I was used to having their instant help
in some tasks, like dealing with necessary paperwork on a day to day basis or
cooking. Additionally, I see myself as a mentally strong person, it is not
everything that puts me down, and I would like to view the obstacles of this year
as a reinforcement of this. Next year, I hope that my review of 2018 will have
a lot more of happy moments.
I would like
to wish you a very Happy New Year with lots of health, happiness, success -
personal and professional - and peace!
Nb: I don't own the picture above.
Mariana Nunes
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