After an amazing dinner at Taj Mahal (Utrecht’s best Indian restaurant) yesterday with my love and two good friends, I think its about time to count my lucky stars:

1. I can view my homesickness as a blessing. Thank-God I have a wonderful family and the San Francisco Bay Area to miss.

2. I’m still young, educated, fairly intelligent, attractive, and resourceful enough to find my way around in this world. And I have all the support I could possibly need.

3. I have a wonderful, loving, supportive, charming, gorgeous, ambitious, passionate, and understanding boyfriend who wants to share his life with me. Could I possibly ask for more in a life partner?

4. My family is in relatively good health, intact, and have given me the richest inheritance one can ever have: unconditional love.

5. Living abroad, even if only for the near future, is a great way to “character build”.

6. World class chocolates at the tip of my fingers.

7. The personal motivation to do well on my impending exam.

8. An old world to explore. Rumor has it that this part of the world is rich with history, art, culture, and edible explorations.

9. Being in the best shape I can be. Having the time and motivation to go spinning four to five times a week is indeed a luxury in a time constrained world.

10. Simply being alive. Life, afterall, is wonderful.

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