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Blog 2.5 - Reminiscing [Izzah] Gr12

 Everything happens for a reason.

"Everything happens for a reason" has always been my motto in life. During these few lessons of AEP, we worked through several activities in which we delved into ourselves. Our interests, values, and memories. The essence box activity especially had me feeling nostalgic, thinking about everything that has ever happened to me, it was as if I traveled into the past again reliving those moments one more time as I secretly yearned to. I don't know, maybe I'm just being dramatic hahaha. 

However yeah, it was nice, I feel more grateful for all the things that have ever happened to me, whether it be good or bad, it has all changed and molded me in some way to make the person I am today, and it will continue to do so. Ms. Disa mentioned a term that means a person who grew up in different countries throughout their life, and I really related to that. As a person who has moved around throughout their whole life, never staying in a place for more than 4 years, I've often pondered on my identity. I grew up in all these different cultures, it is as if I know them but not enough to belong as if I'm in some purgatory between native and foreign. It's exhausting, moving, making new friends, new home, new me, but as Ms. Disa said, I've somewhat gotten used to it, adapting. Moving on from people. Often times I get uncomfortable and suffocated when I've stayed in a certain country for too long, I feel the need for constant change. My life is just made of the different images of the weather, people, and places as if I've lived multiple lives. Different realities. I'm glad I've been able to participate in the activities we did in class, it has really made me grateful for all the things that have ever happened, all the places I've been to, all the people I've met, and memories I've made, and I'm certainly excited for what's to come next.

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  1. Ms DisaFebruary 21, 2024 at 12:06 AM

    Yes its a third country kid/ individual. Always moving makes us adaptable, I only have to spend he weekend somewhere and I know where everything is and I feel as if I actually live there and there are tears in my eyes when I close the door of my weekend Air BnBHoever I have been restless all my life too and I continued to move about long after my family stopped taking me from place to place. I'm thankful though for such experiences. I was born in London, I spent my 1st year in Africa, then I lived in the UK, moved to Alexandria in Egypt, then again a new school and several new houses in Cyprus and then boarding school in the UK. I Sound familiar? I attended Schutz international school in Egypt and Foleys international school in Limassol. my parents sent me to boarding school so I would stay in the same place for 6 years. I grew up in the Mediterranean, and married an Asian and moved to Asia!...but when I go back to the UK I feel a little displaced. Its where I belong, but Im like a kid from a mixed marriage...a bit wonky. I'm a child of the earth.

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