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So I realize my previous post was a little bit on the depressing side, which makes sense because it was written when I was pretty much rock bottom. Those who’ve read it (and in the unlikely case, cared) might wonder if they should put me on suicide watch somehow.

Well the good news is, you don’t have to.

I’m doing ok now.

I’m doing great actually.

Let’s recap on what happened during that difficult time period:

- My parents’ health health improved greatly. My mom is even traveling again. My dad, while never quite recovered from the last time, is currently stable.

-My wife’s condition hadn’t changed, obviously, but we’re aiming to go through an IVF, and if that fail, we’ll shoot for a surrogate, we’re definitely not giving up.

- As for me personally, I’ve found myself improving leaps and bounds during the last period. I landed a great job, one where I get the opportunity to learn a lot new skills. During the last six months, I’ve learned: screen design (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD), HTML CSS with Bootstrap, Scrum methodology, product design process etc.

Just finished watching Fast 7 yesterday, which I hope, for its own sake, is the last installment of its series. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t bad or anything, quite the contrary in fact. The ending is, in my opinion, one of the most powerful endings in the history of modern cinema, something I never expected to see from a popcorn flick like this, but that’s exactly why it needs to be THE END. You wouldn’t want another Scrubs season 8, would you?

• Had me unemployed for 5 months, luckily I’m fully employed now

• Had my mom hospitalized and diagnosed for lung cancer, plus she might have a serious condition with her legs that may prevent her from walking in a year or 2. Luckily the lung cancer thing was a false alarm.

• Had my dad hospitalized for anxiety issues, plus a severe case of shingles that almost took out his right eye. He barely even sleeps these days, living through constant pain on the right side of his head.

• Had my wife diagnosed for unicornuate uterus ,  a rare congenital uterine malformation that massively reduce her ability to get pregnant. And even if she did, the chance of miscarriage or stillborn is over 50%, we can’t have that.

My wife will never experience pregnancy.

We considered surrogate, but it’s mostly illegal in Vietnam (they only allow siblings to be surrogates, what the fuck? Vietnamese lawmakers at their best). Thailand also disallowed non-Thai citizens to use this service in their country, plus going that route will definitely bankrupt us. We still have so many projects we want to carry out.

To be honest, I thought turning 30 would be a bigger milestone, for me personally at least.

I mean, I don’t have anything to complain about my current situation per se, I have a job that I enjoy, a wife that I love, a house. Honestly this is as good as any 30er would get. But is that all there is? I mean is this going to be like this for the rest of my life. Like that old saying, you know? “Some people are dead by 30, but never buried until they’re 75″.

Well let’s see, on Saturday I found out that the so-called specialist I hired to clean my DSLR sensor last week managed to damage my sensor. I didn’t found out until I transferred all the photos I took on a wedding that morning to my computer and realized they were completely FUBAR. Not to mention the sensor probably will take a fortune to fix.

But that was Saturday, Sunday should be better right? Well yeah if you don’t count the fact that I had to spend half the day driving my new puppy to clinics to find out why he decided to shit and puke blood. Turned out he somehow managed to catch Parvovirus, something that costs yet another fortune to treat, not to mention the dreaded 80% mortality rate.

But at least I got a new mouse pad at the end of the day, so I still got that going for me.

If you’re wondering what I’ve been up to lately (well you probably aren’t, but whatever), well, I’m getting into tee shirts sale!

These are the first designs to roll out, get ‘em while they’re still available.

https://teespring.com/shop/quitters-never-win

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