My Achievements and Experiences in 2023!

It is already two weeks into 2024 and here's my wrap of 2023!!!

So technically the start of 2023 was the start of exams for me. It was not a fun beginning but bear with me it ended amazing.

In February 2023:

• I joined the badminton team in our school with the start of the second semester of the year

• I visited the ice festival in our city where I learned how to make maple syrup lollipop

• I saw the biggest dog I ever seen in my life in a bus

• I refereed multiple volleyball game

March:

• In the first day of March my brother and I won a badminton tournament

• Tried bowling for the first time (I already had tried bowling for kids when I was younger)

• Watched Interstellar by Christopher Nolan which became my favorite movie of all time.

• Saw a Ferrari (Quite achievement to be honest LOL)

April:

• My brother and I won the city championship for badminton. 10 days later we got second place in our county and went to OFSAA*

  *OFSAA (the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations) is a highly competitive sport event in Ontario, which only two teams from each county are allowed to go.

May:

• Had to forfeit track and field to compete at OFSAA

• Visited a HUGE private school that was a quite fun and cool experience

• Had my best kebab of all time. Literally nothing comes even close to that.

• Attempted to donate blood, but I couldn’t because I forgot my physical ID

• Played my last game of volleyball with the school team in a Co-ed tournament

June:

• Went to Prom on the first day of the month

• Been on my first Airshow

• Gotten an award and a trophy for badminton in our school athletic banquet ceremony

• Played my first baseball game in an event called Penny Renton that is held for last-year students (graduates)

• Went on a grade 12 gatherings at a beach where everyone were there for the last time being together having fun :(

• The day after, was the last day the school was open so everyone went to school and was saying goodbye to their teachers. A lot of crying and memories.

• A week after, was our graduation ceremony when was literally the last day all grade 12s were together

• Graduated High School

July:

• Started going to the gym constantly

• Played volleyball every week for the next two months

• Got a free Starbucks for my birthday

August:

• Been in a cottage by the beach for the first time in my life

• Tried water skiing for the first time in my life

• Tried tubing on water for the first time in my life

• Started my first business*

  *Follow my shop please. I will start designing more shirts everyday in a few weeks

September:

• Started my gap year(s)

• Held a ceremony for our birthday since our family was back

• Got my first job

• Met one of the coolest person in my life (He is my team leader)

• Gained 10 pounds of pure muscle since I started going to the gym almost everyday

October:

• Saw a billionaire (he was the owner of the company I work with)

• Went back to school and met my favorite teacher again and took a picture with him (I could not do it in the graduation ceremony because he left early)

• Went to my mother graduation ceremony (funny enough that billionaire was sitting EXACTLY right in front of us)

• Went to the Halloween party in Wonderland (It was pretty fun)

November:

• Bought my first laptop

December:

• Won another badminton tournament after 7 months being off practice (Last time was OFSAA)

• I got my first sale from my shop (YAY!)

• Had a potluck at work

• Played and streamed* Fortnite for the first time

• Almost escaped an escape room (8 people were participate but we ended up with only 3! We had half of the last step right though failed to escape)

  *Subscribe to my Youtube channel and follow my twitch account. They are in their initial phases. I will add webcam and probably switch from gaming to a more general channel. Thank you!)

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Thank you.

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