Hiiii.

My name is Addina Mukhlisa (unique, I know 😛) and you can call me Addina or Dina (if we're close). I have friends who call me Ad, Dins, or just Na — all of which I'm totally okay with. Just... please don't spell my name as Deena. No. Thank you kindly :)

The basic info? Kinda boring. So here’s something a little more real — my love languages are words of affirmation and physical touch. I guess that’s why I love writing so, so much. Words give me comfort, whether I’m the one expressing or receiving them. And hugs! I absolutely love hugs. Also... you. I love you. Hihi. Thank you for dropping by and sparing your precious time to read this little piece of me 💛

I've actually been blogging since 2008 — consider myself as OG 🤪, back when blogwalking, cbox, and glittery templates were all the rage! 😭 Sadly, all my old posts were deleted somewhere along the way. I really wish I still had them... they held so many memories of who I was and how I grew. But I’m glad that whatever remnants are left, you're still able to read them. It means a lot to me. Maybe this is the beauty of it — a fresh start with a few traces of the past still intact. And I’m truly grateful you’re here for this new chapter.

Overcoming my fear is terrifying, but I know that the more I face it,  the easier it becomes. It will be messy, there will be breakdowns but I promise you, there will be breakthrough too.

Just like the perfume Gus wore on our first date–the scent gosh it haunts me everytime I spray it on (I have the same one bcs I love it, gotten ibu to buy it in Mecca) but I said to myself, "screw it!" the more I face it, the more it simply becomes something ordinary I can wear too, without attaching meaning to it. I've learned that suppressing does not make your emotions and whatnot go away. Life has a funny way to throw some reminders to mess you up! So, instead, face it, overcome it, it gets easier.

And just like my entries in this blog too– I let myself immerse in my emotions and in the thoughts of you. And now, slowly, they're dissipating :)))) It does get easier because time definitely, heals. 

What should I put here though? 🙄 I'll figure this out later. Maybe never. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Bye