After nine posts, there hardly seems to be anything that I haven’t recounted already, but I thought a year-round up post is necessary; one which talks about the twelve top-of-my-mind things which happened in the year. Apart from the rather hyped apocalypse of course – which well, didn’t happen.

Thank the heavens I didn’t follow my initial idea and spend everything I have before the 21st! 

Here are my highlights:

• I quit my second job. One that I really loved. Made a choice.

• I worked with one of the largest and most prestigious brands in the history of aviation – British Airways. I’m very proud of the work we did for them, and the fact that I was a part of it. ❤ 

• Celebrated three years of the Orange Tree. Wrote over 100 plus blog posts this year.

• Finally bought a ‘Hogwarts Alumni’ t-shirt. God bless you Shirt Mogul.

• Got seriously obsessed by television series – Criminal Minds, Master-chef Australia, Game Of Thrones, Sherlock, The Newsroom. This has been such a good year.

• Read. Voraciously. Became a committed fan of George R. R. Martin – currently on book four of his widely popular series - ‘A Feast For Crows’.

• Was brave. Mustered the courage to tell someone how I felt. The results are immaterial.

• Began plotting routes via maps on iPhone for travel in rural Oman. Twice. They don’t call me ‘Navigator’ for nothing!

• Was the chef of the house. For two weeks.

  The success of my ventures has inspired me to work on a little recipe book. ‘Easy-Recipes-for-People-Who-Stay-Away-From-Home,-Love-To-Eat-And-Don’t-Want-To-Get-Obese’. Yes, I have to work on an alternate name.

• Made Omani friends at work. Revived my spoken Arabic slightly.يفهم؟

• Ad Astra Per Aspera. Mine own. I have an excellent idea for the next one, but I’m still debating it.

• Moved to Muscat after leaving it nine years ago. 

The penultimate one: 12 favourite photographs clicked in the year