Fortunately, the weather has been very beautiful for the past week. (You find yourself talking about the weather a lot after living in England for a while, believe me!)
Today the weather is particularly nice- sunny, warm and the sky is so clear without a thinnest bit of cloud.
It is a special and important day for me for various reasons. Firstly it's the first day of June, which really means that the beautiful Cambridge summer is around the corner. (Yet again, talking about the weather!) Also, a very important person's birthday just past at the end of May. That reminded me how I was last year at this time and also reminded me what I have been through the past year. All the ups and downs and all once heated emotions had already past. Having been through all of that, I think I have learnt a lot and have grown so much. I am really thankful to him for all the wonderful memories we had together and all the things I have learnt from our past relationship. And I sincerely wish him a very happy birthday and really hope that he has been very well.
One more thing which made today special is that it was the final examination of the course I supervised for this past academic year. It is the first time I had the chance to formally teach anyone. I had seven clever and diligent students in their second year of undergraduate study. I felt really privileged to be given this amazing opportunity to get to know them and share my thoughts with them. It is a really rewarding experience both professionally (if I can ever be thought of as professional!?) and personally. I am not really that much older than them and I don't really think I know any better than them. They are amazing and I felt that I am always the one who is learning from them. Anyway, to thank them for teaching me so much, I bought a bottle of sparkling wine to celebrate with them the end of this exam to express my thankfulness and my congratulations to them. I know that it is not the end, of course, it just marked another beautiful start.
