What is your favorite memory?
Oof, that's a really tough one, because I don't really think I have a singular 'favorite memory'. I have favorite memories with people - with my mum, my dad, my brother, my sister, each of my friends, each of my (former) partners, each of my fellow industry members - there are very few memories that I cherish that are purely me.
I think there's a badminton final against one of my closest friends that I'll remember forever. There's running up stairs with a girl I'd just met at the conclusion of a MUN, and she turned into one of my closest friends despite us barely ever seeing each other. There's the roadtrip across the US with Adriel, my mother and sister. There's hanging out with my dad, talking about all sorts of things during Ramadan morning prayer. There's mischief with my brother, and the two of us fixing things together like brothers do. There's my Egyptian grandmother cheating at cards, and my Dutch one talking about the 1920's. There's darker ones, like waking up after a surgery that saved my life a few years ago. There's realizing everybody I know (including myself) wasn't hurt or killed in a mall shooting. There's work-related ones, like the first birthday of Vlambeer, and realizing we'd made something that survived a year. Or meeting Adam Saltsman, or being on the team organizing some of the first MEGABOOTHS (and meeting Adriel that way!), or realizing presskit() was getting big, or waking up to Ridiculous Fishing being a hit after a long fight against a clone. There's realizing I am traveling the world, doing what I want, inspiring and helping others to do what they want.
I don't know. Maybe I don't have a favorite memory. All of my life is filled with opportunities for great moments, even during the darker parts. I simply look forward to adding many more memories.
I think there's a badminton final against one of my closest friends that I'll remember forever. There's running up stairs with a girl I'd just met at the conclusion of a MUN, and she turned into one of my closest friends despite us barely ever seeing each other. There's the roadtrip across the US with Adriel, my mother and sister. There's hanging out with my dad, talking about all sorts of things during Ramadan morning prayer. There's mischief with my brother, and the two of us fixing things together like brothers do. There's my Egyptian grandmother cheating at cards, and my Dutch one talking about the 1920's. There's darker ones, like waking up after a surgery that saved my life a few years ago. There's realizing everybody I know (including myself) wasn't hurt or killed in a mall shooting. There's work-related ones, like the first birthday of Vlambeer, and realizing we'd made something that survived a year. Or meeting Adam Saltsman, or being on the team organizing some of the first MEGABOOTHS (and meeting Adriel that way!), or realizing presskit() was getting big, or waking up to Ridiculous Fishing being a hit after a long fight against a clone. There's realizing I am traveling the world, doing what I want, inspiring and helping others to do what they want.
I don't know. Maybe I don't have a favorite memory. All of my life is filled with opportunities for great moments, even during the darker parts. I simply look forward to adding many more memories.
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