Hi, welcome to the first episode of Number X. This is a safe and free place to let the world know about yourself. My name is Emma, and I am your host today. 

-Guest- 

Claire Vu (she/her), high schooler in Burnaby, Canada, international student from Vietnam, student government Grade 10 Representative. 

-Contents-

1. People adjust to new environments as much as they change people. 

2. Relationships heal. 

3. First crushes are as early as in kindergarten, and some of them shape our ideas of later relationships. 

4. Secret crushes are exciting, and are frustrating just the same. 

5. Emma could have confessed to that girl who indirectly rejected her in the coffee shop but confessed to her later. 

6. It is fortunate enough to still be friends even after huge emotional outbursts. 

7. Rejections hurt, but fate explains, and time will work things out. 

8. Breakups are part of life, situationship is the way of life, and things happen in your life to help you grow,

9. Jealousy never creeps up out of nowhere. 

10. We do not agree with our parents on everything, but usually, they are right. 

11. It is way easier to hate than to love, so affection should be taken as a profound act of giving.