Chapter 1 — Where It All Began

1995

Where it
all began.

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

1995

1998

Delhi Public School,
Azad Nagar.

2008

Grade 8.
Same classroom.

They never spoke.

2008

2011

Scholars Public School,
Rajpura, Punjab.

A new city. A new school.

2013

School ends.
A chapter closes.

She packs a bag.

2013

Chapter 2 — A New World

19

She packed a bag and moved to the other side of the world.

2014

2014 → now

15 homes. One direction.

Tap each home to read its story.

15 homes.
10 years.
One direction.

Chapter 3 — She Built Herself

While moving between houses, she was also building something else.

2015

2014–2015

Victoria University

Bachelor of Business Accounting. She started. That's the point.

2015

Barista. Crew Trainer. Student.

All at once.

2015

2015–2017

Kent Institute

Bachelor of Business Accounting.

2016

Receptionist by day. McDonald's by night.

Still studying.

2016

2017

Dean's List of Excellence ⭐

Tap the star.

2017

2017–2018

Professional Year in Accounting

One more qualification.

2017–2023

Assistant Accountant, Aarkay International

Six years of showing up.

2017–2023

2019–2021

Master of Accounting

During COVID. During a secret relationship. During everything else.

2019–2021

2025 — present

Risk Specialist, Up Bank 🧡

The destination after a decade.

Sep 2025

Chapter 4 — A Birthday Message

A birthday message.

Eleven years after Grade 8, she found him on Facebook.

22 December 2019. She typed something small.
Something she almost didn't send.

22 December 2019

Facebook Messenger

22 DEC 2019 AT 5:47 PM

Happy Birthday 🥳🎂🎉🍭

30 MAR 2020 AT 10:17 AM

Hey Jasmine. Just logged into FB and saw your message

I know it's a bit late but, Thank you 😀

Hey that's okay. Hope you are doing well.

well, apart from the lockdown

how have you been

More than three months had passed since she sent it.

He'd just logged into Facebook. The world had locked down. COVID had stopped everything.

They never stopped talking.

Secret.
Uncertain.
Together.

Anyway.

Not every love story gets an easy start.

Theirs didn't need one.

They chose each other anyway.

2022

The world caught up.

They got married.

2022

Chapter 5 — Hers

Hers.

August 2024

Their first trip together. 🌴

November 2024

Theirs. 🏡

Home 15. The last one.

25 June 2025

Australia made it official.

She had chosen this country at 19.

It took eleven years, but it chose her back.

🇦🇺

14 May 2026

She finished her first novel. 📚

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami. The first of many.

1 June 2026

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami. Finished 1 June — a great start to birthday month.

June 2026

Next on the list. 📖

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. The streak continues.

Happy Birthday,
Jasmine.

19 June 2026

31 looks good on you.

One more thing.

Unlock Your Birthday.

Where it
all began.

Delhi Public School,
Azad Nagar.

Grade 8.
Same classroom.

Scholars Public School,
Rajpura, Punjab.

School ends.
A chapter closes.

19

15 homes.
10 years.
One direction.

A birthday message.

Secret.
Uncertain.
Together.

Anyway.

The world caught up.

Hers.

A few surprises.

Unlock Your Birthday.

Where itall began.

Delhi Public School,Azad Nagar.

Grade 8.Same classroom.

Scholars Public School,Rajpura, Punjab.

School ends.A chapter closes.

19

15 homes.10 years.One direction.

A birthday message.

Secret.Uncertain.Together.

Anyway.

The world caught up.

Hers.

A few surprises.

Where it
all began.

Delhi Public School,
Azad Nagar.

Grade 8.
Same classroom.

Scholars Public School,
Rajpura, Punjab.

School ends.
A chapter closes.

15 homes.
10 years.
One direction.

Secret.
Uncertain.
Together.