# 2025 Highlight

January 5, 2026 · 3 min · Iman Alipour Comments

I just experienced my best two weeks of this cursed year. I went to 39c3 first, did 31.25h of Engel work, got to meet a bunch of extremely cool people, met the people I had made friends with from last year, and made new friends. No new contacts though. :) Not only I got to see a lot of cool people, computers, projects, but also I attended many many cool talks and learned a lot. I also participated in a challenge that after solving I got a T-Shirt for. I also got myself a T-Shirt for my Engel work.

After this very magical event, I got myself an Interrail 4-day pass and visited one of my two besties in Vienna. He had two sweet roomies, who were cool and hospitable. It truely felt like I was back home. We went out a few times, visited Vienna, went to an all-you-can-eat Sushi, played Poker, watched few movies together, baked a pizza with homemade sause and dough. I also managed to visit ISTA and got to test my flipper zero by cloning my friend’s NFC tag. It was an amaing trip that I will not forget. I think I got much closer to my bestie. We’ve been friends, but not that close at least in his eye. Though in mine he was my best friend before getting to meet my other best friend. ;P And yes, I do have two best friends. One lives in Vienna, and the other in Moen, Norway. They are just amazing people. We also did some cafe-hopping. Idk what about the trip was, but I enjoyed it so so incredibly much. I hope I see my friend more, and get to hangout with him more. There is a difference between those who are your real friends, and those who act like it for a bit. I think I’m getting better at knowing who my friends are, and who are there for the heck of it. Oh, and we also plated lots and lots of PS5, Fifa2026, Brawlhalla, etc..

Bonus: Remember I said we went to a Sushi place? I’ve been nagging people about going to a bar and practice flirting, they kinda say yes, but never do it. We saw an extremely beautiful girl in the Sushi place, and my friend told me if I’m so serious, I should go tell her. And you know what, I did. I approached her, told her and her friend that “we were eating across the hall, and I noticed how pretty she is!”. They both smiled and thanked me, they truely glewed up!!! It was soooooooo sweeeeeeeeeet. I then wished them a nice evening and left. I didn’t want to make it awkward by asking for a number, etc.. It was a beautiful memory, and I wanted it to stay beautiful. So hell yea. I noticed that my aura increased by a lot at least between me and the people we went to that place with. :D Yeeeehaaaaa.

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