Happy New Year!
Happy New Year me dearies!
Is it really 2010 already? It still feels surreal. I’m not sure if it’s just me but as I get older I feel as if time runs relatively faster.
2009 had been an awesome year. It has its highlights, lowlights and everything in between. Here are my top 10 in no particular order:
1 - Getting a new job 4 months after my heart surgery;
2 - Being in the front row of the Backstreet Boys F1 Live performance at the Padang;
3 - Aida & Wan’s wedding;
4 - My first gig as a freelance photographer for a friend’s sister engagement ceremony;
5 - Getting to know my colleagues and the camaderie & teamwork we’ve built since then;
6 - Oasis concert and the 2 near death experience on the same day :P
7 - signing up for gym membership;
8 - My first motorcycle ride on my brother’s bike;
9 - Spending time with my darling friends & family; and of course
10 - my solo Tokyo trip!
Looking back at 2009 I think I have been a much happier person. I credit this to my heart surgery last year and how it taught me that life is too short to worry about the little things.
I had an interesting conversation in the wee hours of the morning over prata & dosei with the boys on the weekend before I flew off. The discussion revolved mainly around our various goals, expectations and where our life is headed. I suppose as a typical Singaporean (be it male or female), most of our worries are somewhat similar and at one point in time we have thought about similar things and what we would like to achieve and what we think we should have achieved by now.
One of the guys mentioned how worried he was about time, how he is trying to get his degree, start his career and also that at his age he is not in a serious relationship and how worrying that is, I’m assuming this part of the convo came up since most of our peers are either engaged or married lol.
As the person I am today, I am no longer trying to play catch up or follow the norm. Somehow that actually makes me feel lighter. The weight on my shoulders that I previously felt does not feel so heavy anymore. Right now my goal in life is to be happy. I’m in no rush to get my law degree or what ever major I may decide to change to further my studies in and neither am I in a hurry to be in a serious relationship or get married for that matter despite numerous hints from the elders. I believe that things happen in their own time and for a reason, the choices I make are made because of what I believe in and not what I think people expect of me.
So what are your new year’s resolutions and did you manage to fulfill the ones you made last year?
I think I can fairly say that I did fulfill my 2009 New Year resolutions. I like simple attainable resolutions. It’s a workable goal and it’s a tremendous satisfaction when you actually attain it. So this New Year my resolutions are pretty simple:
1 - enroll in a proper Japanese language class
2 - obtain my driving license
3 - travel to Hong Kong with my darling sister Asyhhie during her school vacation period.
4 - spend less and save more :P
Alritey then, I need to get back to packing my luggage. Flying back home tomorrow!
Will update on my trip when I’m back (^-^)b
Till then here’s a pic I took during the 1st hour of 2010 at Zojoji temple, Tokyo.
Happy New Year folks! Best wishes & God Bless
Is it really 2010 already? It still feels surreal. I’m not sure if it’s just me but as I get older I feel as if time runs relatively faster.
2009 had been an awesome year. It has its highlights, lowlights and everything in between. Here are my top 10 in no particular order:
1 - Getting a new job 4 months after my heart surgery;
2 - Being in the front row of the Backstreet Boys F1 Live performance at the Padang;
3 - Aida & Wan’s wedding;
4 - My first gig as a freelance photographer for a friend’s sister engagement ceremony;
5 - Getting to know my colleagues and the camaderie & teamwork we’ve built since then;
6 - Oasis concert and the 2 near death experience on the same day :P
7 - signing up for gym membership;
8 - My first motorcycle ride on my brother’s bike;
9 - Spending time with my darling friends & family; and of course
10 - my solo Tokyo trip!
Looking back at 2009 I think I have been a much happier person. I credit this to my heart surgery last year and how it taught me that life is too short to worry about the little things.
I had an interesting conversation in the wee hours of the morning over prata & dosei with the boys on the weekend before I flew off. The discussion revolved mainly around our various goals, expectations and where our life is headed. I suppose as a typical Singaporean (be it male or female), most of our worries are somewhat similar and at one point in time we have thought about similar things and what we would like to achieve and what we think we should have achieved by now.
One of the guys mentioned how worried he was about time, how he is trying to get his degree, start his career and also that at his age he is not in a serious relationship and how worrying that is, I’m assuming this part of the convo came up since most of our peers are either engaged or married lol.
As the person I am today, I am no longer trying to play catch up or follow the norm. Somehow that actually makes me feel lighter. The weight on my shoulders that I previously felt does not feel so heavy anymore. Right now my goal in life is to be happy. I’m in no rush to get my law degree or what ever major I may decide to change to further my studies in and neither am I in a hurry to be in a serious relationship or get married for that matter despite numerous hints from the elders. I believe that things happen in their own time and for a reason, the choices I make are made because of what I believe in and not what I think people expect of me.
So what are your new year’s resolutions and did you manage to fulfill the ones you made last year?
I think I can fairly say that I did fulfill my 2009 New Year resolutions. I like simple attainable resolutions. It’s a workable goal and it’s a tremendous satisfaction when you actually attain it. So this New Year my resolutions are pretty simple:
1 - enroll in a proper Japanese language class
2 - obtain my driving license
3 - travel to Hong Kong with my darling sister Asyhhie during her school vacation period.
4 - spend less and save more :P
Alritey then, I need to get back to packing my luggage. Flying back home tomorrow!
Will update on my trip when I’m back (^-^)b
Till then here’s a pic I took during the 1st hour of 2010 at Zojoji temple, Tokyo.
Happy New Year folks! Best wishes & God Bless
