A quickie reflection on the second half of 2008
Whee. Just like that, and it's been six months. The stuff I read in the news just six months ago is now painfully irrelevant, and I can generalise quite safely to say that there hasn't quite been a six months like the one we all just passed.
I've been to Peru and back (spent 3 days of my life criss-crossing timezones and continents and the inconvenient aisles of economy-class airtravel). I've been to Japan, deposited a part of my travel-loving self there and neeeeeeed to go back. -freaky addict gaze-
But more than my travels marking the passage of my time, what I've found noteworthy is that in the last 6 months, the day to day has had the surprising ability to capture my interest, and keep me happily busy.
I still do like my work, and my colleagues very much.
I discovered Gossipgirl (hur hur, bestfriend)
I celebrated my birthday, genuinely GLAD to be turning a year older.
I've had loud screaming matches with people, the likes of which I havent had since I was...pre-pubescent.
I watched a startling number of foreign language dramas.
I'm still staunchly not joining facebook.
I've gotten more attentive about replying smses.
I've found a new place for facials! No more Leonard Drake and their patchy facial standards!
I've learnt that anger is a choice, like love and commitment, like tv channels and what to eat for lunch. And I've learnt that in the face of extreme stress, I can hold up, and still choose rationally.
I've learnt that humble pie is an acquired taste that I can expect to spend the rest of my life acquiring. What makes it more palatable though, is first-hand experience that the alternative is often worse.
I've learnt to cook decently! Now to keep practising.
I realized that many of the things I thought I was good at were called to the test, and oftentimes I was found wanting.
I didn't read as much as I would have liked to.
There are so many many more things I learnt and experienced and felt in the second half of 2008. But enough about the past. Onwards to 2009!
I've been to Peru and back (spent 3 days of my life criss-crossing timezones and continents and the inconvenient aisles of economy-class airtravel). I've been to Japan, deposited a part of my travel-loving self there and neeeeeeed to go back. -freaky addict gaze-
But more than my travels marking the passage of my time, what I've found noteworthy is that in the last 6 months, the day to day has had the surprising ability to capture my interest, and keep me happily busy.
I still do like my work, and my colleagues very much.
I discovered Gossipgirl (hur hur, bestfriend)
I celebrated my birthday, genuinely GLAD to be turning a year older.
I've had loud screaming matches with people, the likes of which I havent had since I was...pre-pubescent.
I watched a startling number of foreign language dramas.
I'm still staunchly not joining facebook.
I've gotten more attentive about replying smses.
I've found a new place for facials! No more Leonard Drake and their patchy facial standards!
I've learnt that anger is a choice, like love and commitment, like tv channels and what to eat for lunch. And I've learnt that in the face of extreme stress, I can hold up, and still choose rationally.
I've learnt that humble pie is an acquired taste that I can expect to spend the rest of my life acquiring. What makes it more palatable though, is first-hand experience that the alternative is often worse.
I've learnt to cook decently! Now to keep practising.
I realized that many of the things I thought I was good at were called to the test, and oftentimes I was found wanting.
I didn't read as much as I would have liked to.
There are so many many more things I learnt and experienced and felt in the second half of 2008. But enough about the past. Onwards to 2009!