10 years of changes

[mizrock20]

2000

• left elementary, entered the horrible world of high school
• learnt arabic, kinda like it
• boys never noticed me, and i dont like them to neither
• met awesome girlfriends
• discovered that being a nerd is not the same as being brilliant
• fell in love with the radio and everything mainstream

2001

• officially started my exploration to mangaland
• witnessed the most unbelievable incident at school - some girl jumped from her class that's 4 stories high. survived, but badly hurt. reasons was never told
• met one of the people i pretended to be friends with just so i can borrow her comics. i'm not that good of a person IRL, just so you know
• had a pretty awesome year. got top 5 of the whole school w00t!
• 9/11 disaster, and the start of islamophobia and the stereotype of islam=terrorist spread like a disease

2002

• lower secondary school's big exam year. i hate history. i love science.
• A's in all subject except arabic. meh.
• got a fun year overall.
• i hit puberty. yeah, pretty late, huh? hated it ever since
• dreamed to be a vet or a dentist
• Samurai Deeper Kyo and Saiyuki was my reason to live

2003

• sappy beginning since one by one of my friends left to their preferred schools.
• got into an all-girls boarding school. discovered that girls are much of a mysterious creatures just as boys are, especially when they are in an enclosed space for a long period of time
• met wonderful girls that kept me company through the craziness
• Evanescence was a trend, and i went all goth/emo for some reason
• the last time i was glad of my current body shape and weight
• i hate physics and chemistry. i love biology and history <--- lol
• found my love for the internet. intensified my love for manga. discovered the wonderful world of jpop from utada hikaru
• discovered the epic that is robert jordan's wheel of time

2004

• final big exam in schooling history. pretty much A's everything except a few
• i was in the cheer squad LOL
• got addicted to internet and forums.they were all i ever think of
• hung out with my friends for the first time since i was born
• evolved into a gamer and gamed out my ps2 like there's no tomorrow
• tsunami disaster shook the whole world

2005

• matriculation/pre-university year. didnt remember much. i still hate chemistry.
• met quite a few wonderful friends but god help me a year is not enough for me to get to know them and remember their names
• discovered ayumi hamasaki, otsuka ai and yui through recommendations from a pen friend.
• found out my unexplainable fear of driving and moving vehicles
• my weight became my most disappointing issue

2006

• gotten into mom's university for computer science. i thought it would be cool, but i was wrong.
• had quite a hard time adjusting to uni life. got no real friends except for the internet
• began my madness with anything jpop. obsession with manga also escalated.
• did pretty bad with the exams. the beginning of my academical downfall
• learnt japanese formally for the first time. yay
• found last.fm. left foruming activity ever since

2007

• a black-hole of a year. i dont quite remember what happened
• was in probation. twice. yay?
• changed laptop since the one before got electrocuted in a thunder storm. lost almost everything precious in it.
• my addiction to the internet was uncontrollable. i would shamelessly sit on the corridors just to get a better internet signal
• the year when animu was still a pride to mention to everybody. ouran and vampire knight was my favorite manga
• robert jordan left us too early

2008

• the only thing i like about the whole year was my japanese class
• discovered LiveJournal and RURUTIA. my life was never the same again
• began living together with a number of girls in a rent apartment. hectic.
• change laptop again because the last one i accidentally spilled my tea on and destroyed the motherboard
• persona 4 ate my gamer soul

2009

• was supposed to be my final year, but since i sux i didnt get to finish it on time
• jpop was everything i ever care about. forgot about animu, manga and all those unimportant stuff. vampire knight is meh, why i ever like that manga?
• discovered the awesome akiko shikata, yousei teikoku and all them lovelies of jpop that now i obessed with beyond words
• radio is nonexistent
• discovered 2NE1. thought this might spark my domination to kpopland, but i was wrong. everyone else was not as interesting as 2NE1. i was never the manufactured idol type anyhow
• started my very own music sharing activity. yay
• brother got married.

2010

• graduated, finally. i still havent got any job though.
• had my first nephew. babysit him for a month or two. he's a monster
• level of adoration for jpop kinda went overload since i maxed out my memory capacity with music files

expectations for the next 10 years;

• get a stable job
• decide whether i am ever accepting the opposite gender and settle down. maybe i wont, but i doubt mom and dad ever let me be single for the rest of my life
• toughen myself up and get a driving license.
• finally finished my original fic, and if it's good enough, send to be published. this is the last real dream i had left
• learn japanese to the highest level
• visit japan at least once for any of my lovelies' concert, then travel the world. first Europe, then the America!
• accept that there is a relevant need to paint makeup on my face, and to lose weight to a desirable number.