Meme time
Copying scattydove and doing the
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Did a CELTA course
Taught EFL in the UK
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made any New Years resolutions. I'm sure if I did that I didn't keep them! My resolution for 2011 is to actually go to Korean lessons.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
China, Korea, Hong Kong, Spain (Gran Canaria), Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia.
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
The ability to speak Korean.
7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
13 May - passed CELTA
4 July - started working for ELAC
7 October - flew back to Korea for 2nd year
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
CELTA Pass Grade B
9. What was your biggest failure?
Being unemployed for 3 months.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing more than a few colds (all since I've been back in Korea!)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My CELTA course, train ticket from Budapest to Split!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Marcus - for an unintentional catchphrase which will live on for many years! ELAC teachers for the "Things we know about Tom" board, Rich for inventing slide-surfing on ashtrays!
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Dara - for thinking a teachers' room is an appropriate place to turn the air blue.
14. Where did most of your money go?
CELTA, travelling.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Returning to the UK from Korea, doing my CELTA course, going to Croatia.
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Hey Soul Sister - Train.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? the same
ii. thinner or fatter? the same
iii. richer or poorer? poorer, but hopefully that will be remedied by this time next year.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Seen my friends in Wales more when I was there.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Moaning!
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
In Korea, getting drunk and teary and wishing I'd forked out £700 for a plane ticket to the UK!
21. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
See above!
22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I fell in love with Budapest and Croatia!
23. How many one-night stands?
One.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
The Walking Dead.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
The last one in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Glee!
28. What did you want and get?
CELTA!
29.What did you want and not get?
A well paying job in Europe.
30. What was your favourite film that you saw for the first time this year?
Inception.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Had a bbq in mum's back garden!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
See Q. 29
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Becoming ever-more Korean...
34. What kept you sane?
Friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Donnie Wahlberg. Don't know why, but I have suddenly started finding him attractive!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
North Korea.
37. Who did you miss?
My friends in the UK.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
My new little brother Rich. Everyone on the CELTA course. Except maybe Tristan!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
You're never too old to learn new tricks!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Can't think of one!
1. What did you do in 2010 that you'd never done before?
Did a CELTA course
Taught EFL in the UK
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don't think I made any New Years resolutions. I'm sure if I did that I didn't keep them! My resolution for 2011 is to actually go to Korean lessons.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
China, Korea, Hong Kong, Spain (Gran Canaria), Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia.
6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
The ability to speak Korean.
7. What date from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
13 May - passed CELTA
4 July - started working for ELAC
7 October - flew back to Korea for 2nd year
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
CELTA Pass Grade B
9. What was your biggest failure?
Being unemployed for 3 months.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nothing more than a few colds (all since I've been back in Korea!)
11. What was the best thing you bought?
My CELTA course, train ticket from Budapest to Split!
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Marcus - for an unintentional catchphrase which will live on for many years! ELAC teachers for the "Things we know about Tom" board, Rich for inventing slide-surfing on ashtrays!
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Dara - for thinking a teachers' room is an appropriate place to turn the air blue.
14. Where did most of your money go?
CELTA, travelling.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Returning to the UK from Korea, doing my CELTA course, going to Croatia.
16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Hey Soul Sister - Train.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? the same
ii. thinner or fatter? the same
iii. richer or poorer? poorer, but hopefully that will be remedied by this time next year.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Seen my friends in Wales more when I was there.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Moaning!
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
In Korea, getting drunk and teary and wishing I'd forked out £700 for a plane ticket to the UK!
21. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
See above!
22. Did you fall in love in 2010?
I fell in love with Budapest and Croatia!
23. How many one-night stands?
One.
24. What was your favourite TV program?
The Walking Dead.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No
26. What was the best book you read?
The last one in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Glee!
28. What did you want and get?
CELTA!
29.What did you want and not get?
A well paying job in Europe.
30. What was your favourite film that you saw for the first time this year?
Inception.
31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Had a bbq in mum's back garden!
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
See Q. 29
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
Becoming ever-more Korean...
34. What kept you sane?
Friends.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Donnie Wahlberg. Don't know why, but I have suddenly started finding him attractive!
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
North Korea.
37. Who did you miss?
My friends in the UK.
38. Who was the best new person you met?
My new little brother Rich. Everyone on the CELTA course. Except maybe Tristan!
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010.
You're never too old to learn new tricks!
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Can't think of one!