The Jar of Good Things

Dec 31, 2013 21:35


You know, that post on tumblr - this one, to be exact? Well, I did it this year! Really, from January 1 - December 31st, I kept a jar (alright, it was an unused tea tin) and every day after I felt something nice happened to me, I wrote it on a cut up piece of thin card, folded it, and dropped it inside. From the significant ("Got a job! Got into grad school!") to the 'ordinary' ("Watched a movie! Ate mac'n cheese!"), I recorded it all...75 pieces of card in total. 2013, you were a nice year.

I've just finished reading, counting and writing them down in a notebook. There were a lot of exclamation marks and smiley faces involved, I'll admit. Now, I shall copy it here...a look at Comix's journey through a year!




JANUARY
2nd: Korean BBQ with my high school graduating class
3rd: Bought a wii!
4th: GOT A JOB!
8th: Hiking with friends, then watching Les Miserables for the third time C:
26th: First full day off work (thanks, overtime!)
31st: My first paycheck!

FEBRUARY
9th: Flower Market and hotpot, start of CNY hols
10th: HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
10th: TBA goes to the ICCA Quarterfinals and places 2nd!! Winning Best Arrangement and Best Vocal Percussion!!
13th: Dumpling making party C:
16th: The town of Cakery is founded on Animal Crossing: City Folk =D and a barbecue at friend's house!
23rd: "Lucille" visits "Kiah" in Cakery
24th: A bunch of girls had a tea party and played Mario Kart. Also, still alive after twenty three years!!

MARCH
3rd: Finally uploaded a fanfiction.
8th: Got to go to work late, after a lovely warm afternoon of Animal Crossing and LOTR C:
9th: Last day at Oya! (note: that was my receptionist job)
11th: Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival begins
16th: Faberge Egg exhibit at the Heritage Museum and another BBQ
25th: NEIL GAIMAN TALKED TO ME ON TUMBLR!!
26th: HKIYRF debriefing - got a free book!

APRIL
1st: Trip to Guilin to see my parents
3rd: Got an email from an HKYRF guest praising my work!
11th: Lovely day with friends in Sai Ying Pun
14-16: Two-day sleepover at friend's house marathoning LOTR and Jurassic Park, AND cooking awesome food: cookies, chowder, biscuits, salad and MAC'N CHEESE.
25th: Bought an awesome pair of rainbow sneakers!

MAY
6th: Begin TESOL course...is this a good thing? =P
11th: Visiting the Rubber Duck in Victoria Harbour C:
14th: Hearing Xu Xi talk at the FCC!
23rd: Dinner with friends then seeing HK Repertory Theatre's Cherry Orchard
23rd: Handed in my HKU application!

JUNE
2nd: Passed my TESOL course!
3rd: Hosted a summer tea party~
12th: Bought the Scott Pilgrim box set!
15th: Toronto friend visited, showed him around town!
19th: GOT A BETTER JOB!
20th: Watching Les Mis on DVD at home before a dinner with the HK girls
23rd: Burgers and apple pie on board games night!
27th: Celebrated a friend's birthday with chocolate ice cream toast, omnomnom

JULY
5th: Catching up with old friends visiting, and received a cheque for freelance voiceover work C:
6th: Got a NEW COMPUTER
10th: History tourguiding for old friends!
11th: GOT ACCEPTED TO HKU'S MFA PROGRAMME!!!!!!!!!
19th: Tapas dinner with TESOL mates
20th: Friend's birthday!
21st: HK Book Fair, bought full set of A Song of Ice and Fire
26th: End of summer job, watching Doctor Who with a friend before watching Rise of the Guardians with another friend later!
29th: Monsters University in the AM, Ani-Com in the PM!

AUGUST
1st: First day at new job!
10th: Making mac'n cheese at friend's place! Also playing Animal Crossing =D
14th: No work thanks to T8
19th: Dinner with an aunt and old friend!

SEPTEMBER
2nd: First day of school (for the kids)
11th: Dinner with the girls, catching up with one about her trip to Europe
14th: First day of MFA!!

OCTOBER
1st: Tea party for a friend's birthday!
5th: School BBQ
9th: Dinner with a friend
19th: Shopping, then "Hallowthankmas Dinner" ("HOLLOW WEENIE" - note: it's an inside joke, of sorts...)
27th: Cafe testing and shopping with a friend!

NOVEMBER
1st: NaNoWriMo begins! A successful Kick-Off with fun afterparty!
10th: Awesome HKILF panel discussions about writing in Asia/Hong Kong identity. Cool afterparty!
13th: "Timey Wimey" second write-in
17th: MFA brunch and the giggliest baptism service ever C:
24th: 3rd NaNo write-in
30th: Catching Fire, Doctor Who 50th Special, and Final Write-in!!

DECEMBER
7th: NaNoWriMo TGIO party at a board games cafe!
20th: LAST DAY OF WORK (before the hols...)
22nd: "Bacon themed" dinner with chocolate chip pancakes
23rd: Playing Munchkins at a friend's new place!
24th: Gift exchange brunch with the girls!
25th: Happy Christmas! Lunch at friend's, FROZEN, dinner at Aunt's
27th: Housewarming party for a friend
28th: Shopping in SoHo!
29th: Doctor Who Christmas Special (finally) Bye Matt...hello, Capaldi!
31st: Breakfast and lunch hangouts with friends...and email of MFA personal advisor!

real life, good things, holidays

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