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Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:03 am
The End of 2006
WOW! What a year it has been. How do I even start to describe it ? Man... I don't think any single word can describe the year I had. One thing is for certain though, I sure had loads of fun this year! Man, I've always said that time flies and it really does! I think this year was full of changes? Yeah, I suppose you can say that in a way. Let me take you guys on my 2006 memory lane...
In poly, I started on my second year and it was great because I was still in the same class as my year one classmates and we had 1 semester left together. That was the time when I felt we really bonded together as a class. I felt that we came together as one class rather than in groups. I also managed to learn more about some of my classmates that I wasn't really close with in year one. I had a blast for that one and a half semester with them. Unfortunately, all good things have to come to an end. We had to choose the option we wanted to go to and soon, we were all divided. So we are all in different classes right now, but most of us are in pairs. L0L! Fortunately, most of the class still meet up for lunch regularly and even on outings or just to study. Yeah, I think that we should have more gatherings often as an entire class too! So the new class came along. Well, this new class is more quiet and decent? compared to my previous class. It ain't bad or anything, but I wish that perhaps (OMG! after 1 year I still nearly spelt it as Perharps!! L0L!) my current classmates are more sociable. Well, I'm still happy and I'm still smiling though! At least Jeremiah and Wei An is in my class! L0L! Apart from school, here's almost everything else that happened in 2006. On the 14th of January, I finally got my iPod Nano!! Special thanks to my Dad for getting it for me! Rest assure that it has been put to good use and I'm listening to music every single day! I managed to learn 2 new sports this year as well! First was Softball, which I learnt in school through the Sports & Wellness IS. I had an amazingly fun time and I met many good friends that I still keep in contact with now!! It's a really fun sport and I would really like to play it sometime with the friends I made in there. Secondly, I learnt to play Squash as well. I also learnt that in school through one of my lecturers! Mr Chua!! Wow, so nice of him to teach us for free too. Thanks Mr Chua! Although I'm still a beginner and would like to pick up Squash because I really enjoyed it so far! Hopefully, next year I'll get to play more Squash with my classmates as well. On the 4th of February, my life changed as I had my very first DotA experience with my ex-secondary school classmates. I still can recall that we played at Ginza Plaza's Lan Shop and we waited for quite some time before there were seats. L0L! Also, the very next day I went to borrow the disc from my ex-secondary school classmate (Jian Chao) to install it on my computer and his disc is still with me! I didn't realise that it was such a long time ago! L0L! Sorry man, I'll return back to you the next time we meet! I promise! After installing it on my laptop, I started playing almost everyday and most of the time with yet another ex-secondary school classmate (Khairul). That was when we really started to talk more and stayed in contact although we are in different polytechnics now. See! Games are not bad! They actually bring people together for bonding and keeping in contact too! =X 15th February, my 18th birthday! I didn't manage to celebrate it because not too long before that date, my grandpa passed away. It was really emotional for me because I hadn't seen him for such a long time due to some family issues I guessed. The last time I saw him before he left was in hospital and he looked so diffierent that I couldn't recognise him. He slimmed down so much and looked so weak lying on the hospital bed. Grandpa, I will remember the things you taught me and told me. I love you and I promise that I will study hard and do my best in whatever that may come. =] The next month on the same date, which is 4th of March, I went to Kuala Lumpur with 3 of my classmates. Dennis, Gavin, Jeremiah and I headed off in the evening to Johor Bahru to take the train to Kuala Lumpur because it was cheaper! I still can remember what a torture it was on that train ride and the part where we got stuck in the forest that seemed like forever. Also, when we were about to check-in in the morning, we realised that the check-in time was at 3pm and not at 12pm, which we thought it was. Thankfully, we were able to check-in because the room wasn't in use. The hotel room at the Berjaya Times Square was amazing and awesome! You guys have to really check it out sometime! By the way, I won't want to go to the indoor theme park again because I got really freaked out by the rides! I'm afraid of heights!! So, don't make me go on such high rides again! L0L! Man, that was my very FIRST trip to Malaysia and also my FIRST overseas trip with my classmates! We had a whole load of fun there and I can still remember the rush during the last hour to catch the coach back to Singapore. Mind you, that coach was like 5 stars man. In fact, it probably is the best bus I have ever rode on. Wow, that was really a fun and memorable trip with my 3 fellow classmates! I also went back to Kuala Lumpur again this year, but I can't really recall which month it was. I went with my relatives this time over the weekend and I forgot the name of the hotel that we stayed at. One thing is for sure though, the hotel we stayed at wasn't as grand as the Berjaya Times Square hotel. I had a good time again, but it wasn't as fun as the time I went with my classmates. However, I did manage to explore some parts of Kuala Lumpur that I didn't explore previously. I bought back a pack of chewing gum for my entire class too! L0L! Oh, I did go to Johor Bahru as well a couple of times with my friends, but I don't remember the exact dates. It was just a one day thing and basically we just walked around and chilled. Yeah, so I did go to Malaysia for about 4 times this year! L0L! I think the one thing that football fans really enjoyed this year was the World Cup in June! I'm not a really big soccer fan, but I still did catch most of the matches because my dad subscribed to the channel. I remember the first match between Germany and Poland. Alex, Dennis, Jeremiah and Qing Xiang all went to Gavin's house to catch it. I think that was the FIRST time I stayed over at a friend's house for the night! I remember we were all rushing from his void deck to his house because we were a minute from kickoff and the cool thing was that we made it in time! L0L! The first goal was scored within the first 5 minutes as well by Germany and the final score was 4-2 in Germany's favour. Wow, I had a great time that night because we were all watching the World Cup and playing DotA as well. L0L! We went to sleep at around 6am and woke up again to play mahjong! Man, it was a really fun time there! Oh I can recall that before the World Cup ended, school actually reopened. So nothing much really happened during the school days up till the 19th of September. That was when I managed to get a temporary job in the same company as 2 of my aunties. The job there was pretty fine compared to the places I work at before. I mean it was worth the pay, which was $7 an hour. I've worked at other places before where the money was just not worth the amount of work I had to do. Therefore I had a good time working in this company along with my aunties. Although I only managed to work for about 2 weeks because they hired a full time staff in the end, I managed to earn $600 plus and it is still in my bank today! Yay! I'm so proud of myself! I did learn alot in the company as well about both admin and accounting stuff. Hopefully, with this experience, I would be able to find a job easier during the next long break! After working for 2 weeks, my relatives decided to go to Hong Kong together! My uncle sponsored my trip too! Thanks so much! Woah, it was fun going there and the shopping was good! I got to try the local food and I love dim sum, so it was great to taste where the original dim sums came from. Although the Hong Kong trip was a short one (If I recall correctly, it was for 5 days), I had a good time just going overseas to experience what the country is like. We even met with some of our relatives there too and had dinner with them! Hong Kong is definitely the place to go for shopaholics, I'm telling you guys that you won't regret it! L0L! Yeah, then school reopened on the 16th of October with my new class as I said earlier. Well, nothing much actually happened during that teaching weeks except maybe I made more new friends? Anyway, let's skip all the way to December. Today is the 31st of December and it's the last day of 2006. I'm currently having a short 2 week term break now until the 2nd of January. During these 2 weeks, I've been quite busy meeting up with friends as well as relatives. Also, I've been blogging quite alot for the past 2 weeks as well! L0L! Yeah, so I'm not going to elaborate so much on these past 2 weeks. Just read my past few posts yeah? =] So, let's talk about my health this year. Well, I haven't been in the pink of the health (like they always say) this year. I fell sick at least 3 times and 2 of those times were during the day before my common test/exam. In fact, I've just fully recovered from the flu I had just before this month's common test. My health hasn't been at it's best year, so I guess I'll just have to take care of myself more and watch what I eat and do. Yeah! =] Next is relationships. Well, I'm still single if you guys didn't manage to figure that out yet! L0L! =X I'm not looking to get into a relationship anytime soon because that isn't one of my top priorities now, but if she comes by then I would take that leap of faith. My family is doing well, there really isn't much to talk about my family though. L0L! Although sometime I don't necessarily agree with what my parents say or do, I still respect their decision and listen to them. My sister and I have always been distance and we still are. We don't talk that often and stuff, but I guess there's just a communication breakdown that we will have to fix somehow and someway. As you all should know by now, I have 2 amazing and incredible godbros! Pan Ge and Fei Ge! L0L! Firstly, fei ge! I managed to meet him more this year compared to last year. Also, I think we started talking more also and had more brother bonding. He said he will meet up with me more next year too! Thanks for everything and all the times you were there whenever I needed somebody to talk to. I really do appreciate it! Secondly is pan ge! Wah, like the complete opposite! L0L! Hao Jiu Bu Jian (Long time didn't see you) already! I didn't manage to meet him at all this year! Hopefully, I get to meet up with you at least ONCE next year though. L0L! The thing is he's in army now and I wish him all the best yea! Also, thank you for everything and listening to me whenever I needed to talk with you. Alright, that's pretty much for the relationship part! =] I was viewing some of my entries this year and I didn't even recall making this entry on my resolution for 2006, which I posted on the 1st of January 2006. Wow! Let's take a look on the 5 resolutions that I made for myself for this year... 1. Be a good boy - Not just a good boy, but a good person as well. Basically to be a better person and be more understanding and sensitive towards other's feelings. Result: I feel that I've become a better person seriously and that I listen more and I try to understand other's feelings. I think I've become more mature in making decisions as well. 2. Do well in studies - Well, something that I have to achieve. It has been going pretty well so far, but I'm need striving for better results. Result: My results have improved and I feel that although I didn't manage to get into Aerospace, I still did my best and I'm proud of the results I have achieved. 3. Be less spendthrift - Not to waste money on things that I don't necessary have to buy and hopefully get a job during the long break to earn some cash. Result: I felt that this year I managed to control my finance much better compared with last year. I started my savings plan with Prudential and I managed to work as well. Although it was only 2 weeks, but still I managed to save the money up till today. 4. Birthday Blast! - Another milestone in my life this year. I'll be 18 on Feb 15th and I'm looking foward to it. I'm definitely hoping to have a blast on that day and I can finally watch M18 movies!!! Not to forget all the presents that I'll be receiving!!! L0L! Result: As I mentioned earlier, I didn't manage to celebrate my 18th birthday, so I didn't have a birthday blast. Come to think of it now, it really isn't that important compared to some other things in life. I'm still smiling! =] 5. Go for a holiday - Yup, something I really need and I intend to do. Hopefully, I'll get to go to places like Australia, Switzerland, Sweden, America, etc. L0L! Result: Oh yeah! I managed to go Malaysia as well as Hong Kong this year! Although they were all short trips, but still hey I had a great time. Maybe not the countries that I intended or wanted to visit, but it was still worth the trip! =] Yeah, so it is pretty cool huh ? I managed to accomplished 4 out of the 5 things that I set for myself! Wow, I think that I'm going to set for myself at least 10 things for 2007 and see how many of them I can actually accomplish and guess what ? We are going to do that right here, right now! YEAH! 2007 Resolution (In no random order) --------------------------------------- 1. Better person - Yes, I know it may sound the same like the 2006 resolution, but hey even if I have become a better person, I still want to be an even better person for 2007. I hope that every year I'll be an even better person compared with the previous year! =] 2. Health - Well, I'm going to start to take care of my health more now because I don't want to fall sick often. In fact, I don't want to fall sick at all in 2007. That's the goal that I would love to achieve. 3. Exercise/Train - In order to stay in the pink of health, I guess I'll have to start exercising and at the same time train for National Service. I won't want to die in there and I know that I'm not weak. 4. Studies - To keep up and improve as much as I can. I want to do as well as I can and get my diploma, then hopefully get into a University in Singapore and my desired course as well. 5. Holiday! - I still want to go on a holiday during the long semester break. This time I would love to go Australia, as I heard my relatives are planning it and so are my friends. A short trip to Thailand/Phuket would be just as great too! 6. Relationships - Maintain and strengthen the bonds with my family as well as my friends (both old and new). I would like to stay in contact with my old friends as well as get to know more about my new friends too ! =] 7. Decisions - I want to make wiser decision on my own and be happy about the decisions or choices that I made. I feel that sometimes my mind gets clouded up really easy and that is what I would like to prevent from happening. I would love to have a clear mind and make a clear decision from now on. 8. Finance - Yes, I want to continue maintaining my finances properly. I've learn to be less spendthrift, but there's still room for improvement. I think that I shouldn't spend on the things I want, but more like on the things I actually need. 9. Commitment - To do whatever I said I will do and not walk away from it or try to avoid it. I feel that it is only right for me to do the things I agree to do and not go back on my words. For 2007, I would like to do everything that I agree to do or help out in. 10. Religion - Maybe it is time when I actually think about it and decide if I should be a Christian or remain as a free thinker. Is this the year where I'll figure that out? I won't know, but I'll try to figure it out still. So there you have it! My 2007 Resolutions! The 10 things that I will try my best to accomplish by the 31st of December 2007 at 11:59:59pm! L0L! That was exactly the same thing I said in my 2006 Resolution. Oh well, let's just wait and see what this year really has to offer and bring to the table eh ? Haha... it has been a LONG entry and I have had a blast posting this entry. The memories and everything in 2006 will not be forgetten! I hope that you guys reading this had much fun as I had posting this entry. I promise that I'll try to update more often in 2007 k ? Thank you all so much for sticking with me this entire 2006 and I hope all of you have an incredible and wonderful and amazing year ahead! So for the last time in 2006, take care and cya all soon! =] "Embrace whatever you have and anything else that comes is a bonus." - Shawn (Yes! me lah! L0L!) Btw, F.Y.I: I came up with this quote by myself. This is to remind us of people who are much more unfortunate compared to us. We often take for granted what we have and complain about stuff that aren't really that important. There are people out there that don't even have a place to stay or food to eat. So, always keep in mind that if you think that you are unfortunate, there are always others out there who are living an even tougher life than you are. Therefore, we should embrace whatever/everything we have and anything/everything else that comes to us is a bonus. P.S: The time now is 5.15am and I really took the time to post this entry not for anybody else but for myself. The time shown below is the time I started posting. If I'm correct, this entry took me about 3 hours. That's the longest time I have ever written any entry and this is probably the LONGEST post I have ever written in all of my blogging career! L0L! I wonder if whether next year I'll be able to post an even longer entry than this. L0L! We'll see then. Anyways, the next time you see my next entry, it will be 2007! =] |
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