good-bye, 2005
i'm not going to bother digging out last year's post for 2005 resolutions, since i guess half of them are probably not fulfilled anyway, and will only lead to greater frustration (the first thing that came to my mind - i've lost zilch amount of weight, and probably added on a couple instead. conclusion: working makes you fat). just a short round-up for the year:
i ended our 7.5 years long courtship earlier this year. although we hardly meet or chat these days, i'm glad we remained as friends, something i've always believed in very strongly. i've always know it that you have influenced me in many ways - you made me less afraid to speak up for myself and gave me greater confidence. everybody who knows you would probably agree that you have one of the world's sweetest temper, i thank you for tolerating and giving in to me in the past (but in the process, you probably made me more egotistic!). i remembered saying this, and i would like say it again... to me, our relationship was never rubbish, never a waste of time. i wish you all the best in the coming new year - more cover stories (when are you reaching your 1000th article?), more television appearances, more fun working trips, and lots of fun clubbing and partying.
i now have a brighter and cleaner house to host parties! tonight we're having a potluck for new year's eve and i've decided to make baked penne, potato salad and pound cake with rum topping. (bimbo thought: all this cooking and washing is definitely going to ruin my opi maine-iac mauve manicure, anybody wishes to volunteer to be the dish-washing missy for the day? xp?) oh yes, anyway i'm pretty pleased as to how my room turned out, especially the fact that there's finally enough space to organise my clothes. btw, who knows where to find a relatively affordable (no more than S$200) coffee table, walnut brown with anodised aluminium legs? that's the only piece of furniture i'm lacking, and i'm determined to get it before CNY before mum's nagging starts ringing in my ears again.
a couple of things which i've picked up this year - I CAN DRIVE! in less than a month's time, i can officially choose not to put up that silly distracting yellow triangle in my windscreen. after much persuasion, i also picked up CYCLING! ermmm, to be exact, i only managed to balance myself on a bicycle over several metres. i actually promised to practise diligently and master it by this year, oh well, it's always good to keep some objectives to achieve in the coming year, haha. i have the ever-so-patient ig to thank, for constantly bugging and pushing me to drive/cycle - plus i think i'm quite lazy/lousy a student, eh? ;) (very hopefully) in 2006, i should be able to cycle well and over long distances, maybe try my hand at in-line skating and run my first 10km mini-marathon. this sounds good, doesn't it?
time and tide waits for no man, let's embrace the coming of year 2006 (damn, i'm reaching my mid-twenties already).
scribbled at 11:47 am
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i'm not going to bother digging out last year's post for 2005 resolutions, since i guess half of them are probably not fulfilled anyway, and will only lead to greater frustration (the first thing that came to my mind - i've lost zilch amount of weight, and probably added on a couple instead. conclusion: working makes you fat). just a short round-up for the year:
i ended our 7.5 years long courtship earlier this year. although we hardly meet or chat these days, i'm glad we remained as friends, something i've always believed in very strongly. i've always know it that you have influenced me in many ways - you made me less afraid to speak up for myself and gave me greater confidence. everybody who knows you would probably agree that you have one of the world's sweetest temper, i thank you for tolerating and giving in to me in the past (but in the process, you probably made me more egotistic!). i remembered saying this, and i would like say it again... to me, our relationship was never rubbish, never a waste of time. i wish you all the best in the coming new year - more cover stories (when are you reaching your 1000th article?), more television appearances, more fun working trips, and lots of fun clubbing and partying.
i now have a brighter and cleaner house to host parties! tonight we're having a potluck for new year's eve and i've decided to make baked penne, potato salad and pound cake with rum topping. (bimbo thought: all this cooking and washing is definitely going to ruin my opi maine-iac mauve manicure, anybody wishes to volunteer to be the dish-washing missy for the day? xp?) oh yes, anyway i'm pretty pleased as to how my room turned out, especially the fact that there's finally enough space to organise my clothes. btw, who knows where to find a relatively affordable (no more than S$200) coffee table, walnut brown with anodised aluminium legs? that's the only piece of furniture i'm lacking, and i'm determined to get it before CNY before mum's nagging starts ringing in my ears again.
a couple of things which i've picked up this year - I CAN DRIVE! in less than a month's time, i can officially choose not to put up that silly distracting yellow triangle in my windscreen. after much persuasion, i also picked up CYCLING! ermmm, to be exact, i only managed to balance myself on a bicycle over several metres. i actually promised to practise diligently and master it by this year, oh well, it's always good to keep some objectives to achieve in the coming year, haha. i have the ever-so-patient ig to thank, for constantly bugging and pushing me to drive/cycle - plus i think i'm quite lazy/lousy a student, eh? ;) (very hopefully) in 2006, i should be able to cycle well and over long distances, maybe try my hand at in-line skating and run my first 10km mini-marathon. this sounds good, doesn't it?
time and tide waits for no man, let's embrace the coming of year 2006 (damn, i'm reaching my mid-twenties already).
"every new year people make resolutions to change aspects of themselves they believe are negative. a majority of people revert back to how they were before and feel like failures. this year i challenge you to a new resolution. i challenge you to just be yourself."
- aisha elderwyn