the first post of 2009! and its probably gonna be a super duper long post! heh heh.
shall start off with my new year resolutions which takes effect from today! not in any order though, so here goes:
#1 bitch less, learn more - im definitely not a bitch, but i think i am quite guilty of this. well this time i will try to keep my mouth shut and cut down on the bitching sessions!
#2 be a filial daughter - spend more time with my parents, and grandma as well! appreciate the things that they do and be nice to them :)
#3 help with the housework - help my mummy do some housework on weekends! cause i reckon i'll probably be too shagged on weekdays to help out. but its good enough okay :p
#4 less shopping sprees - impulsive shopping especially, cause i end up not wearing what i buy and its a total waste of money :/
#5 clear / collect my debts - better rmbr who owe me money so that i wont be broke anymore (this goes out especially to someone with the initials GCP)
#6 swim at least once weekly fortnightly - for practical reasons, i know i am surely not that diligent to drag myself to a pool every week. how i wish i had a swimming pool just downstairs! but ah, i shall not complain haha
#7 no empty promises / don't pangseh - not gonna stretch my limits and play the nice girl anymore, cannot means cannot! & i know how sucky it feels to be pangseh-ed, especially at the very last minute so i won't do it unless its really emergency!
#8 be punctual - i'm actually pretty punctual for school, but i'll try not to be more than 15 minutes late if it comes to other appointments heh
#9 make new friends, guys & girls alike - probably shuai-ges too! hahaha
#10 appreciate my wonderful friends - i'm gonna cherish all the great friendships i had so far and make time for my friends if they ever need me because they really rock :)
#11 plan my time better - very important for a busy year ahead! but of course, life for me will not only revolve around studying
#12 pack my room once a month - at the rate that i'm messing up the tables, i should be packing my room everyday but i'm just too lazy and monthly sounds more practical :p
#13 pick up a new language - preferably german or korean so i can go to those countries after As!
#14 learn driving - if i am allowed i will and hopefully i can pass! :)
#15 get at least six hours of sleep everyday - i dont wanna look like a living zombie or a panda with eyes that really look like o.O
#16 get over the things that makes me miserable - take things easy and learn to let go at the right time
#17 take good care of myself - fall sick less because it sucks to be sick and i probably can't afford to be either
#18 study hard for As - complete all tutorials, study for all tests, do whatever i can to get my aces! :D
18 resolutions for an eighteen-year-old-to-be, i guess thats pretty much enough cause i doubt i can keep to them for one whole year anyway. haha. we'll wait and see.
anyway, received the new year at vivocity at the channel 8 countdown party with chewps, amanda, yinshuen & helen! mandice was supposed to go but she's sick. :( hmm we had one round of mahjong at chewps house first before we went down to vivo. the queue was crazily long, and we actually thought of giving up and just go home to watch it on tv, but luckily we managed to get in without queueing because we had tickets! so we were there for about an hour or so before we went back to chewps house for another round of mahjong till this morning! no pictures yet because my camera refuse to co-operate and the pictures are disappearing! seriously, idk why. hopefully the pictures will still be around after i send it for repair! :/ did a little bit of shopping at town after a short nap at chewps place. AND YES I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I HAVENT BROKEN #4 ALTHOUGH I WAS SO TEMPTED TO BUT I DIDNT BUY ANYTHING TODAY! :D
okay, sometimes i think i really need to salute chewps for her kiasu-ness. for its that very KSness that made it possible for me to do things i probably wouldnt dare do if not for her. just take the countdown for example, all the cutting queues and squeezing through the crowds entitled us the chance to stand at the first row of seats during the countdown. haha. and there's probably much more encounters which i will not go into details here because it isnt exactly very glamorous. haha. but friends like these can really spice up your life. :)
so 2008 wasnt exactly a fantastic year for me but i guess its still good enough to get by. idk whether its because i have grown up and i am expecting more, but life is and can no longer be as smooth-sailing as it used to be. perhaps its time we break out from our sheltered lives and experience all the ups & downs of life. take my college life for example, i didnt really have much of a choice for a sudden change of environment from vj to aj, but eventually after all the complaints and disappointments, aj's actually not bad too. and cambridge was a real eye-opener too. i lost some friends, but i established new friendships too. so i've grown to realise that when one door closes, another will open, and as long as i believe, i shall never lose my way. :)
i guess i can never express it in words, but i'm really thankful for my family and friends that i am able to pull through and be who i am today. do continue to be there! :)
