Hey Everyone Out There:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
It's 2008! :) 今年是鼠年。:)
It's going to be a challenging year for me (considering the happenings of the past few months). But it's 2008 now and the year should start afresh. Since this is my FIRST post of the year, I should keep it positive. :D
First things first! Things to be cleared before school officially starts (that leaves me with the next 23+ hours to do them all):
-Chemistry Tutorial Addition Qn [go Popular copy out the questions from TYS. xD]
-Bio Tutorial Essay(s) [I think no one would do. :P]
-5 pg SSEF report [super duper summarized]
-Brother's Project
-Clean up the luggage mess and iron the rest of the clothes
-Get a new haircut
-Find my collar pin & tie (oops!)
New year resolutions!!
1-Spend more time with God EVERYDAY without fail. :)
2-Sleep BEFORE 2am EVERY night :P
3-Stare only at the half-full glass and ignore the half-empty one.
4-TRY not to have anymore conflicts at home
(就像2006年之前一样顺着父母所要的
去做吧。我也不想再吵了。自己只觉得很累。)
5-Chill more and don't worry unnecessarily.
I think 5 is a good number to start off with. :P
And if I were to follow no. 4 fully, I'll become a person with zero responsibility in school because I'll be ponning CCAs frequently that it's easier to count the no. of times that I go there rather than my absence. Haha. He told me that I should learn to balance, but though I feel that I'm balanced enough, they always say I'm not. Sighh.
I'm going to turn 18 in 2008 in a fabulous class 2T28, and soon taking part in ssef with a code MH28. (notice the positions of the eights. hahaha.)
The only thing I dislike about new years is that school's starting soon. Oh, and Mei Xiu's msn personal msg is: T28, meet u guys in school TOMORROW. Omg. I'm so totally not as enthu about school reopening as her. Haha.
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Part of me is still in 2007 even as I leave my first few imprints in the brand new 2008. So I'm going to take this opportunity to turn back just this once to look at 2007 as a whole big picture and pen down my thoughts about it, before the tide of time gushes in and washes everything away. :)
2007 began a wonderful year full of opportunities for me. The first 3 months in 1T22 were filled with much laughter and joy. Then came the actual posting results and my class became 1T28. And then the tutorials and tests came pouring down upon us like waterfalls. Mid years and promos came and gone as quickly as the wind. And of course, the experience of the bittersweet PW is indeed unforgettable. It's no doubt that PW had served its purpose well enough in terms of character building. Haha. But in academic sense, I still think it's rather crap and bullshit. Lol.
In June I went to Thailand for ocip and it was definitely memorable. It's those priceless experience and feelings that I treasure most. Went to Cambridge in August, but the funny thing is (believe it or not), I actually enjoyed Thailand more than Cambridge. Probably because it's more meaningful? Haha. Actually those stuffs that we learnt in Cambridge were nothing new to me cos I've learnt it in nus high already. Lol. It's the scenery there that I loved most. :)
I was also stuck at many crossroads many times this year, especially in the 2nd half of the year. Like going for Cambodia ocip or sitting for Bio Olympiad. Dilemmas and making choices and telling white lies to my parents (mind you, I hate telling lies, and I hate people who tell lies too. I have no idea why I did it.). Not so pleasant memories.
The year end holidays were the most eventful part of 2007, I would say. November was planning, planning and more planning. December was executing everything. And of course, in the meantime, I had to juggle with Guzheng and violin practices, housework, holiday assignments, Brother's holiday assignments, and my *beloved* (ahem) srp.
Sadly but unavoidably, 2007 is tainted with some bad memories as well. :( I faced with some personal struggles as well, which I think is quite common among teenagers. Despite the really really low times that I felt, I believed that God was (and still is) putting me to test and would definitely provide (and still providing) a way out for me.
Ok, no turning back from now on. The gates of 2007 is closed behind me. All regrets, sadness, and everything negative is locked behind me. The path that I tread on now is brightly lit with opportunities, and possibilities, with energy, and vigour. :)
Goodnight!