Friday, December 30
Hey, I passed my 3-year anniversary with Blogger without knowing it. Anyway, it was 17 Dec 2002. Yep. Time flies damn fast. I know I was starting this blogger thing in Kuching then, thinking it probably won't work for me. Who knows, I've been writing for 3 years and counting, and coming close to 500 posts. Sounds phenomenal, but actually it's not a lot, if you divide it for 3 years. On average I only blog like what, 2 or 3 times a week? Yeah. Good enough for me I guess.
Well, it's memories buried long in time in the archives, and I don't particularly want to relive some of them. I know, I know, I'm getting philosophical, but that's because New Year's just round the corner, and I'm trying to trash things out, recollect what I've done this year.
Nothing much, been the biggest slacker after my A's, flew to Kuching to celebrate New Year there, and it's been the best time of my life. My dad's around and my whole family's back together for the festivities. The only regret was that I couldn't stay longer.
Flew back for my results, and it's some result which continues to stun me until now, and then whisked myself into IRAS to slog my guts out for a mere pittance of a salary. Met some good friends though, and it's a pity I couldn't meet up with them this holiday. Gotta really find some time for a gathering.
Got rejected from NUS Chem Engine, which then I was sobbing over my acceptance into the Science Faculty. Now? I snub them. Woo, I'm pragmatic. It's their loss. Heh. Anyway, I'm not disappointed coming to NTU. Met great friends in hall, got into a fantastic class, and found that special someone. (I'm all smiles now.)
Been busying myself with hall activities, school work, stuff. I think it's not really that good to throw yourself whole-heartedly into something. You tend to forget the people around you, you forget to spend time with them, no, rather you cannot find the time to spend with them. Somehow you get caught up with too much stuff, you lose track of stuff you are doing. But I will say it's been a good experience, no complaints there.
And I still think that living in hall is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, so if you can, go for it. What, it'll probably be the best time for you to chill out, have fun without your parents breathing down on you (in my case, my mum breathes down on me for my dad so she does it with extra effort), and learn how to live out of your comfort zone. Yeah. Cool right? You bet.
Anyway. My school exams flashed past without me knowing. One moment I remember I was mugging real hard at the last minute because I slacked too much the whole semester, and the other moment I realised I passed all my modules. Christmas came and went without the bang I wanted to have. (No time to create that bang.)
And New Year's coming. I won't have the energy to make a big thing out of it, but I hope I can have a good ole gathering with a few close friends, chill out, talk crap over dinner or something. Well, beats having nothing. Of course that's just dreaming. Well.
And then after this blog I'll have to go crack my head over what I want to blog for my New Year's resolution.
Posted by Isabelle at 10:09 pm