diao, the ever enthu clubber very hopefully tried to un-hermit me today by asking me to go clubbing.
he wish!
i never go anywhere on xmas eve, xmas day, new year's eve and new year's day. never ever. i play hermit. i'm a crowd hater, fearer and avoider. heck, i dont even like shopping during weekends! and that says alot because i love shopping. besides, i have the tendency to faint in crowds. done that twice already. shall try not to do it again.
the only ways anyone can ever get me outta the house during these days are:
1) if i like u alot. like i did for cf when 2006 turned to 2007. we went to watch fireworks at the padang.
2) if the club's in pulau ubin. and the only crowd is a crowd of mosquitoes.
3) if you have a car, have reserved a table at a restaurant and a vip room at a club. so i can zoom straight from car to table to private room and avoid all crowds.
4) if you entice me with sgd 500. minimum.
so.... im here hermitting and blogging. and reflecting.....
2008... wasnt a particularly good or bad year for me. achievements-wise, it was definitely a good year. i fact, i think i went through milestones. however, i also went through my first ever breakup so things sort of even out.
i would say 2008 was the year i did alot of growing up - the year when i learnt alot and took on new perspectives to various issues in my life. it was the year i started seeing things differently and took off the rose tinted glasses of the naive.
i threw myself prematurely into the "real world" with my double internships. i experienced what it will be like to work in an MNC and what it will be like if i get my dream career as a writer.
i travelled for the first time on my own, with no "adult supervision". i went to bintan with fang. jsut the 2 of us. it could be either sheer bravado (we have both never been there b4 talk about blind leading the blind) or real stupidity. we got back safe and sound, much to the relief of my disbelieving mother.
i had my first ever breakup, and i plodded on through my internships despite the emotional trauma. it happened in end-january and the effects reverberated for the next 11 months.
heh died and i had to face one of my biggest phobias - death.
these being the main highlights (and lowlights?) of my year, how can anyone not grow up? the double internships and the breakup were the biggest force behind my change. it's kinda hard to pinpoint how exactly i've changed. it's this intangible feeling within me that seems different. i definitely think differently and approach things differently now. exactly how different, i can't identify till i'm at a task. i suppose i need to get used to this new me inside me. maybe i'll come round to that in 2009.
and that's my reflection for 2008
resolutions for 2009...
1) start jogging 3 times a week! and slowly increase each run to 4.8km.
2) STOP shopping for half a year because back up hubby wants to go istanbul for grad trip with a budget of 3k. i will really LOVE shopping vouchers as bday prezzies next year because i will suffer terrible withdrawal symptoms otherwise.
3) stop thinking and calling that woman a two faced bitch. i'm no longer angry so the habitual angry nick has got to go.
4) stick strictly to my weekly hair mask + full body exfoliation + foot scrub, daily toning + moisturising beauty routine
5) be a neater person instead of doing a weekly cleanup after accumulating mess throughout the week.
6) be punctual (omg this is gonna be so hard)
7) sleep before 1am
8) be thriftier even after my istanbul trip
i think that's enough to work on and i shall print it out and put it on my noticeboard as a constant reminder to work towards them.
this entry is too long so i shall do my 30 things to do before 30 list in the next entry.
happy new year everyone!
Posted at 1/1/2009 1:49:36 am by
stickfigure
