anyway, with 365 days per annum, i would say it's pretty hard to classify any year as 'uneventful'; most definitely something of significance would have happened along the way.
as i sit here trying to collect my thoughts and memories from this past year, i am also in the process of recovering from an illness that threatens to ruin my countdown to the new year.
but all seems well, and i hope to start 2012 fully healthy and ready to take on the next 365 days.
it will be another long and arduous journey, with the second half of year 2 coming up, and then more planning to do university-wise before engaging semester 1 of year 3. module-planning is something very important i feel, and especially with SEP to manchester coming up in 2013 (that's 1 year away), it is crucial to figure out what modules to clear, and whether i might want to get some level-4000 honours modules out of the way.
either way, before i start talking about 2012 and my plans for the forthcoming year, let's just stick to discussing 2011 and remembering the significant moments that happened this past year.
so where do i begin?
2011 has really been full of ups and downs i guess, right from the very beginning to its very end. for lack of a better word, it really has been 'eventful'.
i remember right at the very start, the moment of countdown at the singapore flyer with stanley and hilda, watching the fireworks, and then abandoning them that night.
i remember a few other similar incidents that happened that january, and the aftermath of the breakup.
it was a pretty dark semester i would say; i just tried to focus on studies.
year 1 sem 2, taking stats, cognitive, and developmental...
that chinese new year, and AYGK that happened on 初夕! |--|_
hall-wise saw IHG and ERC openhouse go by, as well as seniors farewell and the alumni dinner conducted by SL... and as such, my jobs as touch rug TM, soccer player, ERC prog cell member and SL pub cell member ended.
i then remember rushing on the 28th of april right after PL3233 paper to go to switchfoot concert, without giving much of a hoot for my last paper on the 30th (:
and then holidays flew by really quickly.
psych camp, the HK trip, SWOC, reservist, the bday surprise they threw for me at my place. i'm thankful for those people (:
(cutting short and moving on to year 2)
after SWOC and o-week where we got to know the new freshies and helped them integrate into the block, it was back to school as usual and well, termtime once again passed by pretty quickly as well.
more modules, and this time it was moving up to level 6 and meeting new hall peeps.
the level 4 short wing of 10/11 had thus ended, and i soon found new companions in CS, jon, zhenlin, mingzhe, ivan, liankai, xiaoming, yeejiunn etc.
and then there was night cycling and all the recces and planning.
oh and my injury to the ankle meant i couldnt continue my driving lessons, my bike lessons, and soccer and sepak visions were all halted... i decided to head in the cultural direction instead and auditioned for sheares band and geyao. at the same time, horizon smile started to have more performances and exposure opportunities, plus i started doing more covers and writing songs. in a sense, the roadblock in the sporting section caused much advancement in the music area... which is quite a good thing i guess.
inspirationally, music and song-writing have all been very good outlets for expressing my thoughts.
and in this life, what would we do without music?
i also have in mind a whole list of people to thank.
but that would significantly lengthen this post, and besides i'm not really in the right mind to do any form of thanking now... let me perhaps, collect all my thoughts and on another day i might just have the random urge to write them out then.
lastly, my sincerest apologies for this poorly constructed crap of words.
but this crap hereby concludes my 100th post of ynwaben.blogspot.com, to end the year.
just like how i attempted to tweet my 2011th tweet before the stroke of midnight, and my 2012th one when the new year had arrived (to create some form of meaning and significance out of nothing), let this 100th post end off the year of 2011, and subsequently, the 101st post shall start off the journey of 2012.
have a good year ahead my friends!
i leave you with wise words from a professor i greatly admire and respect.
may they inspire you as well.
"I am sure you will continue to do very well in school. And staying healthy is a must, while being happy is a bonus; we always say, regardless of situations, the one who is happy (or at least not unhappy) ultimately wins. But I think happiness must be sought top-down, since it rarely (if at all) occurs bottom-up.
And this thought is related to a personal opinion on a new year per se, which I thought I would share with you: While the boundary between 31 Dec and 1 January is, to me, arbitrary and does not necessarily guarantee a happier future year, our goal really is to try and stay happy always. Thus, may you continue to experience happy, and fulfilling, days in 2012."
p.s. the fireworks this year were awesome, not to mention the vhd company.
and... mcatdr was reset at the cityhall mrt escalator themepark slide (Y)
"thanks for helping me clean the mrt station?"
you're welcome.
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