Friday, December 31, 2004
It is the last dae of the year 2004, and juz like the previous years, i’m having a lot of gan3 chu4 during this period of time... It’s time to sum up the year 2004...
2004 has been 1 of the most special years of my life... It's been a long and eventful year filled wif fun, laughter, joy, and oso sadness and tears. I went through a lot this year, and i can sae that the Xin Ru standing here todae is veri different from the Xin Ru a year ago... It’s juz this different feeling altogether...
My 8-mth break following the A levels was pretty well-spent as i spent most of my time working. Stepping into the society to work really opens up my eyes and mind to a lot of different things, and i realli gained a lot of experience from each of the different jobs i took up... I discovered my passion for sales after working for Bengawan Solo during the CNY period, and oso experienced first-hand about the working situation in a hospital during my short working stint in SGH. To me, these experiences r really valuable as they r wat money can’t buy...
The most exciting event of the year has got to be the release of the A level results. The eventual outcome was disappointing though, and it resulted in one of the biggest regrets of my life – the fact that i din get into mass communications, the course i’ve dreamt about getting into all my life. Till now i still feel sad about it, but i guez there r bound to be regrets in life huh... But i must sae that i’m realli thankful that i managed to secure a place in NTU business, and i’m devoting all my time and effort into mastering the various subjs i’m currently taking... No pt crying over spilled milk, coz i knoe i realli did put in my bez for my A levels...
Getting into university was another major turning pt in my life. It’s like a whole new idea altogether, and u hafta do every single thing on ur own... I met many new ppl, broadened my perspectives, and learned to be a lot more independent and vocal. In my faculty, it’s like u r expected to be a confident speaker and to be like real knowledgable in the area of business, which i’m neither. So i’m trying realli hard, and i hope one dae, i’ll be able to realli ‘fit in’ into my faculty... Hostel living was another new experience for me, and so far, i’ve realli enjoyed staying in hostel coz it’s juz like having a little haven to call my own... It’s a place wif a homely feel, and i realli treat it like my second home... =)
2004 contains many sweet memories for me, and a huge part of it were made up of 2 special ppl - Mummy and Grandma! I’m realli glad that we the ‘3 generations’ managed to reunite and ‘re-bond’ and spend a lot of ‘quality time’ together this year after being apart for 2 years... It juz feels like a newfound friendship. We went out together, talked about everything under the sun together, searched for jobs together, and even spent our first semester of uni life together at the hostel! It’s been a realli great year wif them ard, and I realli cherish this friendship and hope we can be frens forever! =)
Now that 2004 is coming to an end, i wld like to wish everyone happiness and good health in the coming year... I oso pray that the death toll of the tsunami tragedy will not increase further, and that those victims who lost their homes and loved ones can gradually get on wif life... 2005 is starting veri soon, so let's brace ourselves for all the challenges lying ahead of us! Jia you everyone!
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