goodbye 2008, welcome 2009!
in exactly 26 hours time 2008 will draw to a close like how the fireworks will leave the night sky and 2009 begins.
2008 has been a crazy journey, and it feels so extremely long. like there were 665 days to it or something like that. lets see jan was alot of bumming around, and i started working in standchart. feb was spent working too. and then quitting on the job to work at halogen. for like 2 weeks. then march there was this first overseas trip to kukup, so much fun. that we went again in april. april also forced me back to work, i went to bnp and worked for another month plus, till like may. there was my birthday celebration at parkway which was a nice cosy dinner with the gang.. then i spend time bumming around again. end may was the beginning of work at mos. then june came and july came. during this period of time there were like big life decisions to make, unis to choose and aug i left. went thru orientation like kids all over again. started school. and then it was studying, forcing myself to go school, travelling like 3 hour plus to and fro everyday, and going for cca, and joining project angel. this went on for aug, sep, oct, and nov was the exams! then the rest of nov was spend nuaing around. dec was good. i went on holidauy with the family and there was alot of time spend at home and with the family. i finally cleared my room, moved the furniture a bit, now theres lots of space, very little notes and files left, and i feel less burdened and cooped up.
2008 has definitely been one of the hardest years of my life. i spend a good fortune learning driving and passing :D and there was this whole phase of working and earning every single cent i need to spend. and all the talk and decisions about entering university. and all the vices that i was faced with, clubbing smoking drinking sex lesbianism. it was very grown up, like suddenly i was no longer a kid. things were no longer simple and easy to understand. and there were very difficult times that i faced. i had dealed with a break up, the death of someone very special, watched my granny, the one very close to me go through a stroke, then slowly degenerate into her current state, rushed in and out of hospital and nearly lost her twice. and i saw friends getting attached, friends breaking up, friendships falling apart, new friendships forming, promises broken. there was this period when i gave up on life, on hope, on love, even on myself. but now im more or less alright, just a new me, new perspectives and mindset and priorities.
but im thankful. becasue these difficulties showed me who true friends were, who are the ones i can count on. and im looking forward to a brand new year.. a year when i turn twenty!!
to a better year ahead! :)