Reflection of 2013. Resolution for 2014.

Hello Humans,

Happy New Year!

It’s the first day of 2014 and I'm spending it well alone at home, enjoying my me-time with my lappy, music and tv. Oh well, it’s a good time for me to do some reflection of the past year and set some resolutions for this year!  Checked out what I've set for 2013 and seeing it is quite…well... HAHA.

1) Graduate Smoothly [Goal Attained]

So yes, I’ve completed my final semester in NTU earlier this year, crapped through my horrible FYP and enjoyed the last phase of my student life. As expected, it was difficult to maintain cGPA of 3.8, let alone pulling my degree to Second Upper Class, I think I’m quite okay to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Second Lower Class. Wearing a mortarboard was like a lifelong goal for me since I was a young schooling kid and I couldn't imagine I've achieved it. Yes, 人生重大目标No. 1 has been fulfilled! Happy that I did my family proud, especially my parents who see us through university. It wasn't easy, though my parents are financially well to support all 5 children of theirs’, but let's not forget about all the hard work that they paid off for that.

2) Good Job upon Graduation (Decent Job with Decent Pay) [Goal Attained]

My only paper for my last semester in NTU was 8^th May 2013 and my convocation was on 26^th July 2013. Job hunting was irritating and I was so busy with nuahing and only started job searching in mid/late June. I wouldn't say I didn't care much about job searching cos that will be lying to everyone. I think it’s more like I’m stressed at times when there’s no news or when people around me started stressing me out with my job hunting progress. I’m okay with being jobless, since I don’t mind having a long break before work kicks in. But having to find job (on and off) for good for 5 months is too long and tiring. The job hunting process took longer than expected and I’m glad that it ended in early November when I got a job offer from HDB. It ended my 4.5 months of job hunting. On a side note, work gonna start tomorrow! Wish me luck.

Resolution 2014 #1: Smooth career in HDB, good colleagues and boss(es), a friendly work environment and me performing well as an employee. Somehow I hope I can survive through the first year and get re-contract or a permanent position after the first year. We'll see how it goes.

3) Get my Driving Licence [Try Harder]

Started learning driving in June 2013 despite learning the theories in February. Driving wasn't something easy for me cos I get freaked up all the times, especially when I’m allocated to this fierce and unfriendly instructor. But the good thing is that most of the instructors are pretty friendly to us (my sister and I) and sometimes we even chatted. I was quite confident for passing my driving test in just one try but unfortunately I got freaked out during the test again and thanks to my lousy driving skills, I gonna take the test this February! Wish me luck, I wanna get that driving license, stop wasting my money and stop seeing those driving instructors.

Resolution 2014 #2: Get that damn driving license

4)  Know the Basic of Ukulele [Try Harder]

I got my hands off ukulele on the last lesson of basic ukulele class, partly cos it was really difficult for my fatty fingers to press on those tiny strings and thanks to my poor coordination, it makes playing ukulele such a tedious task! It seems like singing (off tune at times) is much easier than playing an instrument. I thought the string got snapped off during the tuning on my last lesson and it was just recently that I realized it’s not snapped off. HAHA. Okay sorry LeLe, it’s my fault. Perhaps I should really try harder to learn ukulele again. It’s supposed to be the easiest instrument to play! Okay, I’ll try.

Resolution 2014 #3: Get my fingers on LeLe again. Learn a few chords that I'll be able to 自弹自唱。Super difficult and hard to achieve, we'll see how, it might become resolution for 2015. HAHA.

5) Stay Healthy and Fit [Yes and No]

Met my targeted 58kg so kinda shed some Europe fats BUT after the Christmas festive my weigh started to gain again. HAHA. Looked through my Record/Report Books that I weighed 53 kg (163 cm) when I was 12 years old and 56 kg (170 cm) when I was 18 years old. And now, standing at 171 cm, I’m weighing 58.5 kg. I think I gain around 3 Kg after every 6 years huh! I need to get back to my healthier lifestyle of hitting the gym which I stopped months ago due to all my nuahness and dates.

Resolution 2014 #4: Exercise more, eat lesser or more like eat healthier (e.g. lesser maggie? lesser chips? THIS IS DIFFICULT.Arghh). Aim for 57kg? HAHA.

6) Travel [Yes and No]

Didn't do much travelling in 2013 such as graduation trip or overseas voluntary trip. But I’ll glad that just one year ago, I travelled with my BFFs to Bangkok Thailand from 5^th Jan to 8^th Jan 2013. It was a short and sweet get-away trip and I can’t wait for more foursome travelling next time! Was kinda excited when my sister suggested going Hong Kong in December 2013 which got cancelled off but never mind. I’ll visit Hong Kong one fine day. Well, I don’t have plan for travel for this year, but who will mind to go on holiday right?! I’ll see how my schedule will be like for this year and hopefully get to travel to somewhere?

Resolution 2014 #5: Go on holiday to a place. Maybe, if I feel like.

7) Better skin complex [Yes and No]

Skin got slightly better this year compared to 2013. Hopefully in 2014 it will be better :D

8) 等久久的人

(:

9) Remain happy and be happy

I’m overall a happy girl in 2013, with all those stuff happened in 2013. Tried new things such as going for musical concerts, having lots of me-time and family time, having some lucks of winning lucky draw to concerts or movie tickets or random gifts and changing statuses (e.g. from being a student to working adult, meeting someone special etc). I hope I'll continue to be blessed with lots of love and happy stuff this year and of course bad things can happen to make make a better and stronger person but hopefully those bad things will be stuff that are manage-able. 

Resolution 2014 #6: Be a better individual for different roles in life. For example, I haven't been a good sister/daughter at times with all the talk-back or being headstrong. Sometimes I hope I can learn how to be a good one but it's just.. not that easy. So yeap, learning to be good in different roles, especially those new roles that I've gained. 

Resolution 2014 #7: Getting a job means saving should start soon. HAHA, time to fix my saving account. HMM.

Resolution 2014 #8: Continue my reading momentum. It's not easy to get back on reading momentum. I'm glad that I've read a couple of books by Mitch Albom and Agatha Christine during my long break between school and work. So hopefully I'll continue this good habit of reading. HAHA.

That's all for now, it's long enough. Wordy post that serves as reminder for myself. HAHA. Thanks if you read through.

2013 is a past tense, all the good and bad stays. May we learn from the bad ones, and the good ones continue in 2014. As lunar 2014 gonna be 犯太岁for me and most of my friends, let's hope we'll survive through this not-too-good or not-too-bad year ahead! :D

And to people who are close to my heart, thanks for staying in my life and playing a part in my life. I hope I did in yours too.

Lots of Love,

bean

2013 resolution

Hello humams,

Happy 2013. Hopes that it has been good for you so far. As for me, it still pretty awesome since im just back from my short get away from bangkok with my laopos (; it was the first time for our foursome trip and i hope more to come in our life. (:

And here's a list of new year resolution for 2013!

1. graduate smoothly in months time
    That means all the best for my FYP and hopes that it wouldn't turn out too bad. Also, i hope to at least maintain my cGPA of 3.8 though it is a bit tough.  Hmm. so I'll just try huh.

2. Good job upon graduation
     hopes i'll have clearer mind of what i want to work as before graduate and land myself in a decent job with decent pay.

3. Get my driving licence
    Registered myself with bbdc last dec and hope i can get my driving licence by end of this year! If i can get it by june, that would be one of the best birthday present. Haha. If not, I dont mind it as belated present. To be frank, im scare of driving on road so wish me good luck (:

4.Know the basic of ukulele
    ukulele classes will be starting soon in late jan! Hopefully by end of this year i can learn the basic of it and perhaps play a few songs!

5. stay healthy and fit
    i kind of like the healthier lifestyle of going to the gym for once or twice a week though there isnt any weight lose yet. hopefully in year 2013, i can maintain this healthy lifestyle with a healthier and fitter and slimmier body! I have not lose any weight that i gained after im back from my europe trip and for this year,  i hope i can aim for 55-58kg. Haha i know it is super ultra difficult but hopefully getting back to my weight last year will be okay. People say aim for the start so u'll land on  the moon so see how huh.

6. travel
    Travel is really a luxury and i know ive travelled quite a lot last year for my europe trip. Indeed it was a great experience to fulfil my university to do wish list and though ive been to a number of places, most of them are just touch and go. I think ive covered less than 3% of europe but of course that is better than nothing (; so in 2013, a year of student and working life. Somehow i hope to have a break in between where i get to travrl a bit. It can be work and travel or voluntary trip to developing countires. Actually Ive thought about it last time but didnt really think about it. Maybe it's the time. Haha. Anyway I was thinking if voluntary work should be done in the local or overseas cos flying to the country is like wastting the money :/ maybe all these will become my grad trip huh. Lol, but seriously i don't know yet and Grad trip is still unknown :/

7. better skin complex
  Ive no idea what happened to me but my skin was damn jalat in 2012. I mean i don't hv a good skin to start with but it got worsen and i was so unhappy with it. So  please give me back my not so good but not that bad skin in year 2013

8. remain happy and be happy

9. Still waiting for my 等久久的人。

That's all.

I know a lot of typo for this post. But tying with Hp isn't easy and I sort of get frustrated and hence not editing much :/

School's coming. Back to student life yo.

Loves,
Bean