One Last Look Back At 2007

sorry this post took so long… i have been meaning to write it sooner, but just couldnt find the time… been really busy with school work and going out to celebrate since the festive season just passed… anyway, here it is…

i cant say that 2007 was a very good year or a very bad year… it has its hits and misses i would say… Up and down are part of life, and 2007 was no difference either…. true, it may be a sadder year when compared to others, but there are also things that happen in 2007 that calls for me to rejoice…

well 2007 began with me still serving the army… i was in 1 Sig Bn then as the RP IC… nothing to be really proud of, except it was an envious job to others… 8-5 everyday and i didnt have to do much since i was the IC… it had its good and bad points i tell you… all the shit work and stuff…

not long after the start of the year, i had the worst bdae of my life… and 1 week after my bdae, i had the worse day of my life as well… not wanting to go on, im going to leave it just as it is…

2mths on, its April, i took my first driving test… i failed miserably… 34points if im not mistaken… i knocked down the pole and strike the kerb while doing parallel parking is totally unheard of for my standard… but even so, it did happen… luckily, i managed to book another test within the next 2mths… so i just had to wait…

from that time on, i was pretty much busy with camp stuff to worry about others… i was on overnight duty every alternate day just because of some screwups in camp… so tell me how is my job the envy of others… but ohh well, it helped me to pass time faster…

in June, i sat for my second driving test… this time, i made sure i aced the test and got my driving license after all the money and time spent on it… i got 6points ^^ … boy was i proud of myself =pPp … i was really hoping to be able to drive the family car around… and the good news didnt just end there… i was on leave and off till i ORD in August… haha…

to be honest, i was really hesistant about serving the army, but i had no choice… i always thought that serving the army would be a waste of time… its not entirely true… i admit, there are times when i find the things that we did in the army was a total waste of time and energy, but there are also times where i did learn alot of things that i could never learn if i didnt serve the army… for example, i learnt about surviving out in the wilderness; i learnt how to take care of myself better; i was fitter than i was before i joined the army… all these plus all the friends and buddies i had made during my 1 yr and 10 mths showed that it wasnt a total waste of time… i am really glad for all the friends that i have made, glad that they stuck with me and carried me on when i was down… many thanks go out to my good buddies who were with me from bmt or the way to sispec, and despite being in different units after that, we still kept in constant contact and hang out with one another every now and then… Yan Hao, Wei Quien, Eugene, Dean, Heng Kiang – we are buddies for life =D … of course there are many others, but too many to named…

the few weeks before i ord was just about the busiest day since then… i had to keep running to and fro from SIM… had alot of documents to settle, as well as to attend the FOD (Freshman Orientation Day)… made some new friends although many of whom i didnt keep in contact after that… wished i had attended the orientation camp instead of the accounting workshop as it was just a total waste of time… i rather go for the camp and make more new friends… but ohh well, its too late to regret now =( …

school started… almost 2 yrs since i last attended a lecture… not very used to it… the funny thing was i was pretty driven to do well in school, and i still feel the same way right now =) … maybe its because i just feel that i need to prove that i can actually do it and that i didnt rely on luck or whatsoever to do well… during the course of the lectures, i managed to get to know some of my OG frenz even better and at the same time made some new friends as well… at least my uni life isnt as boring when it first started out…

attended daniel’s wedding dinner as well as another fren’s church wedding ceremony… so CONGRATULATIONS to the newly-weds… something definitely worth celebrating about… haha…

went to kukup after daniel’s wedding the next day… was pretty fun… i was only there once before then, and it was when i was still a small little boy… and i remembered from the last time i was there, the place was totally run-down… the houses were like the typical fishing kampongs made of wooden planks… but now, the whole place has really changed… haha… its so modern now… the pathways are now concrete, and the houses are like modern apartments or chalets… the whole place changed so much i could hardly recognised it… i wasnt very keen to go, but i was glad i did… sure wish i could go again soon…

almost went on a trip to bangkok with cyn, jo and her bf and sze en… i really wanted to go but even though air fare wasnt a problem, lodging + food + shopping expenses were another problem all together… just didnt have enough for it so i didnt go… but i really wana go on a holiday by myself or with 1 or 2 friends… even if its for a short trip…

had a xmas class gathering, a bdae party and a countdown towards the end of the year… all of them were pretty fun and it was really memorable…

despite all these nice memories, there are also alot of downs in 2007… quarrels with my families, unhappiness at work (i meant in the army), studies in school etc.. but there’s always frenz who will be there for me… i really want to thank you guys and gals alot…

it was also nice to be able to catch up with old friends from the past this year… people whom i have not met or contacted for a couple of years i think… fuxiang, sarah, jaspreet, angeline, firdaus to name a few as well as making new friends such as azimah, ching, verlyn, ivan, wen jie etc to name another few… yea… sarah and gang has become another part of my life… hung out with them a lot of times and it was fun… haha… hope we can hang out more often… of course, i wouldnt want to neglect my old friends such as jo, cyn, hs, siti, ee ching, seng, kel and gang, khairi and my army gang… without u guys, my life in 2007 would be so damn boring… so once again THANK YOU VERY MUCH ^^

and of course, my family needs mentioning as well… if not for them, i might not be able to do what i wanted to do throughout the course of 2007… it was their encouragement that made me persevere through the tough times as well… THANKS =)

and as 2008 begins, i hope that it would be a better year that 2007 was… i hope that at least things will start to go more smoothly and accordingly this year…

my resolutions for the year 2008 are:

1. Do well for my uni exams

2. Move on

3. Look at things on the brighter side

4. Be nicer to the people around me… my family and friends… (not that im not nice now, but nicer =pPp)

5. Start something new