the 2008 lookback post

in slightly more than 6 hours, 2008 will officially become a thing of the past as we welcome 2009. and good riddance to that! This year hasn’t exactly been a fantastic one for me in terms of personal and professional development and I cruised through the first 9 months not accomplishing much. It was also a year marked by feelings of haplessness and some adversity. I guess that’s what happens when the army gets to you. thank god I’d made it through though. But 2008 had its highlights as well, for I fulfilled my quota of taking 3 trips every year and managed to reconnect with some of my primary school friends.

I certainly wished that your 2008 was much better and way more fulfilling than mine. if isn’t, well, you definitely have a chance to work on it in the year ahead. Here’s the first of what I hope to be an annual entry whereby I bid farewell to the year that’s ending and hopefully emerge a better person all around in the year ahead.

2008 marked the year in which i...

turned 21 and became eligible to vote.

Received government subsidy!

bid farewell to my home of 10 years

and shifted to a brand new abode

finally got my own room, small as it might be

welcomed a new addition to the family!

missed watching the apple of my eye turn 2

hopped on my longest flight ever

stepped foot on the African continent!

Spent an entire month halfway around the world

Wore 4 layers of clothes just to keep warm.

Lost money in an African casino. Darn.

Got awestruck by a scenery for the first time

Literally saw rain before it poured

Went on a safari drive!

caught sight of a lion and a half-eaten giraffe (or less)

Ate Chinese food in the heart of Africa. Surreal.

Went to old trafford :P

Had banana milkshakes and fried stuff in the death of the night

Saw the south African equivalent of San Fran’s golden gate bridge

Finally went on a 2nd trip with the bf

Visited the largest market in the world (and suffered a heatstroke as proof)

Saw a horse made entirely of swarovski crystals

Tasted the greatest calamari! salivates

Went crazy over phat thai

Published my own magazine (yea right)

Saw genting through the eyes of a first timer again

Revisted the fabulous capitol hotel

Jumped up and down in front of KLCC for at least 30mins

and Watched it come alive

Had the best wanton mee ever

Finally signed up for my guitar lesson!

Started making plans for my future – NTU? UQ? UNSW? Uni of Hawaii?

Went up a rank

And then went as far as I’d ever go in army.

Crossed the halfway mark towards regaining my freedom. YESH!

Revisited the zoo after more than a decade

Heralded the return of circus to town

Caught the diva in concert for the 2nd time in a year!

Got myself transplanted to New York, Greece and Australia, courtesy of the big screen.

Went all out to celebrate the lunar new year

Went all out to snap Christmas trees

Made new friends

lost a friend

Reconnected with old, old ones

Realized that we'd all grown up