HOHOHO! *searches for big sweaty guy in red and big belly* Yo! Uncle Tan! (who did you think I was looking for?)
Nah, I have no Uncle Tan and its the wrong season.
I mean, happy 2009 to be in roughly 45 minutes from now!
Mmm, reminds me of the Christmas post that is very overdue. Like many other things in this year at 11.16 2008. Pfft, at least I return my library books... just a little late.
Okay, so I won't be late for this post. Looking back on 2008, its same-ol'-same-ol' in the sense that every year trumps the last in being somehow better and worse at the same time. So, for 2009, Im gonna make sure that it doesn't take a turn for too much of the worse and more of the better. Then again, it is the mindset ... but think of it, when it drizzles and you're all dressed up, ..
You think, "at least its not pouring."
Then, it pours.
You think, "at least there's no lightning and/or thunder."
Then, lightning and thunder are as compatible as hot chocolate and marshmallows. (I'm hungry now)
You think you gotta be optimistic, you can't let something so small get you down, there are so many unfortunate souls in the world much more, well, unfortunate than you.
You think, "at least there's no tsu-..."
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:) See, thinking positive all the time is just stupid. Okayokay fine... what are the odds. Sure, it's some psychological thing that is supposed to work things out for you, if not cushion your fall. All I can say is, if it doesn't work for you, DON'T try it.
Uhhuh. Maybe, all you should do or think... is nothing. Let nature take its course. Wait, duhhh..but what are the odds that there would be people like me who didn't think of this in the first place and got themselves into some psychology mumbo-jumbo?
Its called "having expectations", which we all know doesn't work out most of the time.
Well, at least I learnt something. Anyway, one of the the things I'm gonna be doing in 2009 would be lowering expectations, unfortunately that includes not being optimistic, or pessimistic (typically, its waiting for a bad outcome. expectations)
Mm... why am I feeling that's gonna be difficult? Crap, I broke my new year resolution before the new year started.
Its like trying on all 5 nail polishes and deciding to buy the nail polish remover. You go home and try to open the bottle of pink remover. Even if you follow the instructions, the cap doesn't seem to budge. Then, you feel all insulted when the bottle says "Child-resistant cap".
I still can't believe I wrestled that bottle and it won.
Nothing much to talk about for the past year, I know what happened and you probably do. So, no emotional clap-trap.
OOOOOH IT WAS HORRIBLE I NEED THERAPY! EVERYBODY HATES ME AND I HATE MYSELF!
xD yeah right. Honestly, things can get better are ...
1. How you get smarter
2. How you try to be a better friend, daughter, grown-up, senior, teacher ... you know, with the people in your life
3. How you you learnt all your lesons and things from school, get so much better at things you've done before
4. Journeys on self-discovery
5. Eating new, good foods.
6. Trying new things
7. Earning your own money
8. Shopping with your own money
9. Getting that sexy Marilyn Monroe mole on your face and great hair
10. Strange overall satisfaction at having survived the year and have had some good times
As for things that got worse:
1. Craving for food at unearthly hours
2. Losing more sleep
3. Stumbling so much
4. Feeling like you wasted so much time
5. O levels
6. Being a badder friend even though you didn't mean to. Badder anything
7. Atrocious lateness
8. Getting screwed
9. Being angry that your once-clean face has a blemish thing called a mole
10. Bad bouts and some bad times
Oh well, if anything this list has shown me... Things turn your smile upside down are merely temporary while things that turn your frown inside out (okay nevermind) are for the long term. Achievements, scaling the Mount Everest of junk in your room and cabinet and looking back on how you cleaned up real good... how you became a better person overall.
Now that my friends, is the measure of a good year, and eventually, a good life. I sure became better at cut-throat talk. Looking back at my silly journal entries, I realise how assertive I've become. If you're a writer, words are like photographs and with a voice. Mmmm, who says a picture is a thousand words? Don't exactly care about being polite or nice, more of getting my point across and being as relevant, with a personal touch as much as possible.
Right, back to the topic. If you didn't know and are probably going to be too lazy to read, well I got news for you. A good year is not cos of the events, but how the entire year has shaped you into the person you were meant to be. Of course, it has to go on for your entire life. Oh and, do have fun along the way.
Resolutions. Blah, lose weight? Not for me!
Just some mundane and hugely important things Im gonna try to do, and not be like people who try to lose weight and explode during CNY and find no reason to do it for the whole year throughout. C'mon, you can do better than that.
So I'm going to exercise, sharpen punctuality, sleep well, do my chores, use lotion, manage and record my expenses and floss. Oh and take it all one step higher in whatever I do and grow in church and in God.
See, that's not so hard.. (wait, exercising?!)
Oh, I got a lovely present to start my year right.
Besides a yummy zhu rou zhou for dinner and seafood alfredo and ice cream for lunch...
I received a lovely blue interestingly-covered NIV Bible!! *squeals!* Now I got my own copy of the Word (Capital W!) and its personalised too!
Thank you very much if you're reading this, its beautiful and most practical. LOVE.IT.TTO
Read the part about Noah already and the Great Flood. A rainbow for the promise that God wouldn't wipe us all out in water (yeah who knows what else we can get wiped out by ... haven't got to that part yet). Oh well, the most important lesson this year is that we can't live a second without hope. So look towards that rainbow that you never bothered to find.
Lastly, my message to my readers:
If you're good at something, do us all a favour and put it to use and the best you can to benefit the human race. Who knows, you're the only one who might be able to do it your way and think like you!
Unless, of course, your talent is harsh criticism, keep it objective and until people start breaking down and you're like "Shit. No wonder I have no friends!"
Wow, 11.59 HAPPY ALMOST NEW YEAR.
12AM 2009. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!
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