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3...2...1... Happy New Year 2008! This is my first post of the year and I want to wish all my friends a brand new year of bliss and happiness. Auld lang syne, no matter what have happened in 2007, they are a part of history now and into a collection of memories. Treasure the good ones and let the bad ones out of the window.

I checked my first post of 2007 and noticed that I didn't make any new year's resolutions then and I guess I won't be making any this year as well. Though 2007 has been a year of more downs than ups for me, I am going to reflect upon it as to the things I have done and then look forward to 2008 with a series of plans I wish to accomplish.

Here's wishing everyone a great MMVIII...

Happy New Year!

May happiness be plentiful all year round all place round...

Happy New Year!! My Resolutions!!

2006 is here! A new year means a new beginning. As usual, I will write down a few new year's resolutions to see if I can accomplish any of them, no matter how silly some of them can be. My resolutions for this year are as follow:

1. Complete my elementary Japanese learning. I have been delaying my progress for much too long. I must sit for the JLPT4 exam at the end of this year. 頑張って！

2. Finish reading the books I want to and/or suppose to. I want to make it a target to read a book outside of my study quarterly. Reading is my way to keep my mind as sharp as I can manage.

3. Do more physical exercises to keep myself fit. I am not getting any younger hence it is important that I watch my health. I also try to make subtle changes to my diet, taking a bit more vegetables and fruits than I usually would.

4. Besides physical health, I also have to take care of my mental health. No point losing my mind right? To prevent that, I will take care not to stress myself too much from the rigours of work and daily life. Just live life as it should be. A way to do it is to finish the list of Playstation 2 games I want to play: Shadow Hearts 2, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, etc...

5. As usual, I will try to keep my emotions in check again this year, which I have to admit to have slipped last year. This is done to protect others from myself, to preserve any relationships I have with family, friends, colleagues, etc. Never let the devil in me be released...

So what are your resolutions for this year? No matter what you have planned for this year, I wish you all the best in achieving them. Here's a very nice new year pic, courtesy of an e-pal;

Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve

On the last day of the year, I just wish to give myself a small pat on the back as I have accomplished quite a few targets I have set for myself at the start of the year. For one, I am able to write this journal till now, thus fulfilling one of my new year resolutions set at the first day of this year.

The year 2004 has been an eventful year. A lot of events has happened that affect on personal, social, national and international levels. Unfortunately, most of these events had been bad and sad. Therefore, I want to make a wish that the coming year can be peaceful, prosperous, and caring.

Though I will be wishing everyone a happy new year, I know I won't be really happy due to a couple of things that will be happening on the 1st of January. Then, my alma matars (high school and junior college) will merge into one. The merged entity will carry a new name, a name which I absolutely detest. Singapore's age of having two television stations will come to an end after just 4 short years. MediaWorks will be absorbed by MediaCorp. Just two words: "Merger sucks" :(

Tiring Chinese New Year

Oh...spending the Chinese New Year is one hell of a tiring affair. Visiting people whom you have not met for a whole year and entertaining each other can be very physically draining. The more difficult problem arises when all the necessary courtesy is exchanged and all the updates are complete. There are simply no more topics to talk about. Or rather, I can't think of any suitable subjects that you won't make a mistake in giving an inappropriate remark.

Chinese New Year's Eve

It's new year's eve and I actually woke up at close to noon :p

I was up till dawn doing some reading but if you ask me what I read and how much I absorbed, I can't give you a definite answer. This is what I called 'time wasted'. Well, the next two days will be hectic and away from home most of the time. I guess there goes my plan of studying for my assignment due soon. I have yet to nail down the area and scope of my mini project too.

Three more days to Chinese New Year

Let me wish all the readers of this page a Happy Chinese New Year! As all my classes fall on the two new year holidays, I don't have to go to school this week. I am very happy to have such a long break but I hate to think of all the make-up lectures possibly being arranged into the same week as the other lectures. Anyway, I will make use of the break to do more reading.

New Year's Resolutions

I still don't get it. I still don't understand what's the deal in writing a online journal or blog. I had tried to keep a diary a long time ago but gave up in a very short time. I just don't have the heart to open up and put down my feelings or opinions in words. Well, at least not publicly...

Then why the hell am I writing this? For one, my friend told me that it is a good way to maintain my English writing skills (not that I have a high level of skill to maintain in the first place). Anyway, I intend to give this journal-writing thingy a final shot and see how long I can last before I am defeated. Maybe I can put this down as one of my New Year's resolutions...

Before I continue with this entry and list my New Year's resolutions, allow me to do a re-cap of last year. The most important thing that had happened must be my decision to quit a stable and rather

well-paid job to go back to school. Now I am a post-grad student in the School of Computing in the National University of Singapore, just managed to scrap through my first semester. Hope I can do much better in the coming semester...

Now for my New Year's resolutions:

No more C+ or anything less in my result slip.

See this online journal through the year.

Oops, can't think of any other resolutions liao...