Finally... officially ACTA certified

I actually have completed the course last year but there had been a mix-up in the recording of my results and the printing of my certificates and transcript. Anyway, I collected my full certificate and transcript yesterday and thus can finally close one of my resolutions for last year.

Finished working on my Seven Sins website

I have made some resolutions I wish to complete earlier this year and I am proud to say I have accomplished one of them. Though it is not something amazing or fantastic, it is some crazy idea that I felt it is fun to do. So feel free to visit my new website called Seven Sins.

New Year Resolutions

2010 is here so there is only one thing to do other than sleeping, playing games and watching TV and that is to write down my new year resolutions. My list of resolutions is very short and simple and that is to complete my 2009 resolutions. Hahaha... no lah, just kidding. Below is my real list:

• Complete my ACTA course
• Finish working on my Seven Sins website
• Finish reading the set of books I bought last year and left lying around somewhere
• Revise my Japanese to prepare for higher level classes
• Do more volunteering work
• Learn to profit from trading in forex and stocks
• Change job, preferably to one nearer to home
• Prepare for further studies

Volunteerism

Yesterday I wrote about making new year's resolutions. Have you made yours yet? If you have not, can I suggest one for you? If it's not too much for you, I'll like to introduce to you a concept called 'volunteerism'. I know how busy we all are but just by spending a little bit of time a week, not more than 3 hours of an evening, we can bring a lot to the people we are helping.

I know of this volunteering initiative whereby a group of people come together to provide IT training to residents of social homes. Though I belong to this group, I am ashamed to say that I couldn't provide my skills due to some inconveniences (wheelchair + 2nd storey = inaccessible). Hence I wish to do a little promotion of this group called ComputerWorldVolunteers (CWV).

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;

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...