A New Year

A new year, a new hope.

Before I look at the year ahead, let's start by looking back at the year passed. For me, 2008 had been a rather good year. Got a pay raise and a bonus; extended my contract; the project I was working on is moving on to the next phase; caught up with K (my boss in Basel) when he came visiting; and most of all, got a education grant and successfully fought back to school when my application for the MSc course (part-time, coursework) was accepted.

However, that's not all. My sister got married; so was few of my friends; made new friends when I picked up inline-skating again and reunited with some old friends through the power of internet (Facebook, to be exact). I also got to see my nieces and nephews for the first time! They are so cute!

I'm sure there are a few more good things that happened last year, but it slipped my mind. It doesn't matter. Because I'm sure 2009 will be another good year with many good things happening. Of course, there will be challenges and bad times, but why bother about them? What's the point of remembering them? There is no point; just get through them, learn the lesson, keep the experience (if there are any) and forget about the rest.

Yes, 2009 will be another good year. It's up to me to make sure of that. There are a few things I want to achieve in this coming year. I ought to make them into the New Year's resolutions, but then I read an article that said making New Year's resolutions might be bad for mental health. So I am not going to make any resolution. Nonetheless, I do have plans and I am hopeful I will achieve what I want achieve. This is the year where everything will happen.

There is hope, there are plans and my morale is high. Therefore I shall not wait.

Let the year begin.