threw a spontaneous NYE party with seven other friends and thought it would be fun to compile “best of” lists. that list is only for us to know, heh. then we did some reflections then some resolutions. after that we played games and got drunk. i don’t get how 10 persons managed to use 18 mugs/glasses but also i used three different ones for different beverages (wow).
2019 REFLECTIONS
(got these questions online while i was planning for the party, please pardon the sequence that doesn’t make sense)
an unexpected surprise last year: that i won a scholarship despite horrible academics results in the previous semester. however, the scholarship is awarded to students who engage themselves socially, a lot. hah.
best advice i heard last year: watch your mouth.
best thing i learned last year: to execute some basic life functions with my left hand. i still brush my teeth and eat with my left hand.
one word to describe last year: dramatic.
biggest regret last year: i fucked up something.
an unexpected obstacle last year: broken right arm and completely-torn right knee ligament at the same time.
best place i visited last year: Verona, Italy.
most excited for this this year: ironically but honestly, university.
most challenging thing last year: at one point after my accident, i had problems with my physical health, mental health (had anxiety and depression), emotional health, with some people i hold dear, with exam stress because i was very far behind classes because i missed a lot of classes due to poor mental and physical conditions, with a new job as a student research assistant at a university institute, and i had to manage a student association. i was literally operating with a broken arm, broken ligament, broken brain, and broken heart, at the same time. somehow i pulled through…
most grateful for last year: …thanks to friends who stuck around.
most inspiring person i met last year: will it be very narcissistic to nominate myself for this? cos i would actually be very impressed and inspired if i met someone who went through those shits like me; because despite having a terrible time most of the semester, the semester ended as if nothing bad happened. omitting the (extremely) negative aspects, i actually had a great semester, well, academically. and financially. this might be material for another blog post that ive been trying to work on.
my biggest achievement of 2019: having written the best paper in an exam; also, best grade to date!
funniest moment of the year: there probably were a lot cos i do a lot of dumb things/ do a lot of things dumbly but the one that came to my mind was the moment when i was on the operation theatre for my RIGHT arm surgery, alone and scared, and they nearly operated my left arm cos that was stated on the document.
place i want to visit this year: Poland. Turkey.
best moment of the year: couldn’t decide…
2020 RESOLUTIONS
these are quite vague because i need my privacy.
- journal every day.
- save money; get my finances straight.
- be physically and mentally fit enough to go to the moon.
- listen to a podcast every week.
- spend more time alone.
- eat my ego.
- finish reading the books on the shelf.
- not destroy the left side of my body.
- try to churn out at least one blog post per month. a real post, not a reading journal. very unrealistic in the first three months because of exams…
PS: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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