Wednesday, January 03, 2007,10:52:00 AM
Random thoughts of the New Year :)
When you have nothing much to do, you tend to think a lot.. and that's what I had been doing for the past few weeks...
But thoughts come and go...
And before I forget, I just remembered that my blog is linked to my Multiply page... and everytime I update my blog, the one in Multiply will be updated too and to those who subscribed to updates from Multiply, they will be reminded -__- .... which is not something I want... (sorry to those who receive irritating "What you've missed" Multiply emails whenever I update.. I do not know how to remove the link to my blog wor.. *shy*)
Although I know by posting online, it will inevitably be read but as time goes by, people tend to forget about things... and forget about wanting to read my posts :)
But Multiply is reminding them! -__-
Why would I want people to forget about checking on my updates? Wouldn't I want my friends to kept up to date about me? Especially friends who are far away...
No reason I guess... It is just that I still get uncomfortable when friends talk about what I wrote...
I used to write before there was even blogs... I wrote when I couldnt find anyone to talk about my problems.. This happened quite frequently during my A-levels days when I would write and rip of that page to store it somewhere private or throw it away.. with that, my anger or whatever problems I had would disappear from my mind... :)
This cannot be done in this blog especially when the address is my name.. haha... I changed the address once... But I did not want to lose the address with my name on it.. I guess it holds certain meaning to have an address with my name..
which leads me to the next thought...
and this is how my brain had been working the past few weeks! o_O
Besides thinking a lot, I finished reading my Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire again.. for the 3rd or 4th time.. haha.. because I have no other books.. other than the Shin Chan comic which I had read so many times I couldnt do it another time.. and I'm now halfway through Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for the 2nd time (only realised its existence in my house after looking around for 3 weeks.. -__-) But then I realised this book is sad... everything is so gloomy, nothing to look forward to.. even happiness is surrounded by fear... so unlike the 4th book when everything is still fine... sigh.. which is why I finished the 4th book in 3 days and the 6th book is still sitting there after 3 days..
I bought a magazine today... and on the last page is a list of "simple and extremely doable" New Year Resolutions... and since I have told myself I want to have New Year Resolutions this year, I will copy some from the mag...(those which are applicable of course)
1. Get fit! - my friend and I made a promise to jog every Saturday before we started our 1st term last year.. well, we didn't even jog once! haha.. but another friend and I jogged ONCE from our hostel to the school track and jogged on the track before returning...
My resolution is to exercise at least twice a week! Now that my gym partner is back from exchange program, I will remind her to drag me along whenever she goes to the gym.. She has determination that I don't.. So, it is always good to have positive friends :)
4. Respect others and learn to be punctual. - I hate people who are not punctual.. But I myself had not been the most punctual person.. Especially when I tell myself that my friends are always late anyway... Some bad occasions happened last year just because I was late and I took for granted that people would wait for me... Friends wait, family waits.. but strangers don't...
My second resolution is to be punctual... (Before that, I think I really should get a watch first! haha)
7. Watch your diet. Learn to eat right. - I think learn to eat at the RIGHT TIME would be a more relevant resolution... and say NO to instant noodle.. I hate the feeling of indigestion after eating instant noodle.. but i like that it's cheap! it's easy to prepare! it's fast! and it smells and taste nice.. :(
3rd resolution: Eat more fruits and NO instant noodle... ( I had not eaten a single pack of instant noodle for a few years even when I was away from home... until I came to torturous NUS... >_< )
8. Read more. Switch off the idiot box and get "lost" in a good book. - I forgot all about TV during my days in RI boarding school.. but in NUS, I got addicted to YouTube! Not as bad as my friends who suffer from anxiety whenever YouTube is closed for maintenance.. haha... I had not read more than one/ two books in a year for the past few years.. I still like books.. and magazines.. more than those online version..
So, my 4th resolution is to read more books besides all those related to my studies... For a more concrete plan, I shall read two books before each semester ends.. which means I would have read FOUR books in a year! yeah!! :)
9. Don't sweat the small stuff. If your grades weren't good last year, just make sure you do better this year- at the end of our mini-holiday last Dec, in a bookshop in Queensbay Penang, my friend flipped a horoscope book and told us about our fate this year.. She said my studies would be the same as last year.. which means my result will drop in the 2nd sem? and go back up to the same C.A.P at the end of the year? then i would be stuck there til I graduate! o_O
My 5th resolution is to maintain or improve my C.A.P in both semesters this year. No drop or a little increase will do :)
10. Just say no. No to drugs. No to alcohol. No to ciggies.- I can't say no to drugs! haha.. I study them everyday!! I see them everywhere.. in the lecture halls, in the labs, in the libraries, even on my study table.. and in my laptop!! NOOOO o_O... haha.. I don't take drugs, seriously... No to alcohol! I had been saying no to alcohol to my friends but they wouldn't believe me.. I don't drink a lot... My eyes don't light up when I see alcohol k..haha.. I start to dislike the bitter taste of alcohol.. Why drink alcohol when you have coffee :) haha... (which reminds me I should drink less coffee too) No to ciggies... I had seen enough dead black lungs to encourage anyone to stop smoking.. and i hate the smoke!
My 6th resolution is to keep away from alcohol... Which means no Bash because Bash ticket includes one free drink.. I can order soft drink but that will be stupid right? haha.. say No to alcohol!
11. Enjoy life more. - Last year had been enjoyable. This year should be even more enjoyable! Let's have BBQ! Let's go cycling at ECP... Let's have fun :)
My 7th resolution is to enjoy life more, especially when life is hard and stressful.
12. Learn to save! I don't succumb to the word S-A-L-E... But I succumb to good food.. I wanted to save some amount of money but my scholarship gave me such tiny amount of money I ended the year with debts every where! Not the loan shark kind of debt, luckily... But I owe some friends who were willing to spare me some money or to pay for things for me first.. sigh.. Thanks everyone :)
My 8th resolution is to work out how much I can spend in a month and withdraw sufficient money to last me... I shall not always borrow lunch money from my friends just because I forgot to withdraw money from the ATM.. This cannot become a habit!
I also want to earn some extra cash.. Do more surveys? :(
No 13 in the list ask me not to take myself too seriously... erm.. I think I should take myself and everything else more seriously now that I'm going to be 23 in 7 months!! o_O
14. Treat yourself to a mini vacation with friends!- Vacation, I like! I had a few trips with the Harmonica Orchestra (HO) gang which I really enjoyed.. Dec 2005, we went to Genting and KL... early 2006, we had many outings and cycling trips (even night cycling, or was this in 2005?)... then Japan in June 2006 and lastly Langkawi & Penang trip in Dec 2006...
My 9th resolution is to save enough money to go to Taiwan with my sister and friends.. She would prefer to go during the Summer holidays because her main aim is to go shopping.. I prefer Dec holidays because I want to experience the colder weather...
16. Resolve to be more forgiving.
10th resolution will be to have less anger and not be angry at anything and everything... Forgive more :)
17. Last but not least, stop procrastinating! If you don't get moving, you will never get anywhere.
Very very important 11th resolution, stop procrastinating! and don't think too much! :)
the no of the resolutions are not in order because I picked out those which are relevant only.. and these are from "Seventeen" magazine... I'm way out of my teens but I still like this magazine :)
Happy New Year everybody!! :)
