Sunday, January 01, 2006
you know, usually these survey things are quite meaningless. but last year(or last last year) i promised id do one every year, and compare it, then see how much ive changed. and this is taken from my livejournal. go do it too, post it on your blogs :)
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd neverdone before?
club? drink shots. haha.
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions,and will you make more for next year?
no, and not really.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no, thankfully
4. Did anyone close to you die?
ditto
6. What would you like to have in 2006 thatyou lacked in 2005?
discipline, and happiness i guess. but thats such a vague term. and very dependent on how happy i want myself to be.
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etchedupon your memory, and why?
the us trip, because it was amazing. especially the times in newyork, and that night in mark and shang's room talking, and bus rides with stef, and the plane rides.. the day when we told the class (1e) during civics that we were going to 1b.. my display of emotions arent usually so public. my birthday and the day after that, the surprise party. when i got marshmallow. first day of school, for obvious reasons. the night we went to rav. too many sleepovers. too much to list, honestly
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
academically, promo grades and getting 2 s papers. but other than that, growing up and maturing alot since the beginning of the year.
9. What was your biggest failure?
MATH. haha. singaporeans tend to think of failure in terms like that, usually. academic. haha. ah well.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
ya mental illness, or at least i think i do sometimes. haha. flu and stuff. usual rubbish.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
bad question, shopping has reached new heights this year. too many. but i love my razr, v much. though that was a gift. AND MARSHIE :]
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
i don't want to list, because there's too many people and i dont want to miss anyone out.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
different people at different times of the year. things like this shouldnt be listed on a public blog
14. Where did most of your money go?
shopping! eating? clubbing? but mainly. SHOPPING.
15. What did you get really, really, reallyexcited about?
hmun trip. thats all i can really think about. threesome, maybe?
16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
sway-the perishers
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? happier, as long as i want to be
b) thinner or fatter?probably the same
c) richer or poorer?hmm, im not sure. poorer perhaps. EH wait. richer. scholarship money. :)
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
math! s paper preparations! (im a secret nerd, actually no im just panicking cuz the holidays are ending) be more involved in school stuff during the beginning of the year. more sleepovers.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
thinking and being emo, being too focused on the past, being too broody and sensitive.
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
spent it already. with alot and alot and alot of food and my parents, dinika and sufiyan
21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
well well..hmm. i doubt so.
22. How many one-night stands?
obviously none. haha.
23. What was your favorite TV program?
THE O.C. , still. as it was last year.
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn'thate this time last year?
not hate, its too strong a word.
25. What was the best book you read?
portrait of dorian gray?
26. What was your greatest musicaldiscovery?
the perishers! death cab! the postal service, dishwalla.. mostly thanks to glen :]
27. What did you want and get?
many material things. humanities scholarship. 2 s papers. again, secret nerd. marshie :]
28. What did you want and not get?
hmm.
29. What was your favorite film of this year?
just like heaven, because im too soppy for my own good. harry potter! and i cant remember alot of the movies i watched this year.
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
17. spent it in school. and seeing dinika off. as usual, very normal. but the day after was amazing, thank you 1e :]
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
hmm. a greater sense of purpose in life i guess. but im not really complaining i had an amazing 2005, despite everything.
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
i dunno, usual stuff? skirts jeans and tops? what else is there..
33.What kept you sane?
music, shopping and friends. some more than others though.
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
adam brody, still. :]
35. What political issue stirred you the most?
katrina, i guess. i dont know. im generally too selfish and involved in my own life :)
36. Who did you miss?
nadia, yisha, keying. mainly.
37. Who was the best new person you met?
its very hard choosing just one, actually. considering most of my friends i just met this year. but at this point of my life, considering everything.. stef :]
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson:"life sucks, deal with it". courtesy of yowie. hmm honestly i cant think of a more valuable life lesson.
i think through that i just realised how much ive changed in the past year. sometimes im not sure whether its a good thing, but i guess so. though im so moody and this thing just probably reflects my very 'bla' state of mind right now. are new years supposedto be exciting? i see orientation in the near future, and SATs. and a levels 10 months away, and a whole lot of rubbish in between. and a year left with people who've come to mean so much to me. being a j2. handling many many commitments next year and academics. and yet retaining a fair bit of enjoyment and lazing around and going out, because if not ill just disintegrate and die. i dont know what im going to do next year. i wish i were permanently on the us trip. semi-escapism, from the work, from family to a certain extent. with such priceless company. i think newyears eve greatly surpasses the way im going to spend the rest of my 2006. wow its 2006. and my room is still in a mess. new years eve was pretty good, though i must admit that i preferred the afternoon to the night. except for the hyatt buffet which we leeched on. free champagne!
2005 has been a whirlwind of emotions and events and just a whole lot of high higs and low lows. a maturing process, definitely. but an amazing year. though not always good, sometimes much too much to handle.. some of the most difficult decisions of my life.. i still think i hardly regret anything. i learnt so much more about myself, the people around me, human nature in general. in terms of academics, the most challenging but also the most rewarding year so far.. i dont know what to say except, wow its been an amazing year. sorry not very coherent im surviving on very little sleep.
i hope we'll all have a good 2006, really.
shib picked a flower @ 4:26 PM
