Happy Year 2009!

I am indeed happy that it's finally 2009.
*Reminder: I need to do spring cleaning for my room.
I am very glad 2008 is over.

Year 2008 was an amazing year of great surprises and even greater disappointments.

For example, my last mistake of the year is haunting me badly now.
My attempt to dye my hair dark violet turned my beautiful [maybe not] jet black [definitely] hair golden brown.
Apparently my hair was too dark to hold the violet colour.
The hairdresser was telling me that it's OK; this golden brown colour is common among young people.
Precisely.
I'm not dyeing my hair to look the same as the beng's and lian's on the street; I want my dark violet. =(
Mediocrity is my greatest enemy of the year.

Year 2008 was a year of mediocrity - lack of my desired excellence.
Everything went wrong.
Or maybe, I went wrong.
I've never been the best, but I've always been good enough.
For most situations, I've never been that mediocre; I've never been below average; I've never been the worst I know of.
That sucks.
Totally.
I hate being at the bottom.
Cold air sinks.
The air here sucks.
What exactly went wrong?
A Levels was a total screw-up.
2A's for my 4H2's.
75% of the school got 3 or more A's for their 4 H2's.
Fine, my school's Hwachong; the people there are supposed to be good.
But I'm not supposed to be bad.
Not that good, perhaps, but not bad.
I'm a disgrace to myself and every teacher who taught me.
My confidence and self expectation plunged to an all-time low ever since, and I'm not back up, I guess.
Thank goodness I got into the course I want - NTU Communication Studies.
A semester passed.
Thanks to my freaking relatively lousy GPA of 4, my confidence is locked in the basement for now.
Thanks alot to my brother, who kindly informed me that one's performance in Year 1 may be an indication of one's ability to perform in the coming semesters.
Thank you very much.
Academic-wise, 2008 was a complete flop.
Bye, 2008!
Hi, 2009!
You better be nice to me... >=|
I will mug harder next semester.
It's not like I have much of a life when I don't study that much.
Haiz 往事不堪回首...
But as always, I'll always look back and bury myself in past failures.
I hate 2008.

2008 is not all hell and no good news.
I'm glad SPH accepted me despite my lousy grades and I do hope I can grow over the years and become a better journalist.
I didn't go Taiwan for university, but I managed to get into NTU CS.
I hope I can qualify for INSTEP to NCCU next year, but looking at my negatively imba results, I'm seriously worried.
I joined Nanyuan and I like what I'm doing, although it gets a little irritating at times.
Like now.
I'm in SCI to do Chron production, only to realize that Chron room is not open, and the loan counter is not open either.
Which is why I am so eng-eng-bo-dai-ji, doing such a long post.
I cannot remember what other good things happened last year.

I spent the last hours of 2008 with my best friends!
Thank you to Fon Ping, Michelle, Audrey for being around always; you know I'll be there for you whenever you need me too! XD
We may not be together always since JC, cuz I was in HC and they were in NJ and now I'm in NTU and they are in NUS, but these girls will always be my best and truest friends.
Honestly, some friends are frenemies to me, but these girls, plus Stacey, Stephanie, Hui-Min, are simply the best friends I have.
I really appreciate the times we spent together and it was great spending the last hours of the year with you.
I think I'm old and cannot tahan the noise anymore.
Let's stay at home and watch countdown on TV next year.
Haha XP

That's all for now.
Chron room is still closed.
Urgh!!!

What a way to start my new year...
Year 2009 shall be a rocking excellent year!!!

。尋找中@10:09