Wednesday, December 31, 2008
And *Poof*, its Gone! - 9:02 PM
2008 is soon to be history, and yet I am pondering where the year went.Amazing how the seasons progressed differently through the years, but yet wind up the same... me scratching my head, wondering where it all went.
I lived at home for 5 months in 2008 (first time I've stayed there for so long since 2004), celebrated Chinese New Year (which I maintain is still my favorite festival of all time), visited Beijing and saw the Great Wall & the Birds Nest, and then moved to Vegas where I became a person with real responsibilities for the first time.
And then came the presidential election and the economy crisis. Still surviving though it though we're now getting ONE free meal instead of TWO. (GAH)
And with 2009, I have my other goals:
1) Lose Weight and gawd this is awful cos not only do I need to lose the extra I've carried around forever (sentimental value okay), now I also gotta lose the extra pounds I picked up after I got here. Shiet. But then maybe the one-free-meal at work will be helpful then since it is the main culprit for getting me to my current state in the first place
2) Visit 3 new places - on my radar: Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park, Bali or Chiangmai or Phuket (if I go home that is)
3) Learn more, learn quicker, and work better
4) Get serious about savings and investing. Like, REALLY serious
5) Give back (I actually did make a small donation to MSU, but I definitely can do more)
What are you doing in the new year?