Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In school, I felt better as compared to last year. I knew more faces, I felt more confident academically. But of course, there are some downs. There were stresses felt throughout the year. I do still feel like a stranger in CSA. I still don't really like NTU as much as I like my other schools. Oh well, guess it'll stay like that for the remaining 2 and a half years.
In terms of leisure, I was lucky. I visited three new countries this year.
The first being Macau and Shenzhen, China. This was during the Chinese New Year period in February and I went with my entire family.
The second was to Japan in May, and I went with my dear mum. Japan is my favourite country thus far. I really love the people, the cleanliness, the weather and the environment. I might not want to live there though, because it is so fast-paced, even faster than Singapore's. 
The third was to Sydney, Australia in July for the World Youth Day. An international gathering of Catholic youth around the world. A fantastic opportunity for me to learn more about my own faith, get in touch with God and I suddenly realised that the Catholic faith is really made up of an international community, all believing in the same values and traditions. Spent an entire 2 weeks 4 days there!
This was also my 7th time away from home without my family. First time was in Pri 6 with my primary school to Chiangmai, Thailand. Second time was in Sec 2 for a leadership training camp in Kota Tinggi. Third time was in Sec 3 to Taman Negara with the entire sec 3 cohort in STC. Fourth was in J1 to Mawai with CJC. Fifth was in J1 as well, to Chiangrai, Thailand for OCIP. Sixth was after I graduated from JC and I went to Hong Kong with Bestie only.
In relationships, I still continually meet up with Jiemeis every now and then, albeit less than before, but we still laugh like crazy whenever we meet. The clique still meets during birthdays as well, but now, we'll have one less member till 13 June 09. Petrina, we already miss you loads!!!!! Please come back quickly from Seattle!
My family is still as before. =)
In CCAs, I was involved in 2 FOCs, although one, I must admit, because of my Sydney trip, I wasn't much involved at all. It's been a crazy year.
Whenever I'm not doing anything academically related or friends related or family related, it would be my CCAs and other external activities.. CSA, NPCC, Toastmasters, Youth Council. I hardly caught a breath this entire year. It's rather scary how much I did within this year alone. Just hope next year won't be as crazy as this.
This year has been a pretty good year for me. Hope 2009 will be an even GREATER YEAR!! Woohoo, have a happy new year! =)
- The end of a year, the beginning of another
by snoopy_lim @ 10:57 AM