2009 in review

There you go, 2009 in another few days

There's no better time for me to review other than a quiet Christmas Eve, so called 平安夜 in chinese...sitting on the living room couch, with a cup of coke after watching an inspirational documentary of "This is it" by MJ...conveniently with christmas carol as background music which I can hear thru' the window.

So, where should I begin?

2009, another year that I see myself in great improvement

Both mentally and physically

A lot of myth in life seems to be clearer to me, something like "where there's will, there's a way"

Certainly it all became much more realistic to me

And I guess that's how people grow and excel, we understand how stuff works and figure out our own way to achieve them, like Sylar-.-

I try not to compare with the other years that I've been through as each of them is unique

But in terms of materialism, I have everything that I longed for, and I just couldn't ask for more

Dad and mum have worked their asses out just to provide comfort in my life

And I'm certainly grateful that they never ever asked me to "try and save money because it's hard to them to earn it", eventhough this statement makes perfect sense, they never utter a word about it, seriously, they never did.

And it's just amazing sometimes that thoughts and feelings needn't to be conveyed in words to be understood by the intended receiver.

I felt that at least I've done something good in life to try my best to save up money and to earn some extra for myself.

Surely there's no better feeling than to spend your own money on something that you'd die for, as a poor student living off parents.

I admit that I search for a materialistic life all the time, I just have this strong feeling and love for new technology, all the way from huge screen TVs, powerful MACs, cool iPods and stunning hi-fi to elegant bread toaster and intelligent conventional oven.

To be a materialist, you've got to have the sufficient revenue to compensate the huge spending, so I guess this is one of the reason that while in I'm in search of this life, I search for success in career too.

But anyway, don't get this whole idea wrong that I'm always after for money

It is happiness that I'm looking for, the purest form of all human emotions I supposed

In the quest of this purest form, we have to keep ourselves pure as well

People say that happiness is hard to come by in life, I say you just haven't opened your eyes wide enough to fit them in

Being involved a lot more in CCM, a student church group that I've been to throughout the whole year, I slowly regain the feel and taste of working together as a group of people that I loved so much in my high school years

Helping out in the setup of musical equipments, cleaning up after weddings, chairing activities...

It just so nice to see people laugh and smile, knowing the reason behind it is you yourself

People there taught me how to appreciate little things in my life, and enjoy every little conversation that I'm having with people, and to see everyone the same way

It's only possible that you can see a person's heart, while you see everyone as the same, while seeing thru' their looks and clothes

Don't judge people easily, because you haven't seen their whole life.

My students life couldn't get any better in terms of how knowledge is poured into my head

With all the diseases, drug names, side effects and mechanisms to remember by hard

I embrace the moment by doing it the hard way, secretly hoping in my heart that I would still be able to yell out the drug names and their characteristics when called upon

It might seems like a hard core task, but I have to admit that it was certainly a joyful ride to be able to understand how drugs work and interact with each other at the very fundamental level

Of course, the moment the results came back all good was definitely great!

Surely I'm looking forward another year of challenge ahead, with all the clinical placement stuff going on, it'll surely be a great great year!

Basketball, of course!

With MJ being inducted to the hall of fame and Lakers being the champion

No greater year for a basketball fans like me~

And happily, my life in basketball has reached another level, all grace to my basketball buddies and brother coaches here in Adelaide

Thanks to you guys, I'm able to view basketball at a whole new angle, and learn the game humbly with respect and determination

As I always said, basketball has been a teacher in my life, and always will be a guidance in my life in everything circumstances, it doesn't only provide the physical strength, but also the mental toughness that I desperately need in my life, to face every single challenge with a strong heart.

There's only 99.99% in field goal percentage, not 100%, it's the same in life, to be successful, you have to be a good and obedient student, who's not afraid to take the long road.

Been to another great Aussie city, Sydney
Loved it! And hope to go back there more often and of course, other places as well!

As we grew older, we talk more seriously

It's ain't true sometimes, I love talking trash with friends

So my trash talking friends have definitely played a significant role in my journey

Need not to mention, you guys know your role when you see this trash

You guys stood up for me when rumours started to hurt me

You guys trusted in me, without a doubt

You guys looked after me when I was sicked

You guys kept me company, to keep me away from boredom

A BIG thank you to my brothers and sisters, I love you all, and I wanna let y'all know this.

I wouldn't forget the phone calls, skype video calls, emails and facebook chats, they meant a lot to me

Without you guys, I wouldn't have pull it through this year, with joy and laughter.

What more can I say?

Yea, certainly there have been several down moments during the year, but why mention them when you have so much more good things happen in life for you?

Nevertheless, I surely learnt from the wrong things that I've done and took them as precautions

Sorry to the people that I hurt, both knowingly and unknowingly, I certainly did not mean it and hope for your forgiveness, no hard feelings.

2009, the best year, so far......