During a slow afternoon at work yesterday
Not quite complete, this is long! From terminalcase42.
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Drive a motorised boat. Go on shift at work. Get my hair cut asymmetrical. Write a dissertation. Watched and was completely absorbed by cricket: the 2005 Ashes series. Queued up from 6am to get into Wimbledon. Did aerials in a lindy hop performance.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year’s resolution was to not put myself in situations that encourage me to obsess and crush on boys. Or was it, NO BOYS IN 2005? Either way, I’d say I was sufficicently resolute. Usually I don’t make NY resolutions, but I might again this year since last year’s was very helpful.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not VERY close, no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Hungary, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia for 5 mins. Lived in London and Singapore.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I lacked stuff in 2005?
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
15th Sept 2005. I started work then.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
The whole year I suppose! Living it passionately in London, loving the Friends (old and new), bonding with the coursemates, living as many moments as possible as gifts.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Adjusting to Work: Work-relationships, Work-behaviour, Work-expectations.
10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
Minor muscle pull from playing frisbee and pivoting on the wrong foot with cleats. Too many bouts of flu.
11.What was the best thing you bought?
I’m going to change this. Top 3 fifteen quid spent in 2005:
i) A day on a boat off Hvar Island.
ii) Batman Begins ticket and coffee from Coffee Republic, spent with Libby and Charles.
iii) Ticket from Royal Ballet to watch Alina & co up close.
Moral of my story is I suppose, I only bought great memories in 2005. My Ipod Shuffle would be the best material item I received this year, but I didn’t buy it. (Thanks again, Club Med 10& friends!)
12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
Club Med 10-nners.
13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My scholarship officer's. And mine.
14.Where did most of your money go?
Travel. Work clothes. Food.
15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Ashes series.
16.What song will always remind you of 2005?
Collide, by Howie Day.
17.Compared to this time last year, you are...
A working adult.
18.What do you wish you'd done more of?
Travel. Dancing, perhaps. Been kinder to people.
19.What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being afraid.
20.How did you spend Christmas 2005?
Going to church with mum and brother. Playing hot box frisbee. Eating my own weight’s worth of BBQ and cake at Pam’s place, drink sangria and play shithead.
21.How will you be spending New Year's Eve 2005?
Welcoming my new bookshelves. Taking a hot spa bath (hopefully). Eating my weight’s worth of food and drinking at Sabby’s, then Pam’s party at Fullerton ushering in the new year.
22.Did you fall in love in 2005?
Yes and no.
23.How many one-night stands?
None.
24.What was your favorite TV program?
Veronica Mars.
25.Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a strong word. But I would probably try to stay away from one person this year whom I would have been indifferent to last year.
26.What was the best book you read?
Oh dear. The Nicomathean Ethics (only after I started to understand it though); John Gray’s Heresies was a nice read; Popper and Hayek for being such ::interesting:: people. I've Have What She's Having by Bobbie Houston was an inspiration. The chick lit writer who made me laugh the hardest was Sarah Mason. I also went through a phase when I thought Meg Cabot wrote the best 40min-read girl books. (I needed a lot of distractions during the dissertation period) I suspect I'm going to yearn to reread James Herriot now too.
27.What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jack Johnson, probably, for chilling out with a good book and iced mocha.
28.What did you want and get?
Ipod shuffle.
29.What did you want and not get?
Ipod 4th Gen. (Lucky, man!)
30.What was your favorite film of this year?
Batman Begins?
31.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Took an exam (Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Citizenship) in the afternoon. Cooked for friends, buffet style, whereupon we promptly spent the rest of the night playing mahjong and dai di. I turned 23.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I could still look forward to dancing, I think.
33.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Slightly more colourful and interesting. Back to Black in the new work phase (bleah).
34.What kept you sane?
God, and friends.
35.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Mr Darcy! (I have celebrated his figure for years lor...)
36.What political issue stirred you the most?
Event: the London bombings and aftermath maybe.
37.Who did you miss?
My brother. Jade. Shuj.
38.Who was the best new person you met?
Libby! (Though I met her in 04).
39.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
That one must kiss the joy as it flies, and be mindful of what words come out of your mouth.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
A purple sky to close the day
I wade the surf where dolphins play
The taste of salt, the dance of waves
And my soul wells up with hallelujahs.
-- "Hallelujahs", Chris Rice
:)
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
Drive a motorised boat. Go on shift at work. Get my hair cut asymmetrical. Write a dissertation. Watched and was completely absorbed by cricket: the 2005 Ashes series. Queued up from 6am to get into Wimbledon. Did aerials in a lindy hop performance.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Last year’s resolution was to not put myself in situations that encourage me to obsess and crush on boys. Or was it, NO BOYS IN 2005? Either way, I’d say I was sufficicently resolute. Usually I don’t make NY resolutions, but I might again this year since last year’s was very helpful.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not VERY close, no.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.
5. What countries did you visit?
Hungary, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia for 5 mins. Lived in London and Singapore.
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
I lacked stuff in 2005?
7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
15th Sept 2005. I started work then.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
The whole year I suppose! Living it passionately in London, loving the Friends (old and new), bonding with the coursemates, living as many moments as possible as gifts.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Adjusting to Work: Work-relationships, Work-behaviour, Work-expectations.
10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
Minor muscle pull from playing frisbee and pivoting on the wrong foot with cleats. Too many bouts of flu.
11.What was the best thing you bought?
I’m going to change this. Top 3 fifteen quid spent in 2005:
i) A day on a boat off Hvar Island.
ii) Batman Begins ticket and coffee from Coffee Republic, spent with Libby and Charles.
iii) Ticket from Royal Ballet to watch Alina & co up close.
Moral of my story is I suppose, I only bought great memories in 2005. My Ipod Shuffle would be the best material item I received this year, but I didn’t buy it. (Thanks again, Club Med 10& friends!)
12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
Club Med 10-nners.
13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
My scholarship officer's. And mine.
14.Where did most of your money go?
Travel. Work clothes. Food.
15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Ashes series.
16.What song will always remind you of 2005?
Collide, by Howie Day.
17.Compared to this time last year, you are...
A working adult.
18.What do you wish you'd done more of?
Travel. Dancing, perhaps. Been kinder to people.
19.What do you wish you'd done less of?
Being afraid.
20.How did you spend Christmas 2005?
Going to church with mum and brother. Playing hot box frisbee. Eating my own weight’s worth of BBQ and cake at Pam’s place, drink sangria and play shithead.
21.How will you be spending New Year's Eve 2005?
Welcoming my new bookshelves. Taking a hot spa bath (hopefully). Eating my weight’s worth of food and drinking at Sabby’s, then Pam’s party at Fullerton ushering in the new year.
22.Did you fall in love in 2005?
Yes and no.
23.How many one-night stands?
None.
24.What was your favorite TV program?
Veronica Mars.
25.Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate is a strong word. But I would probably try to stay away from one person this year whom I would have been indifferent to last year.
26.What was the best book you read?
Oh dear. The Nicomathean Ethics (only after I started to understand it though); John Gray’s Heresies was a nice read; Popper and Hayek for being such ::interesting:: people. I've Have What She's Having by Bobbie Houston was an inspiration. The chick lit writer who made me laugh the hardest was Sarah Mason. I also went through a phase when I thought Meg Cabot wrote the best 40min-read girl books. (I needed a lot of distractions during the dissertation period) I suspect I'm going to yearn to reread James Herriot now too.
27.What was your greatest musical discovery?
Jack Johnson, probably, for chilling out with a good book and iced mocha.
28.What did you want and get?
Ipod shuffle.
29.What did you want and not get?
Ipod 4th Gen. (Lucky, man!)
30.What was your favorite film of this year?
Batman Begins?
31.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Took an exam (Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Citizenship) in the afternoon. Cooked for friends, buffet style, whereupon we promptly spent the rest of the night playing mahjong and dai di. I turned 23.
32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I could still look forward to dancing, I think.
33.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
Slightly more colourful and interesting. Back to Black in the new work phase (bleah).
34.What kept you sane?
God, and friends.
35.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Mr Darcy! (I have celebrated his figure for years lor...)
36.What political issue stirred you the most?
Event: the London bombings and aftermath maybe.
37.Who did you miss?
My brother. Jade. Shuj.
38.Who was the best new person you met?
Libby! (Though I met her in 04).
39.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
That one must kiss the joy as it flies, and be mindful of what words come out of your mouth.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
A purple sky to close the day
I wade the surf where dolphins play
The taste of salt, the dance of waves
And my soul wells up with hallelujahs.
-- "Hallelujahs", Chris Rice
:)