Finally...I decided to look back.

I'm still in denial! I can't believe year 2005 has passed by. I didn't want to look back and say, gosh, what have I done? Or, what have I NOT done? plenty.. then I searched thru my old blog, and found this:


Tuesday, January 04, 2005

alright..looking back at my past year 2004. what have i done?

1. january - half way thru book 6, ended only monthsss later
2. february - climbed mountain kinabalu, had a month long of break and holiday. awesome.
3. march - went thru 19 days of fasting, hope all it's 'accepted'.
4. april - had a cool open-mic birthday party for myself to celebrate my friends'talents. ha!
5. may - completed a corporate documentary for a local ngo - yellow house, for my final sem project, n the client was very pleased. it was very heartening.
6. june - finished my final semester and is officially a bum. allowed a crew of people shooting ghost story in my apartment.
7. july - weeks of english classes with a group of taiwanese junior youth, taught me patience and MORE patience.
8. august - traveled alone back to Yasothon and Bangkok and Chiangmai, for a trip i treat myself before i officially start work.
august 16 - my first day of work, receiving my first pay slip at end of the month
9. september .. (somewhere along i tried out for the globe trekker search for a host, was looking forward to b 1 of d finalists)
10. october - my convocation. also my first car accident. i knocked someone on my first drive alone downtown kl, burst my side light. also attended my first live concert ever. alicia keys rock!!
11. november - arrived at a country previously wasn't on my list - Indonesia. a short visit to Medan and my friends.
12. december - visited mr.CoolGuy and his grandma in Indonesia. (one of the craziest thing i've ever done, to go back and forth indonesia twice in a month's time). to get knocked by women in silver waja twice. (and none of it is my fault!!)

well.. a glance at it all, looks like i haven't made much impact to humanity. haha.. i basically did lotsa fun stuff, crazy stuff, n made my year a rather exciting one as well. stepping into working world from college life..was quite a switch for me. must say i've passed the "teething" phase. now settling in rather alright, and hope to keep myself focused on the positive sides. right now, my schedule is such that there is a routine to my week, futsal tops the list, and hopefully a more consistent devotional gatherings, study classes come into the picture as well. not forgetting, time alone at home, (clean the house, read more, just spending quality time alone), and movie nights with friends. CG is entering another phase right now. though still has one last subject pending, he will be starting work and from there, i foresee that there'll be another adjustment for the two of us.

a happy 2005 year to u there. ;-) [CG = Mr.CoolGuy, what i used to call him in my old blog, hehe]
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the year of 2005, reminds me of work. not a bad thing, but when I re-read what I wrote in my blog, I was quite morbid. half the time feeling empty, half the time dreading going to work. but of coz, i've learnt a lot at work, made great friends and formed good relationships, no regrets. I figured when one is put to immense pressure, the learning curve is much steeper.

January - March : I was editing 1.2.3, a young-parenting show. I survived, also made it thru fasting month. got my pilgrimage dates, have to start 'prepare' myself spiritually, also to *save up*.
April - July: edited one full season of 3R. rather proud of it, though the thought of continuing does scare me. I miss the whole team spirit, it was great. and I'm truly grateful for the learning opportunity working in Red. Also, the time I finished my Ruhi book 7. was having quite a routine life then. monday night, futsal; tuesday and thursday nights, Ruhi; friday, stress coz have to finalize the episode; weekends, more activities.
August: finally quit my job. 4th of August. couple weeks of joblessness did freak me out. but i took time off, and slowly, jobs start trickling in.
September: I've never felt as busy, it was really fulfilling. I took on few freelance projects at the same time, having to force myself to save for my upcoming travels that I'm so looking forward to. R finally graduated too. I picked up Adobe Indesign and learnt some book layout design. I got Ally, my new com that accompanies me thru rain and shine.
October - November: China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia. lovely!
December: holiday season.. meeting friends, who come and go. feeling that the world is getting smaller and smaller.

2006...
- hoping to gain as much exposure in film/vdo.. and not just confined to editing.
- one short film, one documentary.
- self-teach softwares to enhance skills.
- focus on junior youth training/gatherings, also incorporating more arts.
- pilgrimage and hoping to travel out of asia.

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'The diverse peoples of the world may be seen as points scattered on the outer surface of a sphere with Baha'u'llah at its centre, at its core. There are forces in the world that are trying to pull all the points towards one pole, bringing them together in what is claimed to be a universal culture. But, when this happens, the points only move from one place on the surface of the sphere to another, and their distance from the centre, their distance from Baha'u'llah, does not change. On the other hand, if each one of these points, if each of these peoples, is allowed to move along its own direct path towards Baha’u’llah, they will naturally come closer to one another. Their cultures will change and be enriched as they each make contributions to the emergence of a world civilization’