Tension 2007, Expectant 2008

A new year has come...A chain of events, regardless of joyful and miserable, had happened throughout the year 2007. In the year 2007, tension was the only thing i saw. A' Level examinations and German Language test took place at the same time. If I didn't do well, i would have probably lost the chance getting into a German university. Somehow I am now here in Germany. In fact most of the memories before I came to Germany occupied my mind the most. Buddies, college life, Tar Villa, Goethe Institute, BRJ, The Curve, NLP and many more. I saw the gathering photo taken in Yi Herng's house. Haha..I wish I were inside..but as what accounting expert Zai Xi told me, this is opportunity cost. One can't have everything. Give up for something which priority offsets the other. And no regret..That day Orlandoy Yoon told me that the buddies set my name as the password of the game access for Counter-Strike when they were at cyber cafe. Haha..I was on cloud nine..I am still on your mind. Thanks buddies!

In the year 2007, I also ended my days in college. It is simply unbelievable. In just a short period of 18 months, I was blessed with some of the greatest friends in my life. But God was cruel that He separated us apart from each other. Genius Sean is having a great life in NTU, Singapore. Iherng is waiting for his news for scholarship to the US. Metta is missing in action. And most of the others have started their university life back in Malaysia. Wish them the best of luck!

In mid-June 2007, I broke up with my first love. 3 years of relationship had to come to an end. She meant a lot to me. Throughout the years, we cherished each other and we fought with each other. However i am glad to once be the one she loved most and i never regretted that she was the one i loved most. She had been giving me support and a good listener. Love is blind. During our time together, I did a lot of irrational things which are not too convenient to be mentioned here. Haha..Anyway, I learned that LOVE is a complicated thing which Albert Einstein couldn't even derive a perfect formula to it. Somehow I look forward to my next, but possibly not the last, girlfriend. Blessing to my Ex as well.

Looking into the year 2008, it is filled with anticipations and new hopes. I wondered, should I still think about my new year resolutions? Since I couldn't fulfill most of them in the past years. But then a phrase(or shall I say a piece of advice) given by a friend came to my mind. "It is not about whether you CAN do it or not, it is whether you WANT to do it or not". True, indeed. And so I thought of a few, which are the basic steps to lead me to other possible achievements.

1. Learn to be more sociable
2. Self-control - not to be prevailed upon temptations and distractions
3. Mein Deutsch zu verbessern - Improve my German

Not too many of them, but to me, it's a lot of hard work to put in.

I wish my family & buddies a great year of 2008!

Darren, good luck in your university life in Australia!