Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009

First post in 2009. Wow, how time flies. You know, I can still remember my highschool days vividly, and i still can't imagine that I'm actually 25 now. It's like... Wow...

So another year has passed. Not the best of years, but at least better than 2007. Made some money, some new friends, of those friends some become enemies, some become more than friends. Made my debut in the club, tasted my first beer, fell in a swimming pool with my handphone, got a laptop, and got more friends online. Made enemy with my boss, got my first letter of termination, learned a few lessons on socializing, and a few more on other stuffs. It's a year with a good mix of blessings and curses, but yes, better than the previous year.

Come 2009, I hope that I'll be blessed with the following: A job I'm proud to do, and am happy to do it on a daily basis; a place i can call my own, of which i find sanctuary; and someone I can claim as my lover, of whom I can share my sadness (especially) and my joy. Will it come in a bundle? I don't know. I have a whole year to find out.

As an end note:
HAPPY NEW YEAR. MAY 2009 BRINGS THE BEST OF WHAT YOU CAN BE

On adversity

Quote:	It doesn't make any difference whether what you face is something that affects your work, your personal relationships, your sense of security, your appraisal of self-worth, or your appearance--the way you think about your situation largely determines whether you will do anything about it and what you will do.
Author:	Dr. Arthur Freeman and Rose DeWolf
Source:	The 10 Dumbest Mistakes Smart People Make and How to Avoid Them: Simple and Sure Techniques for Gaining Greater Control of Your Life by Arthur Freeman

Reminds me of the audiobook I listened to, by Wayne Dyer: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Hmm...

Between growing up, and growing old

Recently, I got myself into a mess. A mess which started as something that has nothing to do with me. But, since I'm a hopeless busy-body, I got myself in the crossfire. And wow, what an eye-opening experience. Through the period (still going through it, by the way) I get to see, and experience myself, how the creature called human acts. From it I gauge my own maturity, as well as people who were involved in the situation. And it got me thinking, "Here I am, in this kind of situation, and I see people older than me acting way immature than I am, and people younger than me, acting more matured than I can ever imagine myself acting. Why is it so? Shouldn't older people act more matured, since they have more experience?"

So what actually denotes someone's maturity? Mindset? The book they read? The way they talk? How they talk about others? I guess my reading is still far from sufficient...

Caught in a cross-fire

Lesson learnt: when 2 of your friends are in a feud, and you don't want to take side, just stay clear. Stay away from them, not to mean you ditch them, just observe until the feud ends. Do not at any time give any opinions unless both of them are in the same room with you. Last but not least, don't even think of intervening if you're sick, jobless, and broke!