The New Year’s Eve Tradition
2008 is so near :) i can smell it already.
and like every year, here’s my annual New Year’s Eve meme :P it’s a different one from the last 2 years - i like this new one better! and i also managed to cajole Martian into doing the meme with me… hehehehe even though he protested at first. sigh why is my boyfriend so lazy. my answers in red, his in blue. and i tag EVERYONE to do this meme cos i love reading this stuff when other people do it :D
1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
Climbed Mt Kinabalu, went to europe, did an internship.
went to vienna and budapest. travelled on a train and bus across different countries in europe.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didnt make any last year because I was too sad. and I wont make any this year cos I’m too dazed.
never made any but self improvement isn’t dictated by dates
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No unfortunately :( I wish they would so I can play with babies :D
not that i know of
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No, thank God.
my hk maid, edith
5. What countries did you visit?
Hongkong, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Austria, Hungary
austria, hungary, china, thailand, singapore, indonesia
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
Resolve, time, Mrs Fields cookies
a sense of humour
7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
6th Oct, 3rd Nov, 1st Dec - my SAT dates. Haha I can remember them so clearly!
dec 30 cos it’s today and i can remember it well. i’ve special memories that i don’t know the dates of.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
A lesser version of nirvana
quitting my old job and getting a new one.
9. What was your biggest failure?
Not sending in entries for MPH and TheCicak, not participating in ESUM, missing the deadline for the British Council convention. yes it’s been a year of many missed opportunities..
tidying my messy apartment
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Errr a few fever spells here and there, and I lost my voice for a few days a couple of weeks ago. nothing serious!
yes. i had a hole in my heart.
11. What was the best thing you bought?
This really nice duffel from Zara which is great for my frequent kl-sing shuttling! Lots and lots of lala socks for my dress-up days ^___^
a sofa to lounge in and a coffee table to put my legs on while lounging
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Beaver’s.. hahaha. Thank you for my christmas presents ^____^
the marchers of bersih and hindraf.
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The mainstream media, my interior designer, pak lah
fuck that
14. Where did most of your money go?
Starbucks, cab fare, birthday presents for friends and family, shoes, college application fees (gawd)
paying the rent
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My birthday presents!!!! Yesterday’s chocolate cupcake with earl grey ice cream! Moving into the new singapore apartment with Martian. Going back to HK for a holiday (but tak jadi…). The opening of Pavilion and Gardens! My internship. Applying to college. Climbing Mt Kina. All those huuuuge meet-ups. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!!!
playing scrabulous
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
Joshua Radin - What If You, Michael Buble - Everything
the singapore taxi phone-in music
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner, poorer
happier. fatter. richer
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Studying, traveling, chilling out
going out into the sun
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Worrying, procrastinating
lazing around wasting time
20. How did you spend Christmas?
With Martian and his family and then with my application essays :\
sleeping with my baby till lunch with my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
Every single day of the year
yes. many times with the same person
22. What was your favorite TV program?
Grey’s anatomy, ANTM and gossip girl !! Heroes can go to hell.
west wing
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Two people. I really wish I hadn’t ever met them.
fuck that
24. What was the best book you read?
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
i’m reading j.d. salinger’s catcher in the rye now which is pretty funny
25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
How the repeated symphony of glass breaking means that my house will eventually run out of drinking glasses unless i STOP PUTTING THEM ON THE FLOOR AND KICKING THEM OVER ACCIDENTALLY =(
the black key
26. What did you want and get?
a DSLR camera :) thank you baby.
a new job.
27. What did you want and not get?
Backpacking trip to India, my Peninsular Malaysia food roadtrip, a new wireless router for the home, deep red curtains
more time
28. What was your favorite film this year?
Atonement, Ratatouille, Shoot ‘Em Up, Hors De Prix
apocalypto
29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I did my SAT papers, I prayed for Pakistan’s elections, and I made everyone wear pink!!!! Oh I was 19 :\ so old. And I opened lotsa presents!!!!
had dinner wit my family. 25
30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Doing A-Levels? Joining all those competitions I’d missed out on. Being eligible for the WSDC debate.
more time in the sun
31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Too many skirts
recklessly eclectic
32. What kept you sane?
Long drives, consolation and comfort over mcdonalds, 9pm phone calls, love.
my imaginary friend bob
33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
MCDREAMY!!!
fuck that
34. What political issue stirred you the most?
Lingam tape and the bocor comment by the Jasin/Kinabatangan MPs. Pak Lah resurrecting the ISA.
do you have the time? and green issues
35. Who did you miss?
Waimin
coldplay in hk
36. Who was the best new person you met?
This is a secret :P
new friends in spore
37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Being a perfectionist is inefficient
trust yourself.
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Happy New Year, everybody :) :) :) i’ve got dinner with Martian later and then a house party at Frodo’s. i’m so excited!!! i love the holiday season. mwahhhhhs to all :)
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