And once again !! The New Years Resolutions Post !!

A flashback to 1/1/2006, with comments on 1/1/2007.
1. Lose 15 kg. At least. (Crap. Failed miserably)
2. Get a job and enjoy it for a year. (OK, well 2 weeks to go..Considered Achieved)
3. Start professional certification studies. (Started. Exam Dec 3. Achieved)
4. Keep in touch with all my friends. (Achieved, well.. yea I consider it achieved)
5. Make new friends. (Totally Achieved)
6. Save some money. (Achieved)
7. Go on one overseas trip. (Achieved - In Shanghai now !!)
8. Have a much cleaner house with more systems. (Achieved)
9. Improve my Chinese, and start on Japanese. (Achieved)
10. Try to make some effort towards world peace. (Making friends counts. Achieved !!)
Result : Achieved 9 out of 10.

A flashback to 1/1/2007. With results today.
1. Lose 10 Kg. At least. (More reasonable...but not achieved - I blame Melbourne)
2. Keep plugging on at my job and achieve success. (Not bad at all in this area !! Great !)
3. Pass Level 1 of my professional studies and start Level 2. (Passed Level 2 !!!)
4. Keep in touch with most of my friends. (Easily done)
5. Make new friends. (Ha ! Even this week I made at least 2 new buddies !)
6. Save more money than in 2006. (Technically failed. But should have been expected. Technically, if you look at it, by just not going to Melbourne I would have achieved this goal. And I paid for 3 exams in this financial year too. So. Achieved on technicality.)
7. Go on one overseas trip. (Done - Vietnam, Australia, Singapore twice...)
8. Buy less clothes of higher quantity. (Easily)
9. Improve my Chinese, my singing and learn more skills. (I think so...at least relearnt macros)10. Keep on having fun times and be positive all the time. (Had great fun with Cranium!)
Result : Achieved 9 out of 10.

A flashback to 1/1/2008. With results today.
1. Lose 10 Kg. (><"" The face says it all. Failed miserably)
2. Pass CFA Level 3. (YAY ! Passed !)
3. Travel overseas at least twice. (Cambodia, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau...)
4. Keep in touch with old friends and make new friends (Not too bad...considered achieved)
5. Get a good suit. Hugo Boss. Or Armani. Or Calvins... (Done and achieved)
6. Get promoted. (Haha foregone conclusion. Achieved)
7. Fall in love. (Fell in love with Hong Kong. Achieved. And note not to include as future resolution)
8. Improve my Chinese, my singing and learn a new language and more skills. (Achieved in parts)
9. Save lots of money. At least as much as this year. (Achieved with great results)
10. Stay happy. And healthy and fun. (Easily)
Result : Achieved 9 out of 10.

A flashback to 1/1/2009. With results today.
1. Lose 10 Kg. (Failed again ! At least I did not gain any)
2. Meet at least 10 new good friends. (Achieved)
3. Travel to at least 2 other countries. (Macau, Singapore Australia, Japan, China)
4. Visit New Territories and discover more areas (Achieved)
5. Save twice the amount I saved in 2008. (DONE !)
6. Perform great at work and get commended (Great but could be better)
7. Go home at least twice !!! (April and September)
8. Improve Chinese, and start a new language. (French and Korean. Actually went for classes)
9. Keep my house clean and do my laundry/washup at proper times. (Achieved)
10. Be happy and healthy working away from home. (Done)
Result : Achieved 9 out of 10.

NEW YEARS' RESOLUTION 2010 !!!
1. Lose 10 Kg. (Seriously and I mean it !! Joined gym already and am running)
2. Travel to at least 2 other countries. (Non HK / Malaysia)
3. Visit New Territories and discover more areas
4. Save more than I saved in 2009.
5. Perform great at work and get commended and hopefully promoted (half resolution)
6. Go home at least twice !!!
7. Improve Chinese, revise Korean/French. Start Japanese
8. Keep my house clean and do my laundry/washup at proper times.
9. Start investing money
10. Be happy and healthy working away from home.

Last year has been crazy and it was pretty scary how fast it ended. A very very hot year for weddings and perhaps may just be a signal of how many more I will be attending/facing in the next couple of years. I already have two before Chinese New Year to attend. I spent some time reading through some entries from before and it was really really good to look back and see what has happened in my life so far and sometimes draw conclusions. It also seems to have a lot of mahjong playing in it. But for sure, I ended 2009 and started 2010 the same way I ended 2008 and started 2009. Playing mahjong with MrTT and GABish and FredBear. The same four people in the same four seats at my place with different rules, given that we have now all advanced to playing with 12 Joker Tiles. Amazing. I think I would have died without Mahjong. Also have a fairly new obsession with Farmville. One thing that I am rather glad is that I have not bought any winter clothing this year, which is great, since it is all about saving money. This year I do want to save more. And spend less. Upcoming travel includes a trip to Japan and I want to make sure that this does not cut in too deeply. I may have to spend more time at work, and this may affect studying. I doubt I would have the time to go in for full time Korean courses, but this also means that I would have to be more disciplined about studying it myself. I need to draw up some timetables. With my contract coming due in July, it would also be time soon to think about the future, I have had some talks with my manager, and it seems I may stay for at least another year. The conditions however are not clear yet of course, and I find myself still thinking as well if I would prefer to stay on the same conditions or on a local package. With so many things happening, I have zero time for any relationship and sometimes I think it is better this way. I am still too full of activities and need so much myself time that I cannot see how I can make time for anything else in my life at this moment. Not really living life to the fullest at the moment but definitely very full. Need to continue to work hard this year !

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