in bidding farewell to 2008, i started to refresh my 2008. what a year! 2008 was a rather big year in my life, i think. many wild things happened. i was hospitalised for 7 days, i be friended with my ex again (i finally able to let go), i started my own blog, i went to 8 trips in both asia and europe etc. anyway, the biggest among all that happened in 2008, was my resignation from technip and becoming a postgrad student.
in september, i was hospitalised for 7 days due to dengue fever. the last time i was hospitalised was when i got kidney infection. i was only 9 back then and stayed alone in the hospital for three days. okay, back to my dengue story. i'm still very puzzled on how it happened. i guess miharja isn't a great place to live. the day before i fallen sick, i went out with friends and clubbed until 3 in the morning. 24 hours later, i was laying like a death people on my bed and two days later, i was admitted to gleneagles. on that, i gotta thanks my colleagues. they rushed me to the hospital, accompanied me and visited me very often. gosh... i feel like crying now! man, is not easy to be an emotional guy. well, to be honest, staying at the hospital isn't that bad! apart from the nurses waking you up in the middle of the night and sucking your blood, it is actually quite relaxing! no need to worry about work, just sleep and rest and also eat. okay... maybe the food suck but you can always get someone to buy food for you.
okay! let's talk about my ex... yes! i kinda called my ex again and we are kinda close friend now. life is too short to mad at someone. i was a fool for being so stubborn when we ended our topsy turvy relationship. i was young and didn't know how to handle as i was so in love. anyway, i guess it was a rather good solution for both of us. just hope everyone is happy now. i don't know is it because of what happened, somehow i prefer to be single now. i'm trying to be happy because of myself and not because of someone else.
the biggest accomplishment for me in 2008 was explored 8 different places in both asia and europe. some peoples have trouble travelling once a year and i travelled 8 places in a single year calender. yeh folks... i'm showing off a bit! i started the year with a trip to bangkok with my best friends and two months later, i was at central java admiring borobudur temple. in june, i explored northern thailand (chiangmai, golden triangle and sukhothai) with my beloved sister and friends. in august, i went to bandung with colleagues. since moved to newcastle, i shifted my attention to europe. i went to scotland in october, dublin and london in november and malta in december. on top of that, i also went to short trips with family and friends (eat eat, drink drink trips).... penang, langkawi, seremban, malacca, port dickson, york and manchester. i also planned a trip to singapore before coming here but i was unable to make it due to dengue fever.
one of my life goals is to visit as much unesco's world heritage sites as possible and in 2008, i visited 12 sites...
- historic city of ayutthaya, thailand
- borobudur temple compounds, indonesia
- prambanan temple compounds, indonesia
- historic town of sukhothai and associated historic towns, thailand
- melaka and georgetown, historic cities of the straits of malacca, malaysia
- old and new towns of edinburgh, united kingdom
- archaelogical ensemble of the bend of the boyne, ireland
- westminster palace, westminster abbey and saint margaret's church, united kingdom
- maritime greenwich, united kingdom
- city of valletta, malta
- hal saflieni, hypogeum, malta
- megalithic temples of malta, malta
in total, there are about 878 sites. i believe i will explore more sites in 2009.
my resignation from technip did create a few unhappy faces. i love being with you guys and right now, i really miss you guys... i always look at the pictures we took together... at melaka, port dickson, annual dinner (i still remember what miss goh wore that night) etc. anyway, pursuing master degree is another of my life goals even before i started working for technip. anyway, i believe we will meet again. i promise i will email you guys as often as possible. just hope you guys won't get sick of seeing my pictures!
moving to a new country and settle down there are not something new to me. i moved to australia when i was 23 and stayed there for 3 years... a very great 3 years. back then, i was young and so eager to explore the world. but this time around, i did feel a little bit uneasy! i guess i'm more mature now and appreciate my family and friends more. i love you guys and i hope we can see each other again very near in the future!
becoming a postgrad student! to be honest, after stayed away from books for a few years, is not easy to be a student again! i was quite lost in the first few weeks... but thanks to my new friends for helping me in both assignments and my life over here. hardly imagine my life without you guys... without you guys, i might have skipped more classes or failed to finish assignments. thanks to lia for pushing me to finish my homeworks and thanks to deric for helping out and be my travel partner. guys, all the best in 2009!
i will never forget 2008 and let's hope 2009 will be better... happy new year, folks!
okay! let's talk about my ex... yes! i kinda called my ex again and we are kinda close friend now. life is too short to mad at someone. i was a fool for being so stubborn when we ended our topsy turvy relationship. i was young and didn't know how to handle as i was so in love. anyway, i guess it was a rather good solution for both of us. just hope everyone is happy now. i don't know is it because of what happened, somehow i prefer to be single now. i'm trying to be happy because of myself and not because of someone else.
the biggest accomplishment for me in 2008 was explored 8 different places in both asia and europe. some peoples have trouble travelling once a year and i travelled 8 places in a single year calender. yeh folks... i'm showing off a bit! i started the year with a trip to bangkok with my best friends and two months later, i was at central java admiring borobudur temple. in june, i explored northern thailand (chiangmai, golden triangle and sukhothai) with my beloved sister and friends. in august, i went to bandung with colleagues. since moved to newcastle, i shifted my attention to europe. i went to scotland in october, dublin and london in november and malta in december. on top of that, i also went to short trips with family and friends (eat eat, drink drink trips).... penang, langkawi, seremban, malacca, port dickson, york and manchester. i also planned a trip to singapore before coming here but i was unable to make it due to dengue fever.
one of my life goals is to visit as much unesco's world heritage sites as possible and in 2008, i visited 12 sites...
- historic city of ayutthaya, thailand
- borobudur temple compounds, indonesia
- prambanan temple compounds, indonesia
- historic town of sukhothai and associated historic towns, thailand
- melaka and georgetown, historic cities of the straits of malacca, malaysia
- old and new towns of edinburgh, united kingdom
- archaelogical ensemble of the bend of the boyne, ireland
- westminster palace, westminster abbey and saint margaret's church, united kingdom
- maritime greenwich, united kingdom
- city of valletta, malta
- hal saflieni, hypogeum, malta
- megalithic temples of malta, malta
in total, there are about 878 sites. i believe i will explore more sites in 2009.
my resignation from technip did create a few unhappy faces. i love being with you guys and right now, i really miss you guys... i always look at the pictures we took together... at melaka, port dickson, annual dinner (i still remember what miss goh wore that night) etc. anyway, pursuing master degree is another of my life goals even before i started working for technip. anyway, i believe we will meet again. i promise i will email you guys as often as possible. just hope you guys won't get sick of seeing my pictures!
moving to a new country and settle down there are not something new to me. i moved to australia when i was 23 and stayed there for 3 years... a very great 3 years. back then, i was young and so eager to explore the world. but this time around, i did feel a little bit uneasy! i guess i'm more mature now and appreciate my family and friends more. i love you guys and i hope we can see each other again very near in the future!
becoming a postgrad student! to be honest, after stayed away from books for a few years, is not easy to be a student again! i was quite lost in the first few weeks... but thanks to my new friends for helping me in both assignments and my life over here. hardly imagine my life without you guys... without you guys, i might have skipped more classes or failed to finish assignments. thanks to lia for pushing me to finish my homeworks and thanks to deric for helping out and be my travel partner. guys, all the best in 2009!
i will never forget 2008 and let's hope 2009 will be better... happy new year, folks!
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2 comments:
wah very touching piece.
It's great knowing you too as both a colleague and friend. else i won't have such good supply of dried seafood for a couple of years. :P
anyways, have fun in UK! Hope I can afford to come over for a visit soon. :D
you remembered me because of dried seafood? man... should i remember you for kaya puff or heong piang?
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