For the past few days i've heard people ask: Why make new year resolutions? You're gonna forget them by February.
Well, not if you treat them seriously! I mean, mankind is always wanting to improve itself. To cut down on bad habits and shortcomings, and to develop good habits and mindset. So, what is a better time to do so than in the beginning of a new year! :)
I'm not the kind of person who makes new year resolutions but i guess i shall make a few this year. I've got nothing to lose, anyway :D
1. to spend lesser time on the computer.
you have no idea how much time i've wasted sitting in front of this damned computer. Once i did my math and realised i spend an average of 6 hours online, doing nothing but youtubing and facebooking. I've always denied being a facebook addict but i admit, i'm one. I visit facebook on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. I often ask myself why and i couldn't give myself a satisfactory answer. But i still log on to facebook everyday anyway LOL. Recently i thought, if the time spent on facebook were better utilized like to study, what would've happened?
I might have a cleaner room.
I might not have to turn my room upside down to search for missing items.
I might have more friends in school.
I might have promoted to j2.
Technology - blessing or curse? I'd say, a curse, if you lack self control.
2. Minimise procrastination.
If i can completely not procrastinate for even once in 2011 i will throw 100 dollar notes down from my 12th storey HDB unit.
That's why MINIMISE would be a more realistic target for me to achieve.
I'm not a crazy procrastinator who does his homework only 2 weeks after the work's being issued. But i think every single time we procrastinate, we deny ourselves the chance to do something more. Imagine what we can do if we've done our work on the day it's being issued.
More time to revise.
More time to sleep.
More time to facebook. LOL jk.
3. Be less mean.
i expect 2 possible responses.
1st one is: WTH Mark, you're not mean! You're damn nice!
2nd one is: YES I TOTALLY AGREE.
If i were to conduct a survey most of you will choose the second one, right. Sigh, let me quote the lyrics of Marianas Trench from August Burns Red.
'We have become what we have feared - being one with this world.'
As a christian, i am created to be the light of the world. To be a helping hand, to encourage, to comfort. Sadly, i haven't been helping others in 2010, but more of a recipient of help from many people. I've always whined about the cruelty of this world. The despicable means one can employ to achieve their goals. But as i hope for a better world, i often see pride getting the better of me. I look down on people. Confession time.
'Be the change you want to see in this world'. How true is that!
You want more love, you give more love to those around you.
You want to save the earth, start recycling!
Words don't make any impact. Actions do.
That's it, 3 main resolution i hope to achieve in 2011. Looking back, 2010 is, without a doubt, the most difficult year of my 17 years of existence. A new school with a super negative atmosphere, an appeal rejected, bad subject combi, loneliness. Damn, i din see this coming in 2009.
2010 has taught me to open up to people i think i cannot click with. You'll never know what can happen. 2010 taught me a great lesson of the heavy price of laziness and constant procrastination. It taught me to find life directions, or be an aimless boat in the ocean.
It taught me to look to Him.
Today i attended the first service of 2011. The sermon was about surrendering to God. Let him take charge, for he has promised good things for us. A father on earth would not feed his children rocks but delicious bread and fish. Let alone the gracious Father in heaven! I went for altar call praying for guidance and blessings. Tears flow. Such is my desperation for His help, because i am but a mere mortal with limits and shortcomings.
As bad as 2010 may sound, it differentiated the playmates from the genuine buddies i can keep.
I'd like to thank my dmnchoir friends, namely Weichong, Georgina, Iris, Shaun and Sheri for their undying love for me and everyone else in the group. The highlight of every month is our monthly meetup! We get together, chat, share jokes and troubles, and we encourage one another. Precious friends to keep, they are! Also there are my churchmates Joel, Noel, Sihao, Isabel and Doreen who make me excited for church every sunday, with our occasional outings and study sessions :D Siblings in Christ!
I also made many many friends in 2010! In my civics class 10A06 i have approachable classmates like Abbas and Yingxuan who wouldn't hesitate to help me in any manner, from answering queries to lying to the teacher that im sick so i can take my power nap :D Also there's Roxanne, Chesna, Clarissa and Yipoh, my PW group! PW outings are usually fun. Survey Sunday's unforgettable! Really sweet memories i'll never forget. And then there's TPJChoir! Thank you Xiaoli, Gabriel, Ming Le, Mabel, David, Yongjing, Azri, Fiona and many more for the jokes we cracked in choir. Y'all make me wanna go for choir every wed and fri. And then there's Kingsley, Mark, Gillian and Elizabeth who're pretty fun to work with!
forgive me, my paragraphs are not in any order. i just type whatever pops into my head.
Or shall i let the photos do the talking?
2010 in photos.
National Day picnic with dmn classmates.
Orientation with 10A06.
Sending TPJChoir peeps off to Poland!
Sports Day!
TPJChoir concert. :')
RJChoir(?) concert plus Shaun's birthday surprise!
Limelight with Dunmanchoir! <3
an ineffective study session with dmn buddies.
Yay my dmnchoir clique \m/
outing to Sentosa w 4D1'09 classmates. i love this photo.
Jamming with Nadim and Weicheng
2010 is SNSD's year ^^
2 sitcoms i watched in 2010: The Big Bang Theory (above) and....
How i Met Your Mother.
Starstruck @ YOG Girls' Football match at Jalan Besar Stadium.
After choir concert, with choir friends.
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The music lover in me insist i add in a top 10 songs i loved in 2010.
10. Danger Wildman - The Devil Wears Prada (metalcore)
i loved this! Clean vocals are epic, as well as that lil' drum solo in the bridge.
9. Oh! - SNSD (Korean pop)
i laughed at Moses for going gaga over korean girls in 2009. The following year i followed his footsteps. Lovely girls, lovely dance moves, lovely song.
8. I'm a Loner - CNBlue (Korean rock)
The WETORIYA song. Before this song i thought Korea would never produce great bands. How wrong was i.
7. Give a Little More - Maroon 5 (Mainstream English Pop)
Maroon 5 released 'Hands All Over' in 2010 and this song is my favourite off the album! Sexy tune. ^^
6. Hoot - SNSD (Korean Pop)
Catchy song! The MV is amazingly gorgeous. :)
5. If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn - Sleeping With Sirens (Post Hardcore)
AMAZING VOCALS. The entire song is tight, and the vocalist really expressed the emotions of the song well.
4. Don't Forget - Baek Ji Young (Korean Pop)
How many kpop songs have i featured in this list? Anyway, this song is the OST of drama IRIS, and like the drama, this song is awesome! Esp in the climax when the key is raised.
3. Lucifer - SHINee (Korean Pop)
Catchiest. Song. Ever. Initially i have second thoughts about this song but it does go well with the intended storyline. Best dance moves, i wanna master them one day!
2. Remembering Sunday - All Time Low (Power Pop)
This is an old old song, but i only fell in love with it in 2010. I'm a lover of emotional bridges!
1. Back Burner - August Burns Red (Metalcore)
200 plays in 2 months. The numbers don't lie. Epic breakdowns and riffs. Can never get sick of this song!
Cheers, for 2011!