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2009 in retrospective on (still)blackandwhite...

We had an alto dinner on 2 January, and funnily enough, it's almost exactly the same as the most recent one on 28 December. Hahah Yan is still annoyed that there is never a point in time when all eight of us are present and can take a decent alto photo. (I think we gave up on the photos 'cause it's always missing one person. Next year's AEWF perhaps?)

February and March seemed like an awful lot of stress. (All those ahem, CCAs.) Feb/Mar 2010 is probably going to be pretty much the same, maybe worse 'cause of the heavier workload in year 2. No wonder Sav scolded me for joining SOW hurhur.

Or maybe it won't be as bad. I'm doing what I like, I have sufficient authority to um, arrow away what I don't like to do, and I have enough power to suggest/implement ideas for improvement.

But sometimes it feels like I'm doing a lot of stuff by myself 'cause it's just too much trouble to get someone else to do it. It's really quite stupid to email someone else to ask him/her to email various other people, plus it takes a long time. Mostly I don't mind liaising and passing on messages, except when people are bloody rude and show zero courtesy.

Better to be less principled and bother less than to insist on doing things right as much as possible. (New year resolution: be less of a perfectionist? Hurhur.)

In April I got to meet up with a friend I haven't seen/spoken to in about 3 years. Guess it's a sign of growing up that we "buried the hatchet", so to speak. To be honest, it was quite complicated for a while, but seeing that we can actually be cordial to each other and say "hey let's catch up soon"... I think that's quite amazing.

To a certain extent I still can't tell whether we're being genuine or not, bu oh well, I'll take what I can get.

And the ways I used to entertain myself while studying is simply amusing. Hahah.

Life felt off in June 2009; still feels a bit off now. Contentment only surfaces when I'm doing something that doesn't require thinking (i.e. mindless stuff). Ah okay, this one requires more thinking to make sense.

In July I wanted to rewatch Supernatural. Hahah I didn't get around to doing it, but I did get Pearl hooked on it. Here's proof. Yay FINALLY I have company!

And then August to December was one long string of school, projects, exams, CCAs, rehearsals, performances, generally being busy, and ranting to friends.

If your name has appeared on my blog, or you've been referred to (i.e. not named) in my blog, no matter whether you made me :), :D, :(, or !)#!^@*#, thank you for enriching my life so.

I wouldn't say it was a bad year, but I'm sure next year will be better.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010!

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The year is ending soon. OMG.

What happened to all my plans for the holidays?!