Can't say that 2011 was that eventful... I mean, with the stress and workload I went through as a final year degree student, it kinda forced me into sacrificing many things. Actually had to forgo an all-expenses-paid trip up to Mt. Kinabalu as per invitation from the university. Skipped this year's Penang Hat on my birthday too due to thesis =,= Not much of travelling around this year as well. Oh well, nothing much I can do with all these pile of work stacking up and with the deadlines set so close to each other =/
Then again, friends were like saying I was pretty chilled (as usual) even with those workload... Shrugs. Mind you, I was pretty stressed up in the beginning to the point I almost went insane. Things didn't worked out well in certain ways too. And that's when I realised that stressing at a mad early stage is getting me no where. Gah. Anyways, despite not being able to accomplish much this year. I will still keep up with the annual blog entry on my self-reflection for the year (Read 2010's entry , 2009's entry and 2008's entry).
So, in 2011...
1. I
played more Ultimate.
Monash Hat in July
Theme was "Superheroes", hence my cape =p
UiTM Open with ze Carebears in September :D
Got ourselves third placing in that tournament. Made a few new friends then too. Good times.
Visited Bangkok early of February and played even more Ultimate there. Bangkok Hat 2011 was awesome and I have already signed up for the 2012's. Will be flying over to Bangkok next month!!! Can't wait.
Baby Pink team :D
Can't wait to see most of them again next month! I was still quite new in Ultimate then, hope I have improved a little by now =/
2. Visited Bangkok, Thailand.
I made a promise, and I'm keeping it! x) See you next month, Suk11 !
3. Managed to achieve one of my life goal: Complete a 21km before I turn 21. Did my first half-marathon (21km) in February... and have been doing more since. Did a total of 4 half-marathons this year before my 21st birthday.
Bareno 21km
This run was the point where I actually got friendly with Michelle, despite kinda knowing her through friends before then. And with this being my first half-marathon, I sure am glad to be able to get to know Michelle as one of my running buddies. She sure is a precious friend.
Standard Chartered KL Marathon 21km category
This was sponsored by my uni. Super awesome of Commander Anthony to be so supportive :) Did the run with most of my uni friends, good fun. Am super glad that I was able to instilled the running fever in them.
Putrajaya Night Marathon 21km category
Did this with another favourite running friend of mine, KarMun. Promised to do our first full marathon together. Kinda fear it though... Michelle and Kaartig did broke their marathon virginity in this run and boy, were they exhausted mentally and physically. Gahhhhh. SCARY!
Energizer Night 21km Run
Energizer Night Run was not actually that well-organised, and the route was actually less than 21km... 20.1km I think. Couldn't really remember. But, oh well... I RAN 20+ KILOMETERS OKAY! LET IT BE COUNTED, DAMMIT!
4. Other than those half-marathons. I did
MORE running this year :D
NTV 7km Run with Chun Tat. One day after Monash Hat x)
SunMed 5km with Darren in 27 minutes
ZigTech treadmill challenge, continuous jogging for an hour in 1Utama with Louis
And to think I ran 800m and Road Relay for my athletics team that morning itself
Double runs in a day again with CICM 5km in the morning
29 minutes =/ But still got 5th. Lucky sial. Nico got 8th with zero effort. Pro.
Second run of the day with most of my favourite runners at TDH 5km
Free flow booze for the night yo!
Crashed a run for the first time D:
Not ethical but the damned event closed its registration before I could find time to register. Meh. Was a good run in Adidas KOTR 2011 though
Crashed another run again =,=
Registration closes shortly after it was announced. What the fark. And it was on my birthday and I insist on running! Dammit! Oh well, not like I'm taking any of their drinks/ gifts or whatsover anyway :)
Did Shape Run with Meng Leong alone in the Ghost Town of Putrajaya
Did it with a baaaaad flu :( And still managed to complete the whole route, didn't perform well though
Did Centro 12km 2011. Got quite good timing and position. Have to attend this loyally since this was the first run that sparked my running passion again after the long hiatus
Did Olympics 7km again. Managed to get top 75 this time :D I achieved my goal made in 2010 when I finished 7km in 50 minutes =,= Slow. Told myself the run in 2011, I will make it in the top 75. And I did. Proud of myselffffff :D
Got requested to
participate in the HELP Sports Carnival athletics events one day before the race. Got silver for both 800m and road relay with zero trainings. Eheheheh. Syok.
Got to meet awesome people then too :)
Did a
4 hours relay through the night with The RoadRunners in Adidas all24 event. Placed 9th out of 45 teams, with a total distance of 51.8km covered.
The Road Runners
Louis - Me - Kaartig - Michelle - Murphy - Meng Leong
5. Got a
podium win in a run again, my first and last one was in 2006. Wasn't much of an achievement this time since I completed the 5km at such poor timing of 29 minutes (2 minutes longer than my timing in May 2011). It was just the lack of competition... then again, yay! :D
6. Had my first more major injury from Ultimate... a
cracked nose bone D: It's actually healed at this point of time, but the bone growth is a little out of the original shape already... Sigh. There goes my sharp straight nose =(
Oh! My poor nose got elbowed again in mid-December in Ultimate again. Wtf?! Of all places, you can elbow me in the tummy instead la! I've got a lot of fats there, why my nose again?????? T_T
Sigh.
7. Managed to
lose 11kg since last year's November D:
November 2010
September 2011
Which I gained back like 5kg in 3 months during my final semester's stress =,=
8. First time trying out Bootcamp.
With Chun Tat, Yu Szen and Louis for company. Though they didn't exactly attend it that regularly =/And I was quite dependent on them for transport then...
9. Went mad and
did a walk around Petaling Jaya from Taman Sea to DJ to Uptown to Seksyen 17 to Uptown and then to Tropicana City Mall and to DJ and back to Taman Sea. Dragged Ann along with me and had a mini food expedition along our journey.
An exhausted Ann, who walked 1/4 of what I did LOL
Chatime for a treat!!
10. Haha. Poor me, ended up with a
shin splint for the first time =,=
11. Got invited to my
first food tasting session. Thanks to Nuffnang, I can haz Sakae Sushi! Yumz. Went there alone, effing lost sheep, but made new friends there. Been visiting Sakae Sushi since. Their food is addictive okay! Super yummayyy!
12. Got my
first UnderArmour compression wear!!!!!!! :D Thanks to Wee Kiat for helping me purchase it from the States. Actually ordered it early 2011, but it got lost in the mail. Blardy mailing system. Oh well, fuck it. Life's too short to linger over the screwed-ups...
13. I wanted to say "conquered", but Broga Hill is not much of a climb. So...
visited Broga Hill at last.
Thanks to Nuffnang Glitterati for organising it :) Went there alone again and got to meet so many awesome peeps.
14. Took up the Lent challenge and about
2 months of being a vegetarian. Pretty fun actually to start noting what you eat. I think I will do it again in 2012 =P
15. Did the annual
Wesak Day float with Emily again. This time, Wan Ee joined us. And this time, we did the parade in the rain. Haha. Some random strangers were sharing each of our umbrellas throughout the journey as well. Awesome time spent with all of them. Haha.
16. Was invited to
attend the HELP 25th Year Anniversary Gala Dinner by the DSA. Thanks to Mr. Loh! :D Although it was quite last minute...
Managed to get myself a dress a day prior to the dinner. Pretty lucky to get myself invited to this dinner, seeing that only 3 tables were allocated for the student representatives from councils, clubs and sports teams.
17. Visited the
Big Bad Wolf Book Sale for the first time! And got myself a year's supply of books! Gonna make this an annual visit and get my year's supply of books in every visit! Hah!
18. Attended
my first proper concert, with celebrities that I ACTUALLY admire: Michael Bolton, Charice, Ashanti and David Foster.
Thanks to Justin for providing me the opportunity to work for that event...
Technically, I'd actually got paid to watch that concert. Hmmm, I realised I have been participating in stuffs alone lately, cuz I went for this job alone too and thank God for Jolly being there, or I would have been bored outta my mind. Made a few new friends there, and how nice of Reuben and Aaron for sending me home despite only knowing me for a few hours :D
19. Attended a government-organised students conference -- Majlis Perundingan Pelajar Kebangsaan Bil.1/2011.
Went there alone (yes, again) and built new friendships there with student leaders from the whole nation. Awesome experience and hey, government events always have good buffet spreads! Yum. Haha. Though the event wasn't that beneficial to the private universities' representatives, but we did formed networks with many...
Missed those peeps much. And good that I met Gadiy there, will be conquering Mount Kinabalu with him too next year! :) Can't wait to meet up with the Taylor's peeps too soon. All of them have been awfully busy =/
Ohhhh! We can haz picture with the Deputy Prime Minister too! :D
20. Attended, possibly, the
most awesome birthday/ end of the year party. Thank you Jess Min, for the invitation :)
21. Took a leap of faith and decided to take out RM6000 from my leftover in study loan, which was remained due to me managed to obtain a scholarship last year, which left me with extra cash to spend without feeling much guilt. I mean, I have to pay them back again anyway.
Anyway, decided to
take the RM6000 out and arranged a few trips in 2012. I have always wanted to live my life exploring the world... but money is an obstacle. Fear is another. I don't mind loneliness, but I fear of being lost and such, seeing that my sense of directions is super messed up. Oh well, booked trips to Singapore, Bangkok, Borneo, Mt Kinabalu and Langkawi for 2012. Wanted to go Phnom Penh too, but my RM6000 can only help me through the places I listed =/ Sigh.
Hope if I could actually get a first class honours to be able to obtain the waive in loans payback... though I can't have my hopes up too high. Hmmm. Shrugs. Whatever la.
I can't add "Graduated with a degree" in this year's list since my final assessment is held in January 2012 =/ Will be doing my thesis presentation then. Results will be out in February or March and convocation will be in April. Hence, graduating and obtaining a degree will be something listed in my 2012's list :)
Anyway, apart from those... I have met awesome people, made new friendships, learned how desperate people can be, understood how letting go can actually bring peace to the mind, discovered how spoiled, stupid, lazy and fucked-up some assholes are. If you think that you are those awesome friends I have made this year, then you most probably are. If you think that you fall into the assholic-group, then maybe you are too. Haha.
Well, 2011 was full of ups and downs... learned so much in it. 2012 will be a turning point of my life... Graduation, getting a job, new people to meet, old friends to keep in touch with, family ties to be strengthened, traveling and such.
