Bigger than my body.
It’s 17th December today. Only 13 more days til the end of 2011. I can’t even begin to express how scary time flies….. but let’s not go there. I decided that 12.45am on a Friday night is somehow the perfect time to do some reflection.
This year I: travelled to two new countries, travelled for the first time with the boy, travelled for the first time with my colleagues, picked up Japanese again, became more involved in church & started teaching the kids, picked up fashion design course at NAFA, celebrated my 2nd year with him, realised that we really are very much in love, finally stopped giving tuition after 5 years, discovered the wonderful world of crafting, started a MT tape collection & realised that I am getting horribly obsessed, grew closer to my friends & awesome colleagues, got promoted, decided that I should explore more career options, am still undecided on what I really want to do, have contemplated to move abroad to work, still love my family very much.
It has been a wonderfully enriching year. I have learnt so much and grown alot from all my experiences. It is very strange because all my life I thought I would be happy enough to just have a decent job, get a house & get married to someone I love. But I was so wrong - there is so much in the world to see & do. I really don’t want to lead a typical Singaporean life and take the route most of us go. It is definitely not something wrong and it’s still a wonderful thing, but I don’t want that. I want to be internationally mobile, I want to read up on endless books, talk about serious matters over coffee, think about how I can make the world a better place. Of course for that I am very grateful to have my geeky boy who is constantly feeding me with thought-provoking topics (even when I am very tired). May I also just say that he is really the most patient person in the world. I am incredibly lucky and blessed.
If I could pick one thing that I hope to achieve in 2012, it would be to go on a trip to the poorer parts of the world and help the children/people there. While I may sympathise deeply & root strongly for such causes, I think I really need to see for myself the plight of these people because it will help me to understand their situation better. I have to do this. Please punch me in Dec 2012 if I failed to achieve this.
And if I could just be a little greedy, I also hope to be more fluent in Japanese next year. I really enjoy taking lessons even though I’m always so tired after work. Hopefully I can fulfill my wish of working in Japan/Japanese environment.
Looking forward to 2012, but for now I have to finish my Christmas cards.
