2011

I've been wanting to do up a end of year post for some time now.. Even though I have a ton of events that I haven't gotten around to blogging about. They may be in that phase for quite some time ahaha..

So the year is coming to a close... Like finally..

While 2011 had it's ups and downs for me.. the downs seemed more significant and impacted me really negatively. I'm sure as hell glad 2011 over. I feel like I have aged significantly this one year.. :(

I've summed up in a few paragraphs the events / things that really shaped this one year for me.
I only just started out working this year and it has not been easy. Stress at learning something completely new and different, dealing with office politics, lack of opportunities at work.. all made the transition to working life very difficult. I think it took me about 6 agonising long months to break into my job and finally get the hang of things, before finding my place in my team.. Now, I don't stress too much. hahah.. many things have become more routine to me and my boss gives me opportunities to learn more and I'm now also involved in projects to streamline our processes as well as training the new folks.. I realise I don't fare well with big changes in my life... =/ (I think there will be even more change next year)

Last year, I made a decision to do something that I could not easily extract myself from this year. It was a very difficult position to be in. Despite knowing it was the wrong decision for me, I didn't really have the guts to change anything.. I also doubted myself a lot of times if it was really the wrong decision or if i just wanted to give up - as I think I am someone who gives up easily. =/ This dark cloud had plagued me for the better part of this year and sometimes I used to get so moody I just wanted to hide at home and wallow in my misery. ~2 months ago, I finally did something about the situation and I've never looked back. I'm happier, I have so much optimism for the future.. And I realise that it was a decision I should have made sooner. much much much sooner instead of taking so long.. owell the damage is done, and I'm just glad it's over and I can move on with my life.

One other thing, seemingly small and inconsequential, also shaped this year for me as well.

Believe it not, the iPhone 3GS handed down by my mum changed my way of life. There were so many things this wonderful device could do that my previous 'smart' phone couldn't. Simple things like surfing Facebook and checking my email were a trial. Loading pages seemed to tAke forever and the phone just couldn't seem to multitask. Send me a message when I'm loading a page and the whole phone just stops working. I love having these awesomely cool apps lol.. I think I have like 24 photo apps, 11 news apps.. among other popular ones like google maps and iris. And they are so useful!! :D I take photos of every damn thing coz the camera loads so quickly and it is so easy to beautify or edit the picture to create an awesome effect. Perfect for photoshop idiots like me. (: whatsapp and the messages in the phone is damn convenient lo! You can easily track a conversation thread and sharing pictures/location is so freaking effortless. The phone was so awesome that I spent $300 on the iPhone 4s. I'm so cheapo but I could not go back to life without an iPhone. Steve jobs was bloody brilliant.

That's sums up what 2011 has been for me. Of course there were alot of other things not mentioned here.. But they didn't characterise this one year the way these things did.