Goodbye 2007, Welcome 2008!

The New Year is here again.

It seemed 2007 has passed very fast. Well, looking back, 2007 has been a fruitful year, a lot of things have happened, and i can easily say it is the best year i ever had.

What is most important is the kind of experiences that i had, which will never be the same every year.

While i couldnt quite recall what happened to 2007's eve (because i didnt blog about it, hence couldnt refer), but this year's eve was more or less the same. Ha.

But first, on 30th Dec, went to the airport to send AM who is going South Korea again for intern when she has just returned from there from exchange. So envy...

Trying out thick-frame spectacles::At departure hall
A group photo:;Zi-pai-ing
So on the eve, had a BBQ with some of the d'Hoppers. Well, it wasn't our chalet or pit but we were invited to join... Lol.

Walking at Downtown East::So many people
Us::At some X'mas decor
Then, I went to Marina to meet up with GY and Al for the fireworks....

Fireworks at Marina Square
It was very crowded, and because i arrived at city hall at 11.50pm, i didnt manage to find them and was standing at some place to watch the fireworks before joining them. Supper next and walked around, grooving a bit at Chijmes, bowled at Marina Square at 4am, and finally slacked around at Esplanade...

Supper::Bowling
Moving head and arms::Sunrising
Was waiting for the first bus and played with my camera. Taking lots of stupid photos when my camera was set to 15second exposure..

And my New Year Day was spent sleeping till 4pm!


Recapping 2007....

January

• Had my first dance performance, though it was a small (close door) event with audiences not more than 40 - 50.
  

February

• Had my second dance performance at Central Forum, NUS, but this time, it was in the eyes of public audiences. Scary.
• Participated with a few classmates in my first sports event in NUS, Zusanmen organised by the ChESS club.
• Night-cycled for the first time and it was tiring.
  

March

• Took my first philosophy module in NUS and got philo-ed.
• First time i felt so cultural artsy.
• Involved in a big musical production - CAC+US - for the first time and performed!
  

April

• Took an exam without even studying 70% of it for the first time!
  
• KTV-ed with class for the first time and seen some hidden talents!
• First overseas trip to Johor with 'NPCC'.
  

May

• First Sentosa outing with d'Hoppers.
• Played games at Minds Cafe for the first time.
• First fieldtrip to Pulau Semakau and came close with coastal marine life.
• Had our first class chalet at Costa Sands Pasir Ris, celebrating May, June, July birthdays in advanced.
  
• Embarked on my first 3-month USA working experience on my birthday.
  
• Lost my camera - the most expensive thing i ever lost.
  

June

• First 1-day road trip in USA to Aurora, Ohio, which also means first time driving in a foreign land.
• Applied my first leave for a 2-day road trip in USA to Cincinnatti, Ohio.
  

July

• First long-hauled road trip to see the Niagara Falls.
• Had my first taste of curry when in USA.
  

August

• Had my first self-planned long traveling - 15-day USA tour.
• Visited Taiwan for the first time and experienced typhoon.
• Overseas sick.
  

September

• Attended my first formal dinner-and-dance in NUS, an oriental themed.
  
• Had the worst diarrhoea ever in my life that i can remember.
  

October

• Applauded at NUS' changes in policy for the first time.
• Felt like a real researcher/scientist where i played with bacteria for the first time.
  

November

• Performed for the second time at Central Forum, with quite a lot of audiences.
• First time studied entirely at home for exams throughout the study break in my NUS life.
  

December

• d'Hoppers' first 2-day 'dance camp'.
• First overseas trip with class to Bintan, Indonesia.

Given so many firsts in 2007, i hope 2008 can be even better.

Since it is a new year, one should at least have some resolutions, though they are always just 'no action, talk only'.

Anyway, i have just 1 - kick the bad habits, cultivate the good habits.