06 Reaches Its Twilight

So, the year is finally coming to an end.. and what a year it has been! Believe me when I say this... there have been ups (I never thought I could be higher!) and downs (I thought I was 500 feet below rock bottom!).. most importantly though, I have learnt a lot of stuff! 2006 has been a year of transition.. transition in private life and academic. I've had my share of difficulties as far as my private life goes.. but private life is private so I will not go further into that.. when it comes to academics.. the most obvious one would be the switch from school to college.

School was good - that said I always whigned about it when I was there. College is ok. I am whigning everyday about it! But, that's the way life is! No one is ever satisfied with what they have.. There's always something missing, something to fill - that I suppose leads us to complain and whigne endlessly. This is one of the things that I have learnt - be satisfied with what you have, your situation could be a lot worse!

I would divide this year into 2 halves.. this year has literally been a year of 2 halves. I have changed fairly significantly in the second half. How? In the first half of this year, I was in school and was about to face my board exams... was really into studies and cared very little about anything/one else. As my board exams drew to a close, I had the holidays of a lifetime. I had loads of fun with my friends and went to S'pore... I applied to college and got into the one which was really my only choice.

Then, as the World Cup 2006 came nearer - I got really excited. The World Cup was the biggest dissapointment of my life.. it was poor, devoid of any quality and Italy undeservedly won it in my opinion. The months June, July and August were very very tough for me - for various reasons... September was honestly the month I had been waiting for after 3 pathetic, unforgiving months.

By September, I had turned a corner. I had finished off what needed finishing off... and had gotten over a whole lot of mess. Sanity was restored and now I feel a whole lot better! Academically, there hasn't been a year better than this one.. I performed well in my exams - got into college and haven't looked back since.

Overall, this year was a good one. As I said - I have changed a hell of a lot this year and am thankful for the changes brought about in me for various reasons. I feel that mentally I have become stronger and I feel that my anticipation of various situations  has become better. I'm very clear about what I want to do - academically and personally. I might not exactly be doing everything perfectly - nevertheless I am happy about myself and happy about life! That's all that matters to me! 2006 might well be the year I will never be able to forget for years to come..