Its a new year.
The beckoning of school calls out from the depths of my mind.
This feeling is never good.

I believe it isn't about resolving to do something for the new year, because we all fail to do so in the end. How many times have we made a new year's resolution and failed? Probably 10/10 tries. Its just something redundant.

I think with the coming of the new year, should come reflection, and understanding of my own mistakes.

What have I done this year?

I've slacked away in poly, attaining a GPA of 3.0 by the end of semester 1. I feel nothing of it. Though I think I should probably work harder to improve it.
Friends seem to come and go this year, and I'm never certain about who will be there for me or who will not.
Juin Fai and Eric have started work at KOI by the start of semester 2. I was so eager to join them too. However it may have been a good that I wasn't able to. Confined and bound to schedules, I can't meet friends so often any longer. Communications cut down, and friends would turn distant. My regret for this term would be not being able to hang out with them so much anymore. That's okay though.
I've also learned once again not to trust people so easily, and also not to like someone so wholeheartedly.

I've learnt what it means to be family, what it means to take care of my parents when old age has caught them by the back, slowly robbing them of their abilities..
I've seen how painful it is to see your own parent afflicted by a sickness or disease.
I've seen how lonely it is to stay in the hospital, waiting for people to visit you.

This year, I've learnt many things. I've grown up maybe just a little bit more. Its some progress though, isn't it?

With this new year, I don't resolve to be something, or do something. I hope I'll grow up even more, to become someone my parents can be proud of.

Happy New Year everyone, and embrace the year 2011.