Wasn't exactly sure if I was going to blog about an overview of the year but I thought it was good to do so and look back on my growth throughout the years and do a little reflection.
By the way, I finally finished all my travel posts of the past two years and also my concerts posts. It's quite stupid and you can see I rush through most of the posts but yay I'm glad I'm done so I can look back on my trips even though it isn't very detailed.
Part 1 – School
Started my first year at university finally studying something I'm interested in at least once in this lifetime. Completed two semesters with results I'm satisfied with. Definitely learnt something new in school and also perhaps a recap of certain stuff I already had knowledge about.
School definitely trained my self-discipline a tad bit as there was a lot of self-studying and research needed to be done in uni. There are still times I complete my assignments or study for my examinations on a last minute basis but I'm definitely procrastinating a lot lesser than my old self. Perhaps it's because I'm actually interested in doing the essays and study for the exams as the content are much more interesting.
It's probably the same back in secondary school as well when I only study the subjects I love such as history, literature or social studies and totally neglected the rest of the subjects. I was even too lazy to complete my Science paper back in O Levels 'cause I felt like it was meaningless to attempt the paper when I already know I don't know a single bit.
Part 2 – Concerts
I have been to so many concerts in this lifetime that I'm proud to say that I have actually seen and hear most of my idols live already! Everything's recorded down at the sidebar of my blog if you don't already know. Perhaps that's why I still constantly update this blog no matter how lazy I get or how much I want to give up updating because nobody blogs anymore.
Started off 2018 with Super Junior's Super Show 7!!!! Been waiting for them to comeback for so long and I'm glad their first stop of their overseas tour was in Singapore. Really a birthday treat for me. Then there's an encore 五月天 concert that I finally went with someone – my best friend, Nicholas.
There's also 周興哲's concert which I booked the tickets ONE DAY IN ADVANCE. Initially, I felt that I went on too many of his concerts and seen him too many times ever since his first mini concert in Singapore so I decided to give it a miss as I was quite broke. But then the previous day, my sister just had to go to some sales fair thingy at the venue which he had his concert the previous year and I suddenly recalled all the memories of the concert. Practically watched this guy from being so shy on stage till being so comfortable on stage right now. Never missed a single performance of his in Singapore and even see his audience grow larger and larger every year. I'm so lucky to have went to this concert 'cause his older brother made a special guest appearance! I'm quite a fan of 周予天 music that I almost teared when he came out.
Because I attended 周興哲's concert, I decided to go to JJ Lin's concert which I initially also decided to give a miss because of how broke I am. No regrets, but got to thank Shitian for queueing to get the tickets for me. Heheh.
薛之謙 also decided to finally come and he's the only artiste that I have seen for the first time this year!! I couldn't miss it 'cause I have been waiting for it forever and just a few weeks before the release of his concert, I was re-watching videos of his live performances and hoping he would come to Singapore one day... I really never thought he would hold a concert in Singapore as I thought he didn't have many fans here.
I have paid 100% for my own concerts ever since 2016 when I started working and even though everyone says that it's a waste of money but that's what I live for. Even though I kept going for the same artistes concerts over and over again but that just proves how good their stage presence and performance are that I would go to listen to them again and again.
Only this year, I realise how big my love for concerts and music were. I love them as much as travelling, or maybe even more than travelling.
Part 3 – Travels
Didn't travel much and took a break from airplanes for an entire year. Only travelled twice to Batam, which was my first time there. Went to JB twice, once for a staycation. Then ended the year with Taipei, which was my first plane ride after a year. Yeah, that's about it I guess. Nothing extravagant or anything hahaha. Hopefully there will be one this year!
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The funny thing is how just a year ago, I was being interviewed and actually got featured in this MOE article.
Funny how everything turned out so differently now that I actually abandoned that entire path. But one thing I have got to say is that after a year of reflecting, I realise it's alright to leave everything behind if you think it's not the one.
At the beginning, it's definitely not easy as everyone's going to question your decision. I received so many questions as to why I quitted my job with no plans, why I quit my job when it seems as if I was going to have a really bright future ahead of me if I continued being whatever I was.
Although I have left everything behind in 2017 and spent 2018 reflecting and thinking about what I want in life, I'm now at 2019 and I still totally respect the decision I made back then and had no regrets for it. I would indeed regret if I hadn't made that decision a year and a half ago.
Okay, it's already 2019 and I'm about to start my 2nd year of university and am about to embark on something brand new starting next Monday too.
I'm not going to blog about it right now but I hope that I will takeaway many new experiences by the end of this year and make this entire year much more fruitful than last year. 2018 was a great year even though it was bad in some ways. But 2018 definitely have me thinking a lot about what I want in life and I'm glad by the end of 2018, I finally stepped out of my comfort zone and decided to embark on a fresh start in my career.
2019's definitely not going to be an easy journey as I have to juggle between school and working hard on my future. But I will do it. No matter what, every experience counts, including failures.
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