ReMinisCinG oN 2oo7
it’s one of those moments when i should be doing other things than writing… but whenever i am supposed to be concentrating on studies, other trivial things fill my mind instead. right now, memories and what i experienced this past year shoot through my head. just by looking at the pictures the many happy times become visible again… yet those photographs failed to capture the times of loneliness and despair. 2007 was indeed filled with many alternating ups and downs through which i have extracted my lessons and learned more about myself, including many things i already knew as a passive observer but once i got involved myself i somehow changed my attitude.
success definitely sided with my professional advancement last year…. at work i was entrusted with more responsibility and acknowledged for all my efforts. it was fun yet also exhausting going on business trips. then in the summer i received the much awaited acceptance into a renowned school in London for my master studies. it was not an easy choice to make whether to accept the offer and quit work, or postpone the plans of studying to keep working. in the end, i chose to become a full-time student again… i do not regret it although it was and sometimes still is quite an adjustment after having worked for so long.
the ups and downs have been more of a personal encounter: family-wise and in relationship matters. i experienced how love ones cared so much that it already hurt, how disappointment became a sure companion of trusting, but also how to love beyond imperfections and how to rise again after every fall. there are no guarantees in life. we have to take it and deal with it as it comes… i think this quote best describes how we should go through life:
"Life is a one-way street.
No matter how many detours you take,
none of them leads back.
So enjoy life every moment as none of them
will happen the same way again."
Thus, the ups and downs belong to our life. it cannot be all good or bad. i am grateful for all the happy moments, especially those i can share with others. and i derive my lessons from all the bad and sorrowful experiences. after all, i feel blessed to have friends who have been there for me to make each day brighter, and bear with me even when i am in a solitary mood. all in all, i am grateful for every single day in 2007, yet look forward to what awaits this year.
i am ready for 2008 =)
