2005 in review

It's already 2006, and my mind is still on 2005. Shows that I still linger in the past.

2005 has been a year of transition, but it has been generally good to me. The most important event was the smooth transition into working life. I am especially lucky in this, as very few people can actually boast of finding a job so soon after graduation as I did. This is the one big event which can make me shout out loud in the dead of night, "Heng ah!"

However, the year has not started out well at first. I was facing academic ennui and desperately begging to graduate and work instead of being stuck in school. It didn't help that the modules I was interested in were packed with the most brilliant minds of the class, making it a truly tough fight. Which probably also explains the grade which I ended my last academic semester. And it has come full-circle. I ended my final sem with the same CAP I ended my very first sem with. Is it a divine joke or what? I am clearly not destined for greatness.

But other than that little episode, all has been well so far. That does not mean that there are no problems. I am still learning the ways of the corporate world. Guess I have been stunted in that aspect. Maybe I should have worked for some years before I entered uni. The degree doesn't seem to be that important now.

Through the year, I have to thank a couple of friends who have always been available and been able to stand my crap at least for the past six months. Really glad to have them around, and strangely both of them are female. Thanks Mita and Joey, if you are able to read this. All the best for 2006. Hope to see you guys around more. Cheers!

So 2005 hasn't exactly been bad to me, but it is the quarter-life crisis year after all, and I do feel myself lagging behind. By competitive Singaporean standards, I should have a blooming career, a car (any car will do), a stable relationship, the works. But as we all know, we never live in an ideal world, so there goes the plan.

Anyways, all the best for 2006, and may my career rise to greater heights in the new year. Cheers!