The year in perspective 05 - part II

on a lighter note, i finally got my driving licence the week before the lunar chinese new year on 5th feb 05. i managed to complete and pass within 2 months. still remember that i've enrolled in end nov 30th i think. and in dec, i've got to go to thailand for overseas training for 2 weeks so that means roughly, i got it in 6 wks. the days leading to the test date was packed as i only get to attend my lessons mostly during the weekends, so any off days or free weekend, i'll be at the driving centre. as the rule states that i got to complete all my lessons one week before my test date, i've practically become a taxi driver during weekends as i took 3 lessons in a day which is equivalent to around 5 hrs of driving with only 3, 10 to 15mins break. the instructor is also bored to see me cause no chance to teach pretty gals in their short skirts and safety belted enhanced breast. i always got an instructor who played and rotated the 12 songs in his mp3 phone. imagine listening it for 5 hours... and i even got some of the songs in my mp3 player, arrrggg. i told him to change but he said that he only got these so no choice.

if i have failed the test, i wound be like a deflated balloon cause i would have lost my momentum like what i did for my bike. i took my bike lessons 1 to 2 yrs before my class 3 car licence. failed twice and miss the other 3 test. so after 3 yrs, i've still not gotten my bike licence and ironically, i got my car's in 6 weeks. so i took it that i'm not fated to ride bike and give it up. i finally stopped extending my bike booklet last oct.

05 is also when i became aggressive in my hobbies of collecting transformers and macross. started in july 04 when my fren recommended me to the bineltech series and since then i was hooked. i think that it might be the fact that i can't afford them during my childhood days so i'm kind of like recapturing them now. as of now, i've spent more that 4k on them. not alot compared to others but quite a significant investment for me. i've finally complete collecting my five coloured magnus/prime: red, white, jafcon black, shining yellow and diaclone blue. having a hobby keeps me sane and something to occupy my mind. always something to look forward to. now, it's all stock up in boxes and overflowing into my living room. really wanted to display them but got no place to do so.

i've finally fulfilled my wish of bringing my whole family to hongkong in nov. to me, as a cantonese, you have to go to hongkong and not guangzhou. we had a fun time there and visited disney too. should have written a blog on it before the memories fade. well, there's so much things to write about it.

in jun, i've changed my kitchen as my mom always nagged about it. went to ikea again... it made my mom so happy. it's always good to make my parents happy. feeling that i've done some part in returning their hardwork in raising me up.

in dec, i finally can't take it anymore about my messy room and started tidying up. I've installed new aircon and a new door grill and got some furnitures from my fav store ikea. haha. it forces my parents to clean up the house too because to the minor renovation done by the aircon. so ended up, my family did a major spring cleaning before the 06 chinese new year. now, i felt so much better about my room.

well, i shall not talk about my work but got promoted and got a pay increase. yeh.

i've also enrolled in a japanese language course in dec that'll keep me busy every mon and wed till jun. hope i can sustain the momentum and fulfill what i've always wanted to do.

in short, i've completed alots of goals and things thou mostly for others. there are times when i question myself that after giving so much to other people, what have i got in return. there are times that i feel what have others done for me. sometimes, it's a burden to provide happiness to others yet got none inreturn. well, those moments have past and this year, i pray to complete my goals and have a even more fulfilling one than last. God bless everyone.