Guess it's time for the obligatory wrap-up post for 2008 (ignoring the zero post for December). Christmas and New Year passed by without a bang, as usual. Just met up with some friends, did some work at the lab, and relaxed a bit.
One awesome thing this year was the reinvigorating and comeback of our UKM debaters. We got a pretty good batch this year, and it's not only skills alone. Most of them showed real commitment and interest - things that are usually lacking in the juniors before this. We great inroads at this year's Royals Debate tourney at IIUM (the grandest national-level tourney). This was also my first time adjudicating officially at a tourney, and I was quite suprised that I was pushed all the way to adjudicate till the finals. And well, it's great too that I made some quick bucks too from the adjudicating. Hehe.
This year I actually tried to make some personal developments - on the finance and social side. I started reading up on personal finance, made a budget, track my spending etc. Well, it's never too early to start figuring out your finances and preparing for the (gulp!) golden years of your life (as much as that prospect scares the hell out of me).
On the social part - I started off kinda enthusiastic enough. I buzzed up old acquaintances and friends, and even met up with a few of my secondary schoolmates, though it tapered off towards the end as I worked on another social front. I became a little bit more proactive in meeting new people, and well...we'll see how things goes.
Here's looking to a more productive and exciting 2009, in more ways than one.
One awesome thing this year was the reinvigorating and comeback of our UKM debaters. We got a pretty good batch this year, and it's not only skills alone. Most of them showed real commitment and interest - things that are usually lacking in the juniors before this. We great inroads at this year's Royals Debate tourney at IIUM (the grandest national-level tourney). This was also my first time adjudicating officially at a tourney, and I was quite suprised that I was pushed all the way to adjudicate till the finals. And well, it's great too that I made some quick bucks too from the adjudicating. Hehe.
This year I actually tried to make some personal developments - on the finance and social side. I started reading up on personal finance, made a budget, track my spending etc. Well, it's never too early to start figuring out your finances and preparing for the (gulp!) golden years of your life (as much as that prospect scares the hell out of me).
On the social part - I started off kinda enthusiastic enough. I buzzed up old acquaintances and friends, and even met up with a few of my secondary schoolmates, though it tapered off towards the end as I worked on another social front. I became a little bit more proactive in meeting new people, and well...we'll see how things goes.
Here's looking to a more productive and exciting 2009, in more ways than one.
