2008 Life Review

Tagged from TJ's blog...

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Get expatriated; Lived in a foreign country by myself
Watch the Olympics
Go to NZ
Ran in an official race

Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Not really but definitely!

Did anyone close to you give birth?
No one specific

Did anyone close to you die?
My grandma

What countries did you visit?
Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, NZ, China

What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
More passion and motivation

What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 1-my first day in J&J Indonesia

What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting expatriated

What was your biggest failure?
Not making more friends or travelling around more

Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope

What was the best thing you bought?
my iMac

Whose behavior merited celebration?
Jed I guess, who generously showed me around Jakarta even if he didn't know me from Adam

Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Let's just call it the Bali Tragedy of 2008 :P

Where did most of your money go?
Condo payments, eating out (all those brunches!)

What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Going to Singapore and the Olympics

What song(s) will always remind you of 2008?
Chicane's "No Ordinary Morning"

Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Sadder but in retrospect, more fulfilling
ii. thinner or fatter? Significantly fatter :(
iii. richer or poorer? Richer but could have saved more

What do you wish you'd done more?
Made more friends
Travelled around more
Enjoyed work more

What do you wish you'd done less of?
Whine and complain
Cocoon
Get into complicated situations

What was your favorite TV program?
30 Rock!

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Nah

What was the best book you read?
David Sedaris' "When You Are Engulfed in Flames"

What was your greatest musical discovery?
Air

What did you want and get?
my iMac
my Ikea hoard

What was your favorite film of this year?
Mamma Mia!

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Turned 31. Worked in the AM, had lunch with office folks, dinner and drinks with Jed at Cork and Screw

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
More emotional stability

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Expatic conservative

What kept you sane?
Alcohol, Food, Sleep!

What political issue stirred you the most?
All the freakin corruption scandals!

Who was the best new person you met?
Jedi

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008 :
Don't over expect, Don't assume.

Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
Love is a losing game :P

Do you have a new years resolution for 2008?
Yup!

What was your favorite month of 2008?
December! Got to go back home!

How many concerts did you see in 2008?
Just Swing Out Sister which was a letdown

Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2008?
Ya!!!

Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Yup! Too much drama!

How much money did you spend in 2008?
Lots :(

What was your proudest moment of 2008?
Getting my performance evaluation.

What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008?
That major drama morning!!!

If you could go back in time to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be?
That Bali incident!

What are your plans for 2009?
1. Get back to health--bring down cholesterol to 200. See my abs once and for all.
2. Go back to church
3. Make more friends
4. Travel around Indonesia
5. Go to Barcelona
6. Find ways to enjoy my work

How are you different now that the year has ended?
Less emotionally swayed. More aware of my idiosyncrasies.

What are your wishes for the new year?
More passion, more action.