2011: Review

so it's been a wonderful year, 2011. to keep it short and straight to the point, last year i think i have done a lot, achieved. so this post is going to be about the resolutions that i have made last year, and to see if i have accomplished them.

#1: Get past the transition

in short, what i wanted last year is to finally be done with my degree studies, and get a job and start working. and i've checked them all. I'm now a holder of a degree in Actuarial Science, and i now work at one of the biggest players, if not THE biggest, in the domestic investment industry, earning slightly above average salary as a fresh graduate.

maybe the finer details are not really fulfilled, but doesn't matter. the end results are what matter the most. and i'm proud to say that i've accomplished my #1 resolution for 2011. which in itself is a big ask. so my 2011 is... meaningful.

#2: Get Healthy

this... is a bit of a mix. at one point, i've scratched this off the list because i've accomplished it. i even did it by doing all the details by the alphabets, in fact i kept on improving on the initial targets that i set.

for example, these are one of  the targets that i've set:

a) 7km in 40 mins.

b) 10km in 1 hour 15 mins.

c) 12km/h in 20 mins.

but my records for all those are:

a) 7km in 35

b) 10km in 1 hour 2 minutes

c) 12km/h in 20 mins (did once, never re-attempt)

and i capped things with joining two 10KM runs, the adidas King of the Road, and Putrajaya Night Marathon. i was at the top of the world.

but the thing about this resolution is, right after i've achieved all those, then i started work, and things gone haywire. i couldn't schedule my timetable, i couldn't include my usual gym routine into my daily life. i couldn't work out on a consistent basis, like i did the first 9 months of 2011. the result is, after only 3 months of work, i've gained almost 7kg from the lowest that i reached in the year.

it's okay if the gain is due to muscles. but it's just pure fat. bad bad!

so... you can say that, at one point, this resolution is a success. but it gone worse towards the later stage of the year, where it matters the most.

i didn't go to any beach later in the year.

#3: Try something new.

somewhere in the mid-year review, i updated about how i've tried some new stuff. among the things listed were Skytrex, rock climbing, and do competitive 10km run.

so in a way i can tick this one off already. 

but when you consider that, in the same post, i've also listed a few other things like laser tag and camping, and ended up not doing both of them, i think this resolution can't be considered a success. not to mention the 8-pointer listed by Alia that i didn't even bother to attempt some of them (like baking. impossible, for the time being). what else was new that i tried last year? starting a career?

oh i also planned for white water rafting in fact. but i pulled out from that. ngah!

2012? rooms for improvement.

#4: get closer to God.

in the same mid-2011 review, i mentioned about how this hasn't been as successful as i wanted it to be. and... you know that phrase "yazid wa yanqus"? about how our Iman, our Faith, it increases and decreases, it rises and it falls. it has ups and downs. yeah, it signifies exactly about my #4 resolution from last year.

and i'm not proud of it. neither am i satisfied with what i have done.

but, as i've mentioned before, it's impossible to feel satisfied about this. i mean, okay it's possible. but... we shouldn't feel satisfied about our deeds. we shouldn't feel like we've done enough to justify our place in Paradise in the Afterlife.

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so there you have it, how my year, resolutions-wise, has gone by. this year, i have plans to do so much more. now that i'm working, i have the ability to do more stuff. you know, now that i don't have full-time studies to worry about, and i have the financial means to do things that are difficult to do during the days where i have no income.

just as a rough idea, some will be continuations to the 2011 resolutions. like, the healthy regime, that can be improved on. the transition thingy can also be brought forward to 2012, but maybe in a different form. for example, making the transition from being a full-time employee to also a part-time professional course? if that, doing a professional course this year, is already possible.

#3 can simply be made longer, the list of stuff to try. on top of the cancelled plans to go camping, laser-tagging and rafting, i can plan to do so much more. like, go ATV, or go-karting, or bungee jumping...

...or even to try a couple of new sports. i've taken up squash now!

or take up classes. dancing class ke? or learn something new.

as for other stuff, it could be like, making my first form of investment, a new house maybe? and vying for Olahragawan PNB title, by joining as much sports event as i can. or finding a +1 even. or simply to reward myself by going for a splurge (in mind right now: Guitar Hero band set). how about getting in touch with old friends?

aahh, i don't know. there's just too many things that i can do this year. that i must do.

but i guess that can wait in other posts.

but as for the year 2011, despite the seemingly negative review that i gave considering the level of success of the resolutions that i drafted, i have to say that, overall, it's been a marvelous year. so many wonderful memories, all have been archived in this blog, i believe. also some bad moments, which will serve to make me a stronger person.

here's for a more successful 2012. amiinnn...