so, I spent the new year sick on my bed, and coughing up copious amounts of sputum. maybe it was due to my stupidity and stubbornness that only lead me to actually wanting to see the doctor on the 4th of January. I just thought I gave my immunity a chance to beat the suckers out of the system, but I guess I was over-estimating my capabilities, and ignoring the fact that I’m no longer as healthy as I would like to think I am.
anyway, the heralding of the new year brings about a certain mood in me, a particularly reflective mood. more often than not, I would like to think that I have done my utmost best in the year that has passed, and that if I was given a chance to live it again, that I wouldn’t be doing anything different. I can’t really say the same for the year 2008, especially from an academia standpoint. I wouldn’t really go into detail as to where I feel I actually went off tangent, but let me just say that it has left a sour taste in my mouth, both from an academia point of view and from looking at Monash as an administrative body point of view.
I guess I should be thankful that it did go through rather trouble-free. apart from my late night hospital visit for the nasty iliopsoas tendonitis that I got from playing soccer, or me almost breaking my ankle by rolling on it from playing tennis. I guess these are the signs that my body isn’t what it used to be all those years ago, and that I should start monitoring myself again for the sake of my health (and wallet. have you seen how astronomical medical expenses can be?)
2008 also brought in the era of me picking up my guitar again. I used to be an avid guitar fan, and thought that guitars were the way to attracting girls to you. I have since learnt that unless you have a really long hair do (preferably with a mullet of sorts), and you have hair all over your arms and chest and show such hair prominently by being bare-bodied or by sporting a tank top, that such girls do not exist. either that, or I’ve been lied to again via imagery that I see of such rock stars on MTV/Channel V/Youtube. DAMN YOU LIBERAL MEDIA!
I know I am about 9 days too late in doing this, but here’s wishing the readers a happy and prosperous new year. may all your wishes come to fulfilment in one way or another, and may you have peace and love throughout the year. let’s hope that the world rallies together to get out of the misery that is the economic slow down and global recession fears.
