The year that was 2009

What did i tell ya. The pre 2010 reflective post never did got written. And as it is it is already the 2nd day of 2010. I felt as if the 31st and the 1st kinda merged together as one and flew by with a Hi! and a Bye! in the same breathe. Well the good thing is, now i am sitting myself down to make sure I write some thoughts about the year that was off the top of my head. A good change to make since I would usually sit pondering what i would have liked to say before i wrote such reflective post which only results in it not being written because i get too many ideas and dispute.

So if 2008 was a year where i hyperventilated thinking about all the things i want to do and how i wanted to do everything at a go. Plotting and planning and planning and plotting but only left fretting and not doing anything. 2009 was a year where i stepped back and took things one step at a time. Perhaps the urgency was not there and things got pushed back and maybe slightly forgotten but i did manage to do quite abit things this yr. But i feel i could have done even more. It has been a learning process from one extreme to another. And 2009 felt as if it has swooped by like it only lasted a couple of weeks.


But I am happy to say that it did not swoop by uneventfully. I will remember that 2009 was the year where i travelled. 2 planned trips one of which has been in the works for forever plus one unplanned and totally improptu trip which well, i have been thinking about for sometime as well. And it is a good mix as well.


Cambodia, Siem Reap to be precise was a historical and cultural place which i enjoyed because it's such an adventure trip and i got to see the angkor wat which is something which i think everyone should see at least once. The company was great too because everyone just clicked and was so chill.



Then there was the Perhentian trip which regardless of the initial hiccup I was glad I went with my boe. It would not have been the same. And it was a destination which I have been wanting to go since a long time ago. It was not as I imagined it to be but it was breathe taking non-the-less.



And the improptu trip to Australia was also something which was the best thing that happened to me as i find it liberating to firstly have made such an improptu decision seeing as to the kind of person that i am. Secondly to for the very first time fly alone to somewhere so far. And most of all to finally spend some quality time with my bestie Rae (I think we had this whole conversation about the whole best friend vs close friend designation. But we know who we are so a name is just a name).

One more thing which I am proud of doing this year is getting my own car. It was something planned and finally executed albiet slightly later than expected. But with much help from the parents. Owning a car does make life very different and kind of feels like a level up. I am enjoying driving but still do not know much routes yet. But driving has become less stressful for me and becoming more second nature. Never imagined it would be that way.

Well this is what i can think of so far. Resolutions for 2010 in the next post maybe