Dreams of 2008 and New Year Resolution

Before saying anything let me say
Merry (belated!?) X'Mas 2008
happy belated new year 2009

Usually every year i wrote down my new year resolution on someplace which will get lost soon. So this year i think I'll share my new year resolution with you guys. This new year kinda boring for me because nothing special and i fell sick XD oh well but that's something new to celebrate new year in almost 20 year of my life ;)

This entry was also written because there is some nice word that i read on one of the forum that i join. The word is like this

"What will you do if you wake up and realize that the last 6 year of your life is only a dream?"

Simple question yet tricky to answer. I believe that as a human we always never had enough, and we always wanted to change the past. So rather than look back 6 year ago (which i have forgotten what i have done in 6 year anyway XD) i prefer to look back in this 1 year.

2008 year has been a great year. Lots of things happen starting from the first day of 2008 where for the first time i celebrate new year not in my house but on someplace in Kelapa Gading watching firework in a rain. After that i barely remember what happen so i will write down few things that i remember in 2008. Last year the girl i had crush for almost than 3 years give me somethings for my birthday party which makes me feel really happy. Little incident happen that almost makes my lil precious present gone, but thanks to that now I know my own feeling. My birthday party in 2008 is the best ever, for the first time i got more than 2 present :p poor me for being happy on 5-7 present only eh?

After that my trip to join AYF because e-mail that was sent by one of my favorite lecturer. And luckily AYF 6th takes place in Japan. Place that I've been wanting to go for so long!! Surprisingly over there its not only the beauty of Japan that makes me feel thankful to join that event. But there i also could meet with tons of participant (student and few amazing lecturer) from all around Asia. I learn about their dedication, passion and manage to see how small i am in this big world! There i meet few good friend that i hope i could keep in touch as long as possible! AYF 6th is the place where i learn to trust and keep faith on other people again. Thanks prof Kip Cates for creating such a wonderful event. Until now i haven't actually finish the entry on what i do over there. And i don't think it will ever finished because i started to forget the detail i do over there, hopefully i could finish it this month! I don't want the precious memories consumed by time that i cannot remember it anymore.

2008 was also the year where i learn to be more punctual. Few reason is one of my lecturer prohibited for his student to be late for his class, and he do that by doing quiz early in the class. So far I've skipped more quit than the quiz that i take (reason : my laziness). After i came back from Japan i think my time management became better. I realized one of the reason i can't be punctual is the environment where i live. In Indonesia it's really hard to be on time because EVERYONE is simply NOT on time! But I'll try to be punctual as long as i can and we will see how long i can do that ;)

On the end of 2008 the lecturer that make my AYF trip possible resign because of healthy reason. On behalf of those who has been taught by hear i would like to say my biggest gratitude to Mrs Henny Surya Ningsih for all the time and care given, especially to the 1st generation of applied database classes. We will never forget you (even if we might forget what you taught us XD, gomen!!) I also learn that resting is as important as working! (actually i my case i need to learn working is as important as resting)

And also 2008 is the year where i actually to decide to graduate early on somethings such as fun. I rarely go to internet cafe to play online game or such a thing anymore T_T and maybe some of my friend can't accept my early graduation on fun. Because my graduation also means i choose work upon someone's Birthday. Nevertheless once you graduate you can't back, end of conversation. So what i can do now is walk forward to reach my dream!!

So far that's all memorable event on 2008. So what would i do if its only a dream? The main purpose of this entry is to all of us to reflect that the time that has passed is not a dream. Therefore we always need to do our best in every situation. Time that has passed can't come back.

So based on that my 2009 new year resolution would be
1. Try to be punctual
2. Graduate on time
3. Hopefully i could join the 7th AYF
4. Finish 90% of the task given to me
5. Learn to say sorry for the 10% of the task that can't be done (hey I'm a realistic person, please note that!)
6. Get accepted on some place that sounds cool and cool for real!
7. Keep in touch with everyone, because friend is precious after all.
8. Figured out what i can do in life!
9. Dedicated my life for people that need
10. stop breaking my new year resolution that has been done since i-don't-remember-when

Well what about you? Have you do some reflection on the year that has past? If you haven't please do because people need to learn from mistakes, be thankful on what they have achieved, and strive to the future! If you have done it why don't you share your resolution with me??? Drop a comment k and i will reply back ;)