Looking back at 2009
2009 has been an eventful year (both in the world and personally), to say the least.
Starting off with the inauguration of the first African-American president of the United States (which is just about the only world news I followed all year), 2009 was marked by celebrity deaths (from Michael Jackson’s highly covered demise to, most recently, Brittany Murphy’s heart attack) as well as random award show outbursts (the Kanye spoof memes are still not stopping), amongst others. And those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Personally, it has been a pretty exciting, action-packed year as well. Thinking back on the past year, it’s hard to believe that so much has happened (especially after the uneventful 2008 spent totally in the army) and that at the start of the year, I was still slogging it out in camp, preparing for ATEC evaluation with my unit.
Other than the ATEC evaluations in the first few months, I also had to aid my unit for the Best Unit Competition, attempt to secure both my IPPT silver and SOC pass awards as well as finish preparing and maintaining my vehicle for external inspection.
Then, in June, I finally ORDed and said goodbye to my two years spent serving the nation (not to mention my 1.5 years spent in my camp). After two months of rest and relaxation (i.e. not doing anything), I started my very first semester at the National University of Singapore.
The last four months of the year were spent experiencing culture shock, trying to get myself back into the student’s mindset, learning to bid for modules and understanding the system, non-stop mugging and rushing for projects, my very first university examinations, results and even my first term break. Understandably, the time shot by without me knowing.
Thankfully, as the year draws to a close, I can say that I’ve just about adjusted to student life and am ready to start the next semester blazing. Looking back at the unbelievable speed this year has passed, army (which only ended half a year ago) seems such a distant memory.
Here’s looking forward to an even more exciting (but only in a good way) 2010!
How was your 2009?