Happy CNY 2K15!

First of all, happy new year to you all! Hopefully you have a great long weekend. I am supposed to be on leave tomorrow. Unfortunately, I had to cancel my leave. Boss needs me back in office to do some work. FML. Too bad, coz Monday is my least favorite day of the week. Even if my week starts later by one day, Tuesday is a heck load closer to Friday than Monday every was. Just ranting...

I also kinda missed my weekly blog post last week. The reason being I had quite a big task to do. Essay writing of sorts. For the first time, I had to write my own appraisal form. A rather daunting task considering it may affect me financially one way or another. It MIGHT, I'm not sure. Maybe they'll just look at it for reference, and just do their own calibration anyway. Who knows. I guess I can't expect too much as a newbie too. But I can hope... 

My new year's this time was pretty meh. It's the first time I'm celebrating CNY without any of my grandparents around anymore. It just does feel the same you know? There is a strange feeling inside me, and a rather stark realization. For once, I actually feel like we are maturing and growing older. I mean for fcks sake, I have a niece and nephew already. Next year when they can speak, they'll probably call me uncle.... There is just this sensing, that now there is an obvious passing of the baton. The grandparent generation is fading off, our parents' generation are ageing too. Slowly, the responsibilities and duties are being passed unto us. The generation of now, who will shape and influence the niece and nephews, the generation of tomorrow.

And it is an important task! This strikes more truly with me because I am just into my first year of a fulltime career. Granted, I don't have kids or even a girlfriend to speak of, but the pressures still exist. The decisions I make and the actions I take can serve to help or deteriorate my overall progress and success. End of the day when it comes down to it, what sort of image do I want to project to the future generation? Is it that of a successful good looking young adult? Or a lazy unfit couch potato gamer? Do I want to be truly successful or simply have enough to get by? 

On this point, I must report that I am not doing too well at the moment. Honestly, all I've been going is gaming over the new year. Well, I sort of attribute that to the Dota 2 New Bloom event. In summary, it's an event thru 2 Mar, that allows us to farm free items for ourselves. Every 3 hours, we can play against other players and the winning team wins a free item set. On the bright side, I have been winning quite a lot, and have more than recovered my initial investment. But why stop there right? I'm so gonna chiong for more items until the event it over! :D

So I am sorry to disappoint, but I didn't quite manage to hit the 3 mini-goals that I set in the previous week. Still have not found a gym and signed up yet. Still have not drafted up my long term plan. What I HAVE done however, is to register and go for my Japanese lessons. And I must say it was pretty fun. Although the teacher was kind of cold and awkward for us at the start, he later warmed up a little. Basically he reads it out to use, and then expects us to reply. Later we even get to practise by speaking to each other. The reading and writing part is tougher though. Which reminds me, I need to go buy an exercise book to practise writing my Japanese. Please remind me if you see me, thanks. 

Oh, and I thought MINDEF forgot my birthday. Nowadays, they actually wait for a day or 2 to send out the yearly IPPT reminder. LOL. So yes, I have that to worry about as well... With that in mind, and the 2 uncompleted goals, here are the goals for this week: 

1) Plan and register for IPT (not done) 

2) Look for a Gym to sign up (still researching)

3) Write up first draft for Philson 2020 (not started)

I really need to get a fitness program going. Not young anymore. Cannot let this obesity keep on dragging. It not only has negative social implications, but will eventually bring negative health implications as old age sets in. Need to be mindful of that. Shall probably include it in the 2020 plan. 

Well that's all I have for today. Will be playing the Year Beast Brawl in Dota in a bit, then go to sleep. Man, I really don't feel like going to work.... It's not that I hate my job or the work I do. I am fairly alright with it. But it's just the sick routine and early mornings that come with work. I guess I'm just the kinda guy that needs my freedom. Just ranting again.... 

Ok goodnight.