So, what happened in my 2010?

I watched 13 movies in the cinema,
3 concerts,
and 4 musicals.

Been to Sydney twice, Brisbane+GoldCoast once.

Saw fireworks in Syd for the first time in my life.

Went to the rehearsal of the Carols by Candlelight by Vision Australia.

Attended 1 friend’s wedding (3 other friends got married in the same year).

Be part of the postgrad student association of mcri.

Gave my first ‘public’ oral presentation at the ASMR student symposium in the Ella Latham theatre (the biggest theatre hall at rch/mcri),
Gave my first oral presentation at a proper conference (Aussiemit in Garvan Institute, Syd)

Attended 2 scientific conferences (Lorne and Syd), 1 student symposium.

First paper published, a middle authorship, Am J of Hum Genetics.
Countless experiments completed, successfully or not.

Ate a lot of yummy food in melb and Sydney, thanks to the foodies who were there with me.

Had 3+1 friends and 2 groups of relatives visiting melb from msia/s’pore.

2 new babies from 2 cousin/cousin’s wife.

Had 2 wisdom teeth removed.

Went to the dentist for the first time here, and had my first ‘scale and clean’.

Said ‘I love you’ to someone in person for the first time (she’s my very very nice colleague la).

Had 2 haircuts.

‘burnt’ my hand with dry-ice (at work) and got a hand full of blisters for almost a week, learnt my lesson in a hard way.

Got my driving licence eventually.

Had my first outdoor moonlight cinema experience.

It rained+hailed+flooded in melb city and it all happened in front of me.

Went up to the Eureka tower for the first time, the view was great.

Had my first Coke zero, it tastes better than the original Coca Cola! less sweet.

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looking fwd to more exciting experiences to come in the 2011!!

wow! i just went back to my old blog post to see wat's my year 2010's resolution
and here's what i said:
i should learn to be more forgetful on things i shouldn't rmb;
i should learn to look at certain things with one eye closed;
i should learn to enjoy my life more coz it can be very short;
i should learn to be more talkative to 'strangers' (well not random ppl on the street lar, but more like ppl at work for example, ppl whom i'm not close friends with).

how similar to this year's!!
hmmm not very good huh... means i hvn't achieved much
and also i hvn't changed/grown much :S

The fireworks are one of the best invention in the world, don't you agree?

i love fireworks,
everytime i see fireworks i'm 感动-ed
was watching video snaps of the 2011 new year celebration fireworks around the world on the BBC website, for some reason, i'm almost in tears.
seeing it on the tv screen is different, you need to hear the noise of the fireworks which is like .3 sec behind (light transports faster than sound you see),
and if you're close enough to the source of the fireworks, you need to feel the light on ur face (although there might be ashes and smokes coming to your face too but who cares)

can't imagine how depressed and dissappointing i will be if i'm not seeing the fireworks with my bare eyes when i'm in the city that celebrates with fireworks!

hope that one year i can be in sydney or taiwan for the NYE
syd for the fantastic fireworks, top2 in the world in terms of NYE celebration.
taiwan for the live NYE countdown shows.

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new year's resolution(s).... hmm...
the first one is very straight forward: to finish my PhD!!
then, the others are:
be more forgiving to certain ppl (of course, those who deserve la),
be kind to ppl who are kind to me,
live for myself, if ppl don't care then just be it, be more care-less
love myself and my parents more, life is shourt!


Happy 2011 to myself! :)