One thing I always find very interesting is that there's always something that has to happen to everybody before reality hits you square in the face.  At some point in everybody's life nothing really mattered.  Just live and do what you want and when you want to.  Then something happens to you or you see something or someone says something to you that just makes complete sense and suddenly everything matters.  You begin to focus and work to achieve something.  You realize you have to make a living somehow and decide how you are going to do it.

Now when this happens and when you realize it, can happen at two whole different times.  Everybody has their own story.  Sometimes I try to talk to friends and try to make them realize this sooner than later.  But unfortunately, I have come to learn that it just causes more frustration on both ends because they will just never understand.  People will have to realize this themselves.  No matter how much you try to explain the story will never click. 

My story was when I learned about what my grandfather has done to support this family.  Life wouldn't be the same if he didn't do what he did.  I know my parents always told me school is very important etc. etc. etc. but I didn't understand why.  I hated it.  I didn't like anything I was learning.  I wasn't doing well at all.  I liked video games and partying and hanging out.  Then my grandpa passed away and one of his wishes was for us to visit his hometown in China. We were able to visit the house or rather, the shack he lived in.  His parents put all their savings so that he could go to school and earn a living for them to move to something better.  After visiting his hometown, reality hit me and made me realize that education was definitly key.  That is when I finally understood that if I just gave up anything that was hard, I would never get anywhere.  It is when I realized something worth getting is never easy.  I don't think anyone could have told me this for me to understand until I finally saw it for my own eyes.

So that's my story...have you found yours yet?

Wow, my last post was in August 2008. Since now my girlfriend has stalked me enough on facebook and found my xanga, I thought I would make a reappearance for 2009! I managed to find my 2008 new years resolution and it looks as though I wasn't so successful.

Toys wise, I have failed miserably with not getting a new phone in 2008. Instead I managed to pull off two new phones that year! I don't know how I do it. I always seem to come up with the right reasons to change a phone. I am sure C will agree with the latest new mobile device upgrade. MSN on the go? Can't go wrong! Now she wants one too!

Drama wise, I think I have lost the most friends in 2008. Too many actually. I've started not to try as hard to keep my friendships alive as I would in the past. Maybe I am lazy? I don't know why. Let's see, I've lost most of my friends due to 2/3 vacations that I took in 2008. I now know never go to on a trip with anyone who 1) does not like to spend money and 2) does not drink at least one bottle of beer after 9pm. After counting, I think I have lost 8 good friends last year. Ones who I actually saw on a regular basis. Lucky number? It could be! As cheesy as it sounds, the 8 that I lost in 08, I have made one that is not only my best friend but my now my lover. :)

Exercise wise, I think I've done pretty well on that front. I did go swimming a lot and did lots of spin classes. That will be my main exercise for 2009 too. It's great that I work close to the gym I do spin classes and the swimming pool is on the way home. I clocked in at 160lbs and I hope to bring that down maybe 5-10lbs more. New exercise toy for the year is a medicine ball! I hope to stay healthy this year and stay out of sicknesses.

2009 Resolutions: (Keeping it simple)
- Try my best in my new career
- Save at least 66% of my salary (I guess it depends on how much I make)
- Visit C as much as possible
- No new cellphone for 2009 (They better not come out with anything cool, then I'm fine)
- Go to at least HK and hopefully other places with C (Only get 2 weeks vac so I am limited for longterm travel this year)

I hope to blog more this year!

Have a great 2009 everyone!