what happened

in 2009? quite a bit.

change of year
changed job. learning totally new stuffs and found myself doing things I never thought would ever do. tho there were a fair share of griefs from it but it was mostly fun and certainly very enriching. nine out of ten.

toy of the year
I jumped to the iphone boat in sept and was even given a "welcome aboard." by the sails (sales) guy. it's basically a device that tries to be everything. but with a limit on size and controls, it's everything you really can't. sure you can say there are hundreds and thousands of amazing apps to be downloaded. but of those most are simply not amazing and a lot of them are even a waste of time/money/bandwidth. I do miss the E71. but bejewelling with the wifey on the iphone been much fun. won't deny that. six out of ten.

marriage
well let's see. wakeboarding (march) which was semi-fun. club med bali (june) which was good experience. chilling out (whole year round) in front of TV. all these did lots of good for our marriage, discovering each other (she can wakeboard better, I like golf and both of us enjoy thrillers and crime shows). been a great year for our relationship. perfect ten!

studies
at about a quarter into the year, saw the opportunity to complete the studies by year end. and honestly, I almost didn't think I could but I did. tho results are still pending but after the final exams, I think its a given and just a matter of by how much. this is probably one of my greatest milestones for 09 and my life. thank God. now I can go round telling people I know what raid 5 or byte extend means. eleventeen out of ten.

spiritual health
after a year and still mucking along the long smorgasbord of spiritual gym that is called the church. can't help but wonder if this wilderness has an end. not good but probably necessary. God help! my iphone can't GPS my spiritual life out of this mess! three out of ten.

physical health
yeah yeah my huge bug bear. I wish I can zap my lumps away with my iphone. sure there are like thousands of keep fit shape up apps but what good it does if I don't follow? I can print it out and highlight them goals with my pink hello kitty highlighter. FAT lot of good it does. one out of ten.

so in 2010? a few things to look forward to.

self-improvement
thinking of learning malay and/or something else from a CC course. it be good to know a language altho the main concern is I won't be able to use it as often as I would like to.

self-gratification
don't think I would indulge myself in a new toy unless a really kick ass phone comes along. (nokia are u listening?) 2 major things I'm looking forward to is get back to scuba again and play starcraft 2! can't wait for it to be released already! (blizzard are u listening?)

others but not least
do my spiritual and physical exercises more. and really finally settling in a church.

so yeah, it's almost the same story different year really. but this year I'm putting way more focus on spiritual and physical. I'm mid way 30s and I think it's about time. don't want to sink 6 feet under before it's too late.

happy new year!