My Castle Crumble Overnight

 In a blink of an eye, another year has passed

This truly is a year unlike any other

It's a year that makes us truly reflect what matters the most to us

It makes us think again what truly is important and needs to be cherished

To be honest, 2020 hasn't changed me much. I was evolving into a recluse anyways

2020 derailed my plans on going on a working holiday in NZ in Jan 2021.

I always had this thought that no matter how bad the day was, I just need to hang on until Jan 2021 when I can finally escape and explore NZ.

I've always wanted to backpack around a country on my own for a long time. Back when I just graduated, I worked part time in hopes to save enough money to backpack the entire SEA starting from Ho Chi Minh City.

While working part time, I did apply for some random jobs here and there as an engineer. In one of the interviews, the hiring manager gave me a reality slap. He asked why am I wasting my time on a part time job when I should be serious about building my career. 

Well I was young, dumb and definitely broke, that interview scared me into finding a full time job as an engineer and forgo my backpacking plans.

After getting my first job, that is when my morphing into a social recluse starts.

Looking back into my AIESEC years, I can't imagine how I was able to be so youthful and full of hope.

But hey, not everything is loom and gloom.

Stepping into adulthood made me learn sometimes not everything will turn out the way you wanted.

2020 is definitely a year of that.

So here I am, spending the last few hours of 2020 at home writing this

Don't get me wrong

I am not sad

I am grateful to be where I am today

I've gotten through most of 2020 still having a job

Still having the people most important to be around

I am content

My dreams and plans may got derailed but all it takes is just a little more planning to re-align everything back again.

Here's to a better year ahead

I wish you all to be thankful and remain hopeful

Better days are coming

Just go Genting and strike gold

Stay home

Stay safe

Spread hope

Not hate

I'm always thankful to have 2 sisters who constantly share otter and dog videos on Instagram

All I want is Nothing More ,To hear You Knocking at My Door

Hello 2020!

Expected flying cars but all we got was wildfires, government implosion and a virus pandemic.

Well.... fuck

Every single decision you made in your life has led you to this very moment. Reading this very line.

I hope whoever you are reading this. You are content with how far you come in life.

Everyone grows up. That is inevitable. We grow up in 2 ways. Physically and mentally.

However not often those 2 grow up concurrently.

That's why sometimes you meet some people who are immature or some people who appear wiser than their age.

There are few phases of mental growth.

When we are small, that's the childhood phase. We are innocent, playful and eager to learn about the world around us. 

As we grow up, we enter the teenage phase. Rebellious and always want to be treated like an adult. Often times you will always want to go out meet your friends and spend on random things with the money you don't even earn.

Growing out of that phase it the youthful phase. We enter a stage of life where we seek to find our purpose in life. More than often we would like to do something to create an impact on the society. We are highly motivated and the all the possibilities seems endless. There is no limit to what we can do and achieve.

Finally we enter the adult life. Life don't seem as colorful as it used to and the bills and responsibility starts to pile up. We start to sacrifice the ambitions in our youth and move on to the more realistic paths. 

Sometimes people grow up and enter the adulthood but their mental stage is still at the teenage stage. That is the most dangerous combination. Imagine being a reckless teen with the spending power of a working adult. These people are those who are willing to take up a personal loan to buy the latest gadgets or the trendiest outfits.  

We came into the world with nothing and we will leave the world in the same way. 

Time is never your friend.

The day you are born, the clock starts ticking.

You don't want to look back at your life and have nothing to feel but regrets.

Grow up please.

These are just my random rantings of the observations of the people I've met in my life.

Gotta post something at least once a year so this blog don't die along my hopes and dreams

Anyhow

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Here's to looking for better days ahead.

Stay home, stay safe