So much for using this blog as a record of the many best moments I have of my college life. Although I did update on my Dayre since it is somehow more convenient to update through Dayre. So yeah, in future if there are posts before this one for 2016, that would be because I back dated the posts based on my Dayre, instagram or facebook timelines, or my schedule planners.
But looking at things, I guess I won't even have the time to collate, organize and back date my posts haha, since my time is pretty tied up by dance, FYP, looking for jobs to hopefully get through interviews and secure a job before I finish my final semester, that's starting in a week's time. And above all, balancing my spare time to go out with friends, family, and time for myself.
But I guess at the minimum, I really want to reflect and kind of remember the "milestones" and about the good things that happened to me this year, as much as I possibly can. I know that in a few years, I will look back and wished I remembered the good things in my college days.
I should try to keep this brief, I hope.
The first thing I am very thankful for is that I managed to keep and fulfill most of my 2016 New Year Resolutions.
A quick look at my resolutions I posted on Dayre:
New Year Resolutions
1. Exercise 3 times a week
2. Try to have a more plant based diet ✔
3. Eat less sugar & salt ✔
4. Sleep before 11pm
5. Pull my gpa to 2.9 lolol, I really wanna graduate with 3.0, this may seem very easy for some but I'm trying to be realistic about my goals, actly even achieving 3.0 is starting to feel unrealistic to me. 😰 ✔
6. When in doubt rmb to ask "what would Candice do?" 😊 ✔
7. Save money to go diving ✔
8. Dance more ✔
9. Yoga more
10. Draw more ✔
11. Spend more time with the right people (aka the people who really care about me & I care about them💖) ✔
12. Have portion control when it comes to food, stop when full ✊🏼👊🏼 ✔
13.Take good care of Cinnamon 🐰🎀💕 ✔
14.Expose myself to make more friends &I not be lazy to socialize again. ✔
15. Procrastinate less in anything I have to do
16. Lose weight ✔
17. Take better care of my skin ✔
18. Be more environmentally friendly, eg save water
19. Don't spend necessarily ✔
20. Stand straight, stop slouching ✔
So, I managed to keep 15/20 of my resolutions hehe. My proudest achievement is that I pulled up my GPA to 2.99 by the end of 2 semesters weee!~
Although I was quite upset, because I was hoping to see a 3 by the end of my 2nd semester, since in the first semester I already achieved my gpa of 2.9. This may seem like a trivial achievement to all the first and 2nd class honours kids, but you know what, it's not easy to pull this shit up with a shitty starting gpa okay! I am just happy that I persevered through college and I am just 1 FYP and 3 modules away from my Bachelor of EEE keke
And I really owe my gpa to these gentlemen especially, Guan Cheng, Wei Sheng, Sean, Kwee Ching, Brendan and Wei Xiang. Thank you for helping me unconditionally, you guys didn't have to but y'all still did anyway, without you guys, I am 100% sure I can't even dream of a chance of graduating with honours <3 I will do ya'll proud!
My other proudest achievement is that I FINALLY lost almost half of the 10kg, that I gained during my poly internship in, during my 3 months college internship this year. I lost about 4.5kg weeeee!!!
All just by making healthier choices and not overeating. But I really couldn't have done it without the help of my fitness friend Sean. HAHAHAHA, doubt that he will see this anyway, but you have made a great impact in my life, besides being on of my major partners in crime during the school semesters and internship!
Anw, back to losing weight, I also lost another 1kg after joining dancesport in Year 4, sem 1 hehe! And during exam period I lost like 1kg even though I ate more for each meal and more unhealthy??? Like I even finished a pack of lays in one sitting LOL! I guess stress can really make you lose weight, even I you're eating more than usual, like what Candice says.
So yup, basically in 2016 I fulfilled this saying "Do more of what makes you happy", which was exactly what I wanted for myself. To do things that make me happy since I am already studying something that doesn't really make me happy, and it is, I hate to say it, a big part of my life. So I want the other parts of my life to balance this unhappiness :)
And this has really helped me, and I never looked back from any of it. Doing the things that make me happy, like having dance back in my life, although not ballet, but it's also another dance form that I have come to love, dancesport. And also to draw more, I realised it helps me refocus better on while studying when I doodle fashion illustrations :D It doesn't make me procrastinate so much as compared to if I watched videos during my study breaks, I usually end up watching more and more related videos, and by the end of it I feel too sleepy go back to mugging LOL
2016 was a year of many opportunities, which I am happy to say that I didn't back out on, despite my insecurities that I may not handle the challenges well. Having to help my ex-ballet senior to teach some of her classes because they were shorthanded for a while was really an eye opening experience. I never thought that I'd have enjoyed teaching ballet until I was given this opportunity. There were many other opportunities that were presented to me this year which I took but I shall not list them all out, it'll be too lengthy.
So yeah, thank you 2016 for a wonderful year of opportunities, achievements, fun, new friendships and for adding another amazing year of memories to my existing friendships.
P/s: this is coming new year would mark the 10th anniversary of my friendship with my dear friend Ignatius. <3 That's hot xD
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