Another Year…

October 5, 2009

Another Year…

Another year has passed by, and chronologically even though I’ve gotten just a year older, the reality of that impending 3-0 seems to resonate so much more.  I’ve still got two years to go, but somehow with moving away from Canada, going back to school, was quite a wake up call that I’m not getting any younger.  I’m not feeling a huge sense of urgency (at least not yet), but all those quiet times studying in my room gives much time for self-reflection into why I’m here and whether I’ve made the right decisions in life.

On a positive note, going back to being a student has really made me feel younger.  When I started working full-time and (minus the consulting travel schedule) started working  ”9-5″ days, I got quite used to a routine sleeping schedule.  I thought that my body could never handle those crazy student hours anymore.  But now I’m proving myself wrong and I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad thing.  Each lifestyle has their advantages I suppose, will just have to enjoy this as much as possible before the corporate life sinks in again.

I’ve never been one to make a big deal out of my birthday, much less plan any celebration for it.  But here my good friends and classmates got together and we celebrated by having good Chinese hotpot (with no AC, which in hindsight seems like a silly thing to do in S’pore).  They even got me a cake!  We ended off the night with some good solid Asian entertainment, KTV (they don’t call it karaoke here).  We have videos of European classmates doing renditions of Britney Spears, but for everyone’s safety we’ll leave it in the archived vault.  Good times.

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