Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014

2013 was a good year. A year that I let go and went out and did whatever I set out in my mind to do. I'm pleased with the results and so delighted with how far I've come. Even though 2013 seemed like a more mellow, bordering on "boring" year with less 'going-out' and events, it was madness for me because I'd jam-packed my schedule with so many things until I was exhausted. It resulted in me ending off the year in the hospital A&E, with some severe gastroenteritis, which rendered me pretty much bedridden for the whole of Christmas 2013.

Lesson of 2013: Jam-pack your schedule all you like, but health is the most important!

In hindsight, I'm still recovering from the stomach flu, but I can't help but feel a sense of satisfaction when I think about what I've achieved in 2013. Not bad, not bad at all.

On New Year's Eve, I was wallowing in I-can't-eat-anything-oily/fried/yummy/tasty and it does feel awful especially when my appetite's picking back up (and everyone is feasting around me...) but I can't actually eat anything I can buy in shopping malls (e.g. snack booths, biscuits, ice cream, yoghurt). But New Year's Eve was a blast 'cause I did something different for a change.

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And it's 1 Jan 2014.

Last year in 2013, my year's motto was "2013: To meaningful moments" and I think I've fulfilled that wish! I'd made many new friends, got to see Two Door Cinema Club live, entered a singing competition, visited SEA aquarium, visited the museum, went for 2 art exhibitions, tried every new burger from McDonald's (LOL), got my first submission published on Thought Catalog, got the opportunity to sing at a company event, spent New Year's Eve with a bunch of friends... and the list goes on.

This year I've got a plan.

"To be happy with less." 

2014 will be a year of clarity and change.

Eyes. Open. Wide.