Backdated: 24/1/2012, 5:46PM
It's Chinese new year. Year after year Chinese new years seem to have lost it's significance for me. Primarily because it does not really "stand for much" for me. I mean, many of us see the first-of-january-new-year as a new lease of life, a new chance to start over once more. However, when we get to the Chinese new year, which normally falls a mere month away, it simply does not show up as much of a "new beginning" any more. Hence, Chinese new year just seem to have an increasingly small impact on me. Despite so, it definitely does not overwrite the fact that I do respect and abide by traditional Chinese practices and customs, and I am proud to be a Chinese. It is merely the date and festivities that does not strike me much anymore.

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January is almost over. Well, I am pleased. Starting 2012 on a quiet note, things have largely been pretty smooth and manageable thus far.

Every year I fret extensively over new years resolutions. This year, however, I have put it off for quite a bit. Needless to say, I still have not come up with much. But to be honest, I have indeed best fretting over it in secrecy. I think it is probably due to the fear of being unable to fulfil the resolutions I set for myself. Every year, I try to tell myself, set a couple of good resolutions and keep to them. It always falls through. As such, I have refused to commit myself to any this year. Or perhaps, I am living in denial - to the fact that, I cannot seem to fulfil any thoroughly.

But I believe in the importance of self-reflection and self-improvement.

So this year, I shall strive towards academic success. In order to do so, all the clichés and over-rated must-dos are unavoidable - good time management, discipline and focus, motivation and positivity, the list is endless. Though I am not fully confident I will achieve all, I do hope I will be able to do enough to assure success. I want to help myself, infuse myself, in the right state-of-mind and to constantly upkeep the right attitude - one that is keen to learn, one that is compelled to fight for victory.

Another thing I really hope to work on, is my relationship with people around me. I am aware that I have not been particularly nice to people lately; in fact, over time, I am becoming increasingly mean and detestable to and at those around me – inwardly and sometimes outwardly. It is not that I do not like being nice. Well nice in itself is elusive, lets put it as such, to be nice as in be kind and respectful and sensitive and aware about others. I guess for just too long, I just could not bring myself to give a care. It is too hard to care when you begin to lose faith in all of the human race, don't you agree? But I have decided to be nicer. And I shall. Because, if I do not love others, who will love me? Save the answer.

Backdated: 24/1/2012, 5:46PM
It's Chinese new year. Year after year Chinese new years seem to have lost it's significance for me. Primarily because it does not really "stand for much" for me. I mean, many of us see the first-of-january-new-year as a new lease of life, a new chance to start over once more. However, when we get to the Chinese new year, which normally falls a mere month away, it simply does not show up as much of a "new beginning" any more. Hence, Chinese new year just seem to have an increasingly small impact on me. Despite so, it definitely does not overwrite the fact that I do respect and abide by traditional Chinese practices and customs, and I am proud to be a Chinese. It is merely the date and festivities that does not strike me much anymore.

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January is almost over. Well, I am pleased. Starting 2012 on a quiet note, things have largely been pretty smooth and manageable thus far.

Every year I fret extensively over new years resolutions. This year, however, I have put it off for quite a bit. Needless to say, I still have not come up with much. But to be honest, I have indeed best fretting over it in secrecy. I think it is probably due to the fear of being unable to fulfil the resolutions I set for myself. Every year, I try to tell myself, set a couple of good resolutions and keep to them. It always falls through. As such, I have refused to commit myself to any this year. Or perhaps, I am living in denial - to the fact that, I cannot seem to fulfil any thoroughly.

But I believe in the importance of self-reflection and self-improvement.

So this year, I shall strive towards academic success. In order to do so, all the clichés and over-rated must-dos are unavoidable - good time management, discipline and focus, motivation and positivity, the list is endless. Though I am not fully confident I will achieve all, I do hope I will be able to do enough to assure success. I want to help myself, infuse myself, in the right state-of-mind and to constantly upkeep the right attitude - one that is keen to learn, one that is compelled to fight for victory.

Another thing I really hope to work on, is my relationship with people around me. I am aware that I have not been particularly nice to people lately; in fact, over time, I am becoming increasingly mean and detestable to and at those around me – inwardly and sometimes outwardly. It is not that I do not like being nice. Well nice in itself is elusive, lets put it as such, to be nice as in be kind and respectful and sensitive and aware about others. I guess for just too long, I just could not bring myself to give a care. It is too hard to care when you begin to lose faith in all of the human race, don't you agree? But I have decided to be nicer. And I shall. Because, if I do not love others, who will love me? Save the answer.