⇒ happy new year!

chuc mung nam moi

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⇒ 01.01.10

so 2009 is over and done with. It finished with one last event--my uncle has pretty much left Sydney for good. Worst year in history for my family's health. But it's a new year, and we'll recover.

2010 has started with a hangover...not mine but a drunken rabble of 'friends', some so drunk they can barely maintain their balance/consciousness, others drunkenly apologizing or 'brogasming' or something else terribly awkward. Also: cognac, cigars and absurd drunkenness. Except me, I'm the last man standing. Clean. In control. Free.

01.01.10 in binary is 112, (almost) V or 22. Make what you will of that.

Only one resolution to make--it's realistic and I can keep it:
Complete one goal per day.

Simple enough, and I won't lie to myself and cheat; I'll aim for meaningful goals and different goals everytime.

Happy new year everyone! Semper fi.

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⇒ 1 more day

2009 will be over in just 28 hours, so if I can resist its final attempts on my sanity/health/career/life then 2010 will be off to a good start.

Happy new year!

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⇒ end of the decade

1999: exactly ten years ago, I got (and quit) my first paying job at McDonalds. Y2K was big shit.

Every year since:
2000: studying (relatively) hard for HSC during sweltering heat. The millennium turned too.
2001: chillin after satisfying HSC results and recovering from appendectomy
2002: earning some casual cash as a postie and kitchenhand during uni summer break
2003: earning some casual cash as a postie during uni summer break
2004: earning some casual cash as a postie and shop assistant during uni summer break
2005: earning some casual cash as a postie during uni summer break
2006: fighting off the ennui caused by a tough final year at uni
2007: readjusting to sydney after a month overseas. Unemployed to boot.
2008: feeling good after a (relatively) successful year.
2009: recovering well from a very poor year.

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⇒ new

new year, new gym plan, same guy (outside).
trying to make a play for the bigtime this year. Must persevere and hold strong.

started a new 3 month gym membership today. Not too bad, considering the 2 week layoff of junk food, sweet drinks and irregular sleep.

2.68 KM in 20'00" and 199+ KCALs
4x70, 12x50
that 4x70 is a new record for me!

visits since 04th jan '09: 01
#visits per mth: 01
3 mth ave: 0.33
ave cost per visit: 160

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⇒ nye '09

it's been a busy week, from an even busier year! Moving out, moving in, setting up, settling in, setting and achieving goals along the way...in general too..I think all the goals I seriously committed to have been achieved, which is...good.

Still more to do, I got dreams too, baby.

I was right (about the whole car issue--it's nigh-impossible without a personal means of transportation), so let that be a goal.

semper fi

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⇒ final days

as the year draws to a close, let me reflect on my 'growth' (sounds like an unwanted sore on my back):

personal:

• Exercised with some regularity...I'm in better physical condition than this time last year (MUCH better) but still 5kg over the year before that.


• trying to take care of my parents, yet I can barely take care of myself

amorous:

• nothin goin on here


• I both want and decry this loneliness


• ok, not true...someone may have infatuated me...but she's very unobtainable


• i love all women, you know that...
  

professional:

• I won an academic award this year. My first was in 2nd grade (school's honour board), my last before this one was in 2001. Feels good.


• career continually stalled...I've got too much dignity and pride to rollover and take it from a$$hole superiors that I work with. Don't get me wrong, I can take direction from leaders but these people do not have my respect. I need to move on to better ventures, pursue those creative side-projects I've been putting off--they could translate into money down the line.

spiritual:

• hungry, unfulfilled and questioning. I often ask myself how, and why? No answers


• I care less and less about social mores and obligations. What for?

social:

• my bestie and i pretty much went our separate ways--was bound to happen. I never thought that it would happen but we suddenly became aware of each others' grating qualities and stubbornness; there was a period of about 6 weeks where we didn't talk--whatevs...

cyclically, this was a 'good' year, and 2009 is due to be a fall from grace for me (oh no!). See:
96 97 98 - relatively good year, tough times as a teenager, triumphant return
99 00 01 - relatively good year, gentle fall, triumphant return
02 03 04 - relatively good year, terrible fall, triumphant return
05 06 07 - good year, terrible year, triumphant rise
08 09 10 - good (enough) year (felt rough, though), ??, ??

I need to break the cycle and keep all the coming years 'good' ones.

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⇒ chuc mung tet nam moi

(break: w14d4-->days on break: 102)
i think that's how you spell it. Viet new year has come and gone once again. Extended family came to visit but didn't stay very long. Mum went down to Canberra with Linh.
All good at home.

Squashed--got thrashed 12-4, mostly due to sore calf from all the running last week and theo's ferocious new serve: fast, deep and in the corners...I'll need a better strategy to curb his serving. One courageouse moment: was down 6-0, then broke back all the way to victory with 11-6! That's 11 straight points!

Then went gym but didn't do any cardio (because of the calf). Did inclined bench press. Changed it up between 40, 30 and 20kgs. Totalled 1060kg-ish. Did vert chest fly. Mostly high reps using low weights. Totalled 2080lbs-ish. Did vert chest press. Again, mostly high rep, low weight. Totalled 2260lbs-ish. Then went for a swim to cool off. I'm starting to get comfortable being at the very bottom of the deep end. The pressure doesn't bother me as much anymore.

I must say, having shed some weight (mostly toned up and shed weight/gained muscle mass at the same time) I noticed that when I fall over, it actually hurts more. There's less meat to cushion the fall!

304 poke high
310 requiem for a dead barber
311 eatin out
318 married...with prom queen (the sequel)

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⇒ first day of 2007!

(break: w7d4-->days on break: 53)
last night was an absolute ripper! Went to Willie's in Blacktown and had a blast. To summarize: coronas, lemons, triple ripple pizza, mini pool, video clips, gadgets, video games, big dogs, driving, mixers, chocolate alcohol, blue curacao(?), midori, cola, poker, chips, chips (the edible type), big 2, shithead, slaps, black n white, ABCD, old friends, plenty of laughs, fireworks, mickey D's breakfast, sunrise and finally, sleep.

I think this will be an amazing year. I look forward to enormous changes and fulfilling as many of my dreams and goals as I humanly can. Last year I was stretched thin but this year I'm gonna be alright.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! BEST WISHES IN 2007!!!

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