Another year has flown by and I’m one year older then I was this time last year. It seems like yesterday we were ringing in 2008 and now the ball has dropped for 2009.
A lot has happened in 2008, it was a year of tribulation, exploration, and massive growth. I started the year with job uncertainty and concerns for my grandma’s health. The presidential election and mounting economic concerns took its toll on me as well. Not to mention, living in Hong Kong was as challenge and being miles away from Cody (my fair lady) made it unbearable; but it allowed me to discovery my roots and explore a side of myself that I’ve grown to love (being an Asian American). I learnt to be conversational in my mother tongue and I literally became a local in Hong Kong. I’ve also grown to be familiar with Chinese history, sometime I have long avoided since a child. I am grateful to have had this opportunity and am thankful to all my friends and family around the world for their support, encouragement, and love.
2008 was the year I made my first angel investment in a start-up (a very small amount). It was pretty scary, but I am glad to have done it because I learnt so much in the process. Today, I serve as an adviser to the management team and the company is performing well dispute the poor economic condition. I also managed to complete my masters in Information Technology from the school of engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The program allowed me to further explore the realm of technology and the career possibilities I can have in such field. The program was exciting, yet exhausting. It gave me the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds on a number of meaningful projects/papers as well network with some of the leading professors in the industry. The knowledge that I have obtained from this program and the friends that I have made along the way has made the struggle well worth it.
As we dive into the new year with healthy love ones beside us and a hope for a better tomorrow with Obama as our leader, we begin to set our new years resolutions for 2009.
These are some of my new years resolutions for 2009 (I am sure this list will be a lot longer before it is finalized):
- Have an app in the iPhone App Store
- Have an app in the Google Android Marketplace
- Blog more often
- Have a viral video on the Internet
- Become conversational in Mandarin
- Be able to read basic simplified Chinese
- Further improve upon my Cantonese
- Volunteer more often
- Drink more tea and less coffee
- Maintain a body weight of 140 pounds
- Run a 5k
- Read at least one book a month
- Try a new a restaurant every other week
- Budget / Invest more effectively
- Learn how to develop in Ruby on rail
- Spend more time with my gf, friends, and family
Here’s to another great year, Happy New Years All !
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