10 years. Just like that, it came and went. And in retrospect, it feels like vanity, all is vanity under the sun.
Now that I've bled that drop of melancholy out, I thought I'd look back at one achievement and one failure of each year in the past decade. This should be interesting.
2010
The good: Representing Malaysia as part of the school band to compete in the Thailand International Marching Band Competition, attaining the position of runner up.
The bad: Mediocre results from SPM, even failing my Chinese paper.
2011
The good: Got accepted into music college
The bad: Got my butt kicked in first semester, couldn't perform well in playing and performances.
2012
The good: Performed in ICS tribute to Bee Gees, bucked up in college quite a bit.
The bad: Struggling through traditional harmony, with mediocre results at the end.
2013
The good: Performed in FrequenC concert by HELP college. First big concert as main drummer
The bad: Ended first relationship, in not the best terms. Also experienced first royal screw-up of a submission for one of the classes, project marks became null.
2014
The good: Experienced first paid gig at Shangri-la, playing jazz. Also stabilised grades in college.
The bad: Starting to drift apart from secondary school friends, can't make it to many meetups.
2015
The good: Graduate with first class honours, became valedictorian of class.
The bad: Started a relationship in-spitr of the red flags.
2016
The good: Got my first full time job, on top of being involved in many recitals that were memorable.
The bad: Wasn't very prudent with maintaining relationships with friends and family due to new relationship.
2017
The good: Year of self-discovery and personal development, due to work stresses.
The bad: Didn't have courage to speak up against injustice in the office.
2018
The good: Made several important and life changing decisions i.e. USA endeavour and career change.
The bad: Ended a long term relationship, inadvertently hurting some people around me in the process.
2019
The good: Experienced growth in the USA, able to process most of the grief from the break up. Also managed to find gainful employment since returning home
The bad: Unable to finish USA endeavour, had to return home.
