Saturday, December 28, 2019

Reflecting on the decade.

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.

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