In a Glimpse of an Eye.

Year 2011 has ended. It's like yesterday that I was so excited to welcome 2011, as my birthday of the year would then be 11.1.11. LOL I know it's lame but yea, I was pretty excited okay? Well, everything happened so fast and so many things happened this year. It's kind of a different year compared to the 17 years before this. Few days ago I actually went through all my blog posts in this year just to catch up with all that happened this year, and I would like to do a recap of it. Readers that had been following my blog since earlier this year would have known all these though.

Just the beginning of the year, I celebrated my 18th birthday. I was pretty excited to be at a legal age and I felt like an adult. Yea I thought I would be #likeaboss but after being 18 for almost a year now, I realised it's not really just about the fun, but also about growing up and being independent. BTW, someone most important in my life appeared at my 18th birthday. The cute one that made me feel like an adult and kept me company all the way. My beloved pet sugar glider, Cookie.

My first ever pet, I'm glad she's been healthy and good throughout the year.

The process of getting my beloved can be seen here.

As I was waiting for my SPM results and had nothing to do, I decided to get a part time job to keep myself occupied. The many experiences of working in the F&B field kind of already made me felt bored about it, so I decided to help out as a teaching assistant in a childcare/kindergarten. It was indeed a very special experience for me. Being more of a caring person, being more of a patient person, being more of a motherly person...Indeed I learned a lot! And it really make me wanna be a mother. LOL WTF but yeah, it did come through my mind, just for a while lahhhh. :P

Also the first time in my life, I used my own money to get myself the first best gadget of my life - My waterproof camera, Sony TX5. It might sound cheap for you, or something normal to you, but for me it's different. One of my 2011 new year resolution is to be an independent daughter, judging the fact that I'm already 18. And really, the camera has ever since become another of my greatest companion. Brought it to wherever I go and capture everything, even in water! LOL

I did a few video covers with my brother, Kenneth Koe since this year. I remember having a new year beginning with the cover of Linkin Parks's The Catalyst, also there's that very lame video of him being a crybaby in the end. I know my singing is not as good as professional singers, but I really enjoy it. So do my friends. Besides, the too-free-me then got a lot of ideas for DIYs. The colourful Easter eggs that the sister and I painted and the beautiful paintings I did for my room, kept me comforted as my artistic skills are still in me. LOL

Then there's the biggest and most unexpected change in my life, my results and the golden lottery ticket in my education journey - the scholarship to Canada. Being raised up in a medium class family, I'd never expect myself to further my studies in overseas. What I expected myself to do is, Form 6 then a local university, that's good enough. But who would expect myself to get a JPA Scholarship? Gosh, even mentioning about it now I still feel thankful to God for giving me this special chance. I would say, it's a combination of my hard work, my family's prayers and luck.

And thanks to this opportunity, I got to experience something I never thought I would. A year of Canadian Pre-University course in Taylor's, when I didn't even bother about CPU before I was arranged to go there. Fortunately, it turned out to be one great thing. I got to stay at a foreign place, a hostel filled with scholars like me, I made new friends, I experienced a different learning style, I learned new stuffs... Most important of all, I grew up.

Everything in this journey has been pretty special to me, I find myself changing a lot this year. In terms of look? Yes, from a kiddy look person I find myself becoming more and more older looking or what the Chinese call 'cao lao'. And also, my skin condition has gone from bad to worse, really terrible looking worst. However, I'm currently under medication that I believe will get me out of this fugly-ness. One thing is that I actually became the person who had zero confidence without make up in between this year, until I decided to really not care about what people think about my look and just be myself.

Grown mature? Yea, but wait, that's me with make up.

The picture I can get of a clear looking non-make up me. Not pretty but yea, that's me! :)

Mentally wise, yes I do changed a lot too. Like I said earlier, I grew up. Idk, I just felt like I'm no longer as cheerful and carefree like I used to be. I don't really see things as simple as I used to, instead I looked into a deeper perspect. I don't really like the lack of cheerful-ness within, but I know it's for a better good. BTW, the family and the most beloved man Gideon, has been here with me through the ups and downs. I'd learned to really appreciate and cherish my family, and even got homesick when I stayed outstation, which I'd never expect this to happen to me. And yes, the relationship between the man and I still remain sweet and steady throughout the year.

Throughout the whole year, I'd never forgotten my beloved high school mates. Even though this is the first year of me not going to a public school, I still hang out a lot with the darlings. No matter in BP or KL, of which gangs, I always make myself available to meet them. They are the one that understands me the most, and also the ones that I trust the most. Well, so I'd chosen to end the year with them last night, and we had a blast.

So, 2011 has ended, just like that. It's like in a glimpse of an eye and 'Pop!' it's over. I guess, 2012 won't be as simple as it can. It's already started pretty steeply for my family, and then there'll be that whole departing friends and family part, and then the new environment part, and the never ending unpredictable stuffs. I really hope this year will be a good year, at least things go smoothly and happily for myself and all around me. I do not believe that the Judgement day falls on 2012, instead, it's a year of changing. A change for the better world. So, I'm just gonna live my life to the max! Happy 2012! :)

P/s: I'm turning 19 in 10 days time! >.<