Overall, I think I have grown up into a better person, seen through more things in life and of course understanding better with what I am looking for in life and what I will be chasing for in few years time.
Hereby I list down the 11 most meaningful events in the year 2011.
1. Went to The Sepang F1 Grand Prix 2011
Finally I fulfilled the promise with a friend to watch the Grand Prix live after so many years of postponing it. Used to be a F1 fans during the secondary school years but lost track of its latest news in recent years due the domination of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher back those days and the ever-changing FIA rules just made me fed up.
But those 2 days (the qualifying session and race day) were just meant to be cars, cars and still cars...Listening to the roaring engines could just make the adrenaline in your body rises up so high within seconds...
Never though the circuit could be that big.
Never expect the situation could be that noisy.
Panning shot of Lewis Hamilton and his Mclaren Mercedes.
I can still remember when I arrived in 2007, it was really undeveloped
and disappointing everyone with the name Intelligent City. 4 years
later, although the disappointment is still there but the whole area
looks more like a city now with buildings, working people and us university students.
spent the last 3 years staying in this unit and contains more memories than anywhere else in Cyberjaya.
3. Bidding farewell to these bunch of people
People come and go all these years but after all the hustle and tussle,
glad that most of us still remain intact.
it still remains as a mystery to me why the number of people appearing in the photo doesn't really reflect to the true amount of people that we called as a gang. Well, maybe it was just my problem.
You know things are never gonna be the same again once everyone of us moves on to the next chapter of our life. But the moments that we gone through together (tears or joys) will not only be kept in the hard-disk but also in our heart.
4. Submitted my final year project thesis
The final year project represents the end towards my degree pursuit. It will take sometime, maybe up to years to testify my decision to take up this topic is a wise one or its antonym term.
7 months, 2 semesters and it all goes down to this 1 book.
it is not something that I will be proud of as the project wasn't as grand as other show-cased projects.
But I am glad that it is all over now because at some point, I really thought that I am not gonna make it to the end.
5. Went to United States of America for a long long Vacation
Needed something else to recharge my battery after 4 years of degree studies, I went to the North America for 4 months on a summer work and travel program. Although it was a long planned thingy but it was actually a sudden decision to finally put my name on it. Well, like I always say, crazy things have to be done with a sudden crazy thought.
so a week after I had done with MMU and Cyberjaya, I hopped on several planes and flew for 30 hours to the city of Rapid City in South Dakota USA.
and then another 40 minutes of drive to arrive in this small peaceful town on a rainy night where I would live for the next 3 months.
and after 4 years of living in big cities and fast pace lifestyle, it was certainly nice and enjoying to spend a few months on a slowly paced area where you could see blue sky everyday and stars every night
meeting these people under such special occasion is nothing can be described in words.
6. Back to work after all these years
Got to work for paycheck because I still needed something to support my cost of living for 4 months right. Well, it wasn't easy as we were more like a cheap labor who worked to the max for a minimum salary.
yeap, housekeeping and front desk reception were what I did for a living.
While the robotic housekeeping requires a mixture of stamina and speed,
front desk reception requires more than just standing over there and greeting customers. So they were not as easy to handle as to be seen by other people.
still we manged to form a good partnership to handle the hotel to minimum troubles.
7. Been to a few more places in this colorful world
Haven't been traveling real much since the year 2010 (just Singapore only). So after working for 3 months in Keystone, I planned myself a 22 days trip around some places in the USA, in order to compensate the missing portion for 2010 and 2011 as well. =)
Nope, I have still not yet been to the Eiffel Tower. This is just the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.
The Bellagio Hotel with its famous music fountain.
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Hollywood, Los Angeles
San Francisco.
1 of my top pick city to be visited although
something catastrophic happened that it almost ruined my entire trip.
But I still love everything over there so much.
If I ever gonna revisit USA,
I will make sure myself to stop by this bay city again.
with the Golden Gate Bridge as background
Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.
It's just amazing to find yourself so tiny among the Nature.
and also just nice to be in the wilderness for 1 whole day long.
Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite National Park is just such a nice place to go,
the beauty of Nature is in every inches of the park,
I mean how can you forget such a beautiful scenery right?
The Capitol, Washington DC.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
New York City.
MET Museum, New York.
Brooklyn Bridge, New York.
8. The experience of Traveling Alone.
For 1 week, I was all by myself in Washington DC and New York. Without anyone I know, without anyone that I have seen before, turned out it was fruitful one. I enjoyed walking along the street, go wherever I want to go, stop wherever I want to stop. Freedom.
I believe most people nowadays love traveling, but not everyone possess the courage of doing it alone because many people are afraid of loneliness. *Just saying*. So I am glad that I made it through and complete my USA journey. It was a bit scary at first to be honest, but once you get into the local, it wasn't that bad, at all.
one of the greatest president in United States History
9 hours in a Museum, all day long and hadn't seen it all.
Liberty Island
9. Convocation
Finally the day has come, the official convocation ceremony for my degree studies.
a real full stop to my University life
it was merely just 10 seconds on the stage, but it took 4 full years to reach there.
people say the degree paper is just a pass for you to get your first job,
and I couldn't be more agree with them.
looking at the pictures taken that day, definitely worth it to cut short my USA trip and made it back.
10. Working as an Engineer
Got a job offer after 1 week returning from USA, took it up without much comparison and consideration because I have a thinking that "well, it is just my first job, why should I care so much". The job is more likely towards project based technical support, so my first project task was being sent to Indonesia to support a local project.
Currently in Jakarta, a few more months? Might be in Bandung, Surabaya or even Kalimantan.
and over here, we got stucked in traffic jam from morning,
until night.
Oh well, technical support is not easy, so being a freshman in this industry, I have so many things to learn. I feel like a primary student because even though I have studied in this field for 4 years, but once I stepped into the industry, I still realized that, none of my lecture notes can be applied.
I have to sacrifice a lot for being stranded over here by my company, but I always tell myself, all these things that you are going through are just a transition period, give yourself a year or two, and your time will come. And I feel much better after telling myself that.
11. A special person that I met in 2011.
And lastly, how can I conclude my 2011 without a mention of this person whom I met during a certain period in 2011. Although things between us has come to an end due to a certain distance in between, but I had a great time during that period. Thanks for everything and I hope you do feel the same too.
That's all for my 2011, not too eventful but still Okay in my opinion. I am satisfied at the end of the day. Looking forward to an even better 2012. Happy New Year everyone.
