”Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Alber Einstein

 

The year 2008 is very strange indeed.  Although it has actually been successful for me, for many people I know, and even for the world, it isn’t.  I undertook a lot of endeavors this year that I wouldn’t have done before.  And yes, I am actually very tired.  2007 was actually more fun compared to 2008, but I believe that I have grown a lot this year.  I was able to show parts of myself that I have never shown before.  I was able to portray a character that people wouldn’t point out to me in the past.  More or less, what I wanted, I worked very hard for it, maybe it’s a picture of the life ahead.  Before, things came out so easily that I didn’t really have to move much in order to attain certain wants.  A picture of life indeed.

 

Next year I will turn the big 20.  I am not longer a teenager.  Even though this life I am controlling right now appears very strainious, the future would be more difficult.  80% of the time, I might not be able to control the output, and I am a very obsessive person.  I want control in my life that is why I control what I can, which is basically the reason why I am writing a list of 25 things to do before I turn 25.

 

1) Fall in Love
2) Get navel pierced

3) Sky dive

4) Watch a movie alone

5) Go to Europe

6) Read all Jane Austen novels

7) Dive in Tubbataha

8) Climb a mountain

9) Hug a complete stranger

10) Make a quarter of a million

 

I know that I need 15 more, but things like these are tricky to fill up.  Plus, some of this, I know have external factors that is not in my control, but I want to make them happen, because when I am 25, life would settle down a bit.

 

Back to 2008.  What value did I gained during this year?  I believe it is strength.  I became stronger in facing life itself.  It’s complexity.