2007

2007 has already ended, and to me it was a year filled with much lessons and experiences. i will try n do a recap what happened over the year. It began with the news that i was going to the States and with all that building anticipation and doubts and whatnot. nevertheless,

January07
- left malaysia on the 9th to USA. twas the beginning.
- landed in washington dc, saw the white house and everything else for the first time.
- flown to ohio and driven to west virginia, introduced to the family of the Sturms, the people i will be living (lived ) with over the next (past) half year.
- experienced american high school for the first time.

feb07
- took up lifting [aka gym].. haha turned out to be a very good activity [ alto i still never get big :( ]
- also helped cleaned the shits and also fed the 20 odd bulldogs and boxers that my family breeds.
- had a conflict with host family over a diary. taught me alot about keeping thoughts to my own.
- was glad we managed the conflict. things were good even better after that.
-celebrated dereks birthday on 13th
- met 1289838242938492347 people.

march07
- had some mini exchange to marietta at neighbouring state ohio, met more people, mattias[chile] bernd[austria] sumita[thailand] cindi[s. africa] kseniya[russia] well thats the few close ones i still keep in touch with
- first malaysian to be in parkersburg south patriots football team! i dont play, but im still part of the team ok!!!! it's the spirit that counts :D
- finally winter is breaking.
- had some activity out of town again at athens ohio.
- fing hard disk KONG-ED and i lost all my photos from January up to this point, xept for some which i already uploaded to blogger. F.

april07
- spring break!! snow ski-ed for the first time ever at snowshoe mountain, crazy experience
- been watching nascar =.=
- drove a 95 ford mustang GT 5.0 V8 =)
- settled down pretty well, had decent social activity.

may07
- earth science field trip to seneca appalachian mountains
- to indianapolis, watched THE Indiana 500, also did some fishing which is kinda new.
- fired first gun using buckshots during turkey hunting season. never killed anything tho :(
- paintballed like hell with frens at the house backyard.
- new york city, times square, manhattan, finally i have seen it :)
- 1 MONTH LEFT and it will all be gone...

June07
- grad
- school out, more time with family
- been to the worlds second biggest waterfall [niagara], seen canada, water ski-ed for the first time
- rode on 2 of the worlds tallest rollercoasters at cedar point ohio.
- sad to leave the place lots of thoughts going on, making plans to maybe come back in the future
- BELI KASUT nike murah
- the goodbyes

July07
- returned to msia.
- looking back, probably the most life changing and most intense 6 months in my 17 years
- glad i didnt actually gave up the exchange programme for the sake of  "saving-6-months-so-i-can-finish-a-levels-faster-so-i-can-come-out-to-work-earlier".
-enrolled for a-levels in TAR College, a sound decision. a great college/environment overall.

Aug07
-hostel here i come! [some people are just so lucky (or unlucky, however u wanna put it :P) 
to have to stay home]
- birthday and class reunion

sept07
- from now on it's all back to the routine of studying and getting good grades and shit like that
- college is getting better i guess i have a [great] bunch of classmates and joined the  student welfare council.
- organised sports carnival at college was not bad at all!

oct07
- got a job at klcc maxis tower as an operator. the pay is decent and it is only weekends.
- nothing much.

nov07-dec07
- holidays
- langkawi with good ol buddies.
- tried to make money off the internet by reselling items on lowyat.net =D


Yes, 2007 was, no doubt, a good year.