Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!!

Diam-diam tak diam, dah masuk 2012 pun. Time flies so fast!! Another year gone, a new year has come.

So, what are the highlights from 2011. To be fair, nothing much pun. Good and bad were fairly at the same level. Tapi tetap la I nak list few thing that happened in 2011:

1. Adik perempuan kesayangan saya selamat diijabkabulkan dengan jejaka pilihannya. Alhamdulillah. Walaupun langkah bendul but who cares? As abang yang sulung, bila adik perempuan kita dah selamat bernikah dan berkahwin (especially dengan orang yang kita yakin dapat menjaga adik kita dengan baik), terasa bagai diangkat beban yang tergalas di bahu. Tu diah BM kau!! I always worried about my sister(s). Walaupun kita ni percaya yang mereka ni bukannya jenis yang buat benda-benda tak senonoh, tapi bila tengok banyak kes rogol bunuh, serta-merta teringat kat my sisters...takut the same thing happen to them. Tapi Alhamdulillah semuanya baik. Saya doakan semoga jodoh mereka berkekalan till death do them apart.

2. Saya tak banyak melancong mahupun melencong tahun lepas. Since saya ni masih junior, maka annual leave adalah seciput seperti taik kambing. Tapi saya bersyukur sebab dengar cerita orang yang kerja dengan private company, ada yang annual leave tak sampai 20 hari pun. So saya dapat 27 hari tu pun dah kita untung baaaaaaanyak! Tahun ni cuma sempat pergi country side kat Munich sambil pose petik-petik apple dan buah pear. Lepas tu pergi Hanoi dan Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. The rest jalan-jalan dalam UK sahajork like Bath, Salisbury etc. Nevertheless, the journey to Ha Long Bay was ah-mazing!! I will definitely going back there next time!!

3. Balik Malaysia 2 kali and jumpa my lovely and beautiful niece for the first time in April. Lepas tu jumpa lagi when I went back in November/December. Despite it was only few months away from April to November, but she changed so much!!! She finally crawling, laugh a lots and keep on showing her 4 wisdom teeth!

4. Managed to lose few kgs and maintain my weight at 65kg for few months before naik baik 2-3 kilo. Pastu turun balik. Pastu naik balik. Ups and downs. Susah rupanya nak maintain berat badan ni ye??

5. First attempt 10km run. I did charity run on behalf of Children Heart Federation for British 10km Run. Managed to collect about GBP200 donation. I wish I could collect more. After that, I run for Starfish Project, a charity programme to help kids with HIV in Africa.

6. Registered with Red Cross to donate some of my salary (every month) to help their charity programme(s).

7. Losing a beloved friend, Khairul Izwan to lung cancer was hard. I was devastated. I still find it is hard to believe that your gone. I hope you found a better place up there. You will always be remember. Al-Fatihah.

8. There was another episod hitam in my life, but I don't think it is appropriate to write on here. Whatever it is, I took it as a reminder from yang Maha Esa agar tak lalai dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab saya.

So gituh le sedikit sebanyak bitter sweet and sour experiences sepanjang tahun 2011. As I'm looking forward to the new year of 2012, off course la akan ada resolutionnyer kan??

Antaranya adalah:

1. Attend more conference.

2. Do a half marathon and marathon. In fact I've already registered to do half marathon in one of the oldest marathon in the UK (not sure la in the world ke tak) in March. It is Bath half marathon. I'm so looking forward to it! Hopefully I can finish it less than 3 hours.

3. Visit more places in the europe continent like Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain, Netherlands and Ireland. Not necessarily all of the above la. Dapat pergi 2-3 pun jadi la. Ada yang nak sponsor??

4. Look after my weight and my health. Eat healthily. Go to the gym more frequent. Excercise/running/jogging before going to work.

5. Be more responsible. Stop over thinking and judging. Stop expecting to much for other people. More work, less talk (as if la kan??). Kurangkan perang dingin bersama Mak Naga. Less complain and whinge.

6. Spend more time on prayer's mat than on the bed and sofa. Try not to miss sembahyang Subuh especially on weekend and during summer when Subuh habis awal. Sekarang time winter boleh la mantain sebab subuh habis pukul 8am!! After that?? I need to push myself to get out from the bed more often!!!

7. Reading more books.

Before anyone ask about settling down or kawin dan apa saja yang sewaktu dengannya, I'll leave to God. Whatever He decide, I'll be happy with His decision. Till then, I'm going to live my life and enjoy 2012 with style and gratitude, InshaAllah.

Lastly, kalau ada salah dan silap, terkasar bahasa, terumpat, termengata, terlaser dan macam-macam ter lagi, saya mintak maaf banyak-banyak. Semoga di tahun 2012, kita semua diberkati olehNya. Sama-sama lah kita kurangkan membuat dosa dan rajin-rajin menambahkan pahala.

Happy New Year to all of you!!