Previous years have often been remembered for just one key event that rocked the world. 1997 was marked with the financial crisis; 2001 for the 9-11 attacks; 2003 for sars. 2008, unfortunately, would be remembered for many events - from the escape of mas selamat, to the election of obama, to the tainted milk incident, to the many feats of the athletes at 2008 beijing olympics, to the catastrophic degree of disasters the likes of sichuan earthquake and cyclone nargais, to the terrorist attack at taj hotel, to the political turmoil in thailand, to the global economic crisis that gripped us for months and followed us into the new year. of course there were many more events - some with more lasting impacts, some issues came, were discussed, and then were swept aside.

so that was 2008, a history-making, significant year that saw many changes in the global arena while i was in the army. and army wasnt that bad i guess, now that i am out of it. for me personally, there wasnt much in 2008 that struck me as a significant milestone or breakthrough for me, and most of the pretty memorable things were those tough times i had to go thru in the army. If 2007 was about learning, surviving, getting fit and learning new things; i must say 2008 is about applying what i have learnt, while going back to my roots of performing, the arts and debating and being with my friends. so out of army, 2008 was great for all the outings with jj, singapore debate open, jcdcs, taiwan and just slacking. and getting to know my debate juniors too.

it has been an interesting year. but ready or not, 2009, here i come.

junyi! posted at 3:16 pm.