2009...Hajimaruyo!

Okay, so 2009 started almost a week ago. I'm slow with these blog posts now that I've gotten regular blogging out of my system.

Usually, people do resolutions for the New Years, but I've never really been one to jump on that bandwagon. I try sometimes, but I usually only come up with a bunch of things that are vague, intangible, and difficult to judge. "Be a better human being." "Be a better son." "Be a better student." Usually something along those lines. There's no way for me to real fail at any of that, right? I hope not. Now I can add "Become a better engineer." to the list also. Yippee!

I wonder what's in store for me in 2009? Work's going alright. A bit stressful lately, but I'm learning how to deal. It's not a backbone-breaking kind of stress - the kind that you hear about where so-and-so hates their job, hates their coworkers, and can't wait to get the hell out of there. My stress is more manageable and dare I say...promotes growth in abilities? I guess that's pretty ideal. But I do wish I had more free time. I mean truly free time...not the "I'm off on Saturday but I still check my emails 3-4 times a day" free time.

I think for now, my plan is to work through 2009. Maybe around the summer 2010, I'll look into going back to school. What should I study? I want to do something relatively easier than engineer like study language. Chinese? Japanese? Both? Something that can supplement my engineering background. I think further studying engineering is out of the question. I've never been really good at the super technical stuff (who the hell would ever want to get a PhD in something like tribology?!)

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Anyways, something new for 2009 - I'm going to try to run through some of my old Xanga entries. I want to do this because I love my old Xanga and all the fun stories and awesome entries that I posted in it. I still like the old Xanga format that I had, but it was quite a bit of work creating a new picture for it. It required more and more time that I didn't have and not to mention I came across less and less art that I found worth putting up. Either way, this project is going to be legen-wait for it...DARY.