2014 year-end evaluation

According to the Facebook feature this year end, the whole 2014 was only preparation of wedding. Of course, to some extent I can't deny this. But I'm pretty sure I did more than that.

So I listed out the achievement and "first attempts" I did this year. I think this year is a pretty fruitful year. The list below is not rank by importance of chronological order:

1. Successfully prepared and completed my wedding
2. Completed 3 half marathon
3. Made the first step to career changing
4. Go bali trip
5. First volcano hike
6. First time visit Kuching
7. Join be frank program ran more than 300km with friends
8. First time visit I-city
9. Completed over 80% of the challenges in viper challenge
10. First stay in Malaysia guesthouse at melaka
11. Continued with Korean class after 5 years
12. Submitted thesis and pass viva

Preparation of wedding was of course the biggest achievement. But it's a tiring and complicated process which I will never want to do it again.

Other than wedding preparation, there are a few achievements which I'm really proud of this year. Although I'm not particularly proud of my masters years project, I'm glad that I've submitted my thesis and passed my viva.

Being an adventurous person, I really like to see my year summary to have first time experience of something I have never done in my lifetime. My proudest first attempt was hiking a volcano. It was a really cool attempt that I will never forget.

Another first attempt I really liked was the Viper Challenge. It was really challenging, some challenges made me feel my life at stake. Very thrilling and dangerous. I'm glad I achieved almost all the challenges. But I wont join it any time soon. It is too thrilling and I fail to persuade myself that Viper Challenge is safe.

Another achievement which I really proud with myself is that I finally found the courage to totally change career field. I've been thinking about this since 2012 but serious considering only happened early this year. Changing field from purely science research to market analyst is very daring. While some people might say "very bold", some might say "stupidity" but I would rather do it late than never. Since I already knew that I have zero interest in science, might as well change direction now than changing only when I'm in my 40s, right?

I look forward to 2015, a year with new job, new aspiration, and a new me. And since I'm planning to complete a full marathon this year, I'll start well in my first-attempt list.