2008 Year End Personal Report

Ok, the long vacation break will be over officially by tomorrow. I'm almost sleepy writing this entry. But I promised myself that I would do this tonight...

So here it is, about what happened to me during the previous year 2008. Well, nothing much, really. I had not been on other places than I usually did. Most of the year, I had been just around the house most of the time besides those times at work. 2008 was the year we have undergone major house renovations, upgrading our house from version 1.0 to 1.5. As such there were some parts of the house that -- well, to condense everything into a phrase -- needed to be "guarded", requiring at least a member of the family to be present. Most of the weekends, I was just in house for the same reasons as mentioned.

On weekends, other than being the guard and also on going to the usual places I had gone to, I had just one notable beach tripping with some friends and it was fun. This happened mid-August, and I have been hoping that similar excursions would happen.

At work, I got promoted to a supervisory level, with occasional "immersions" on tasks that I would usually delegate. This was the first time that I had seriously managed a team, and it felt rewarding.

At the church ministry, I had been less active on voluntary tasks that I usually did during Sunday service since 2007. In fact those days, I was not in church because of the house renovations. And with all due humility, I have to admit that this is not an excuse on my part not to attend. Rather it should not be, I just realized. In those days, I did not realize I should have done extra efforts. Failing to contact spiritual siblings in the Church -- notice the capital C of this word at this instance! -- in regular intervals would make me fairly more susceptible on shifting my focus away from God. Along with this enlightenment, I will strive to be more active this year.

So there I have covered it all, I guess. These were the major parts that have happened to me the previous year. I am hopeful for the best what this new year will offer. I may -- emphasis there, to imply I'm not promising -- post this on a new blog entry. But I have to reread and review my other blogs regarding the items that I had promised I will get back. I would like to close some unfinished business on those entries, so I think that will be the focus on my next posts to come.