that was SO last year!

In 2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?
move to the midwest, live in a dorm without family, and go to college

2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
n/a

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
oldest cousin from mom's side

4. Did anyone close to you die?
grandpa from mom's side

5. What countries did you visit?
n/a

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
i can't think of anything right now...

7. What date(s) from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
aug 10, 2009 - disneyland with the fantasmic 8 and aug 27, 2009 - left tucson

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
living by myself in the dorms and getting pretty grades!

9. What was your biggest failure?
i don't know...but i do recall lots of people yelling "fail!" at many things...haha

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
n/a

11. What was the best thing you bought?
oh boy! i don't know, i really really really ridiculously like all the stuff i bought (including the stuff i bought today!)

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
n/a

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
n/a

14. Where did most of your money go?
winter clothing

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
first snow

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
probably poker face cause of yixuan...

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
Wiser? hopefully
Healthier? fa sho
Richer? no...paying own tuition means much much much poorer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
journal by hand...since all my electronic ones are GONE!

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
doing noting...haha

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
i dunno, back in tucson

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
n/a

22. How many one-night stands?
n/a

23. What was your favorite TV program?
himym, but the newly discovered 30 rock too!

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
errr...no

25. What was the best book you read?
n/a

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
i dunno, if improving on piano counts then...that.

27. What did you want and get?
a lotta stuff...hahaha

28. What did you want and not get?
a pair of black boots

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
star trek!!!

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
went to mall, watched time traveler's wife, and had photo shoot with my girls!

31. What's one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
getting to go back to asia

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
AE and express

33. What kept you sane?
the Bible

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
ahahahaha, it went from james mcavoy to chris pine to zachary quinto

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
n/a

36. Who did you miss?
my parents

37. Who was the best new person you met?
jessie

38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009.
do devotions or else i get nightmares...

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey!