Sorry people for some disappearance of me back in the end of the year. I’ve run back to my hometown in Muar and had a wonderful time of sleeping and resting and obviously, wasting my time there . No internet connection there so I got to do some deep thinking for myself back there, and it was such a great environment. I felt so relieved, so easy, so cool and breezy, and so calm.

There’s also things that happened that really make me happy.. but I won’t tell ya! :p

Alright back to the topic (I guess this topic is such to be expected huh?) Reminiscence of 2006, Resolutions of 2007. Let’s start with Reminiscence of 2006 first, in Helmi’s way:

Great Things Happened in 2006:

1. Done my internship in IBM, successfully get a 4 flat for once and only once (I guess), learn a lot of stuff, find a lot of staff etc.
2. Get to love somebody again, after a period of 2 years something being lonely :p
3. Had the most happiest birthday celebration ever, with most precious present.
4. Went to Singapore which is out of Malaysia (obviously!) without my biological family (they not even knew it! :p)
5. Succesfully organized a vacation to Port Dickson for me and fellow itisjan03 during internship; half of the batch made & enjoyed it.
6. Got a haircut so cool (it was layered) and didn’t mind spending RM12 (or issit RM15?) for it.

So it hasn’t been the most productive year for me, and only some blessing did colour my life back then.. Well for most of people, they plan resolution and try to make it, just to realize in the end of the year, they didn’t do it or failed. So resolutions has been some of the thing that I hate the most to do it. Hmm.. I’ll just put some of it, and hopefully by the end of the year, I’ll achieve something.

1) Financial Condition

Certainly I want to have a stabil financial condition. That includes paying the hostel rent debt (about RM1900++ and counting towards my final semester), settling the payment of my convertible study loan (total = RM 77,000, if I got 3.0 and above, I got to pay only 1% out of it. Calculate for yourself and mind the IF..) , and breaking free to support myself only. (sing: We breaking free!! ~ We soaring.. flying.. there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t see.. -High School Musical: Breaking Free- *winks*)

sheess.. I wonder where can I get about 5G to settle that up..

So.. supporting myself would cost about RM 2,500 a month.. well that’s a standard living cost and also standard salary for a fresh grad. Hmmm.. let’s try to calculate:

1. Transportation: RM 20 per day * 30 days = RM600
2. Eating: RM15 (plus minus) per meal * 30 days * at least 2 meals per day = RM900 + RM100 for any special eating occasion = RM1000
3. Miscellaneous (cigs, comics, novels, topup etc.) = RM10 per day * 30 days = RM300 round up to RM500 for excess (expect the unexpected)
4. Total: RM2500 – (RM600 + RM1000 + RM500) = RM400..

… (that’s not enough.. *sigh*)

okay, maybe RM400 can be put into some kind of ASB account (RM200 for some loan.. RM200 for some other downpayment collection e.g cars or houses). Seems like I got to pull 2 works at a time.. if I can. Writing novels? Programming some websites? E-business? I hope so..

Target by the end of the year: Working, and get at least RM2,500 per month basic salary. Settle the debt, get a car if I can. That brings me to the second part of the resolutions: Academic achievements.

2) Academic achievements

To be able to work and start gaining money, I got to pass my final year final semester with at least 3.0 CGPA (to be able to pay only 1% of the loan). That includes finishing up my Final Year Project (FYP) and not failing any other subjects. This factor itself will affiliate the lazyness that I need to get rid off; Lazyness brings last minute works which produces shits.

Not to mention my CGPA of 3.16 (current number without taking into consideration that this previous semester has been one of the most fucked up semester) can make it disappear in just a blink if I messed up this last semester. (Owh I’ll get back to this calculation when this previous semester result is out; in about a week or two)

Target by the middle of the year: Completing my degree with at least 3.0 CGPA. Completing the minor without flaws will be a bonus (got to complete 5 minor, currently passed: 1, taken: 3, meaning the last semester will throw me another 2 subjects (individually chosen) for minor: Computer System Architechture and Semiconductor Devices.). Getting a 4.0 for the last semester will be super-bonus!!~.

Target by the end of the year: Taking a technical certification an
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passed it (of course after getting the work). One of the chances is to re-take Test 252. Hopefully with help from the FYP projects, I can get some hands-on experience. If I don’t get to work at IBM (so taking the IBM certificate would seem.. not useful enough), I’ll take the Linux/MS certification.

And that would bring me back to reevaluate the first issue: The financial condition *sigh*

3) Overall life (miscellaneous thingy)

This will look more on the entertainment, health, religion, and priority part of my life. Currently entertainment is too much, health is deteriorating, religion is being ignored a lil bit, and priority is kinda messed up. Taking out the priority (because for me, priority will change with time and events that happens), lets see the target for those three:

Target by the end of the year: No obsessive Magic more than 1 play per week, exercising at least once a week constantly, less smoking (target: 1 pack of 20 for average 3 days. Current: 1 pack of 20 for average 2 days.), more disciplined towards the religious obligation (gonna start reading the Holy Book of Quran again sometimes..quite a number of years have been dismissed.. oo my black heart… *sad*), getting ready for engagement or at least prepare for it (target: by 2008 :P), being more smart-ass looking (executives? Not a problem. I want a full white suits! :p).

Enough? Let’s see what 2007 reveals to us in the end.. till then.. Happy New Year!