So, we've reached the time of the year when we start reflecting on our almost-past year of 2011.

You know, think about how we've fared in our respective fields, how we've behaved and maybe how's life been treating us.

Fresh off from the A level papers, I was sent straight back into hell with my enlistment. Somehow, I survived the terrifying ordeal like any other and emerged from that cursed island a new man, a new Shaun. Life eventually got better as I got used to the excessive regimentation and new-found lost of freedom. Then, there was having to deal with really stubborn and intellectually challenged douchebags, superiors and colleagues alike. That alone taught me that in the real world, it tends to be every man for themselves. Right now, halfway through my term, I can't quite wait to get right back into the real world.

I've changed, yet again. I suppose I can better appreciate life and the people around me. There's a saying that goes like you'll never know what you have until you've lost them all. Having been deprived of all my worldly supports for a short period of time, reality has returned to whack me on the back of my head like a boomerang.  Plus, I much less of an irritating, angsty brat now.

Like every other year, 2011 has it's ups and downs. It's been a slightly positive, if not, proper year so far and it definitely sets the bar higher for 2012 to be as awesome or better. And this is Jaeshin, signing off an early 2011.

Goodbye!