Time flies. It was like yesterday that I sat and wrote about what I did in 2014; today I found myself brainstorming, looking back from the start of this year, thinking of all the people I met, the moments I had and the work I did within this amazing year.
It could never been greater. 2015 is a tough yet memorable year.
Work
I started working in one of the 4 biggest international audit firms as a tax consultant from November 2014 to May 2015. I didn't do anything much in the first two months, mostly reading tax laws, printing, scanning documents, joining training etc.
From January to March 2015, I got work to do. These three months are the busiest months, it's what they call it 'Peak season'. It's the time of the year where companies declare their tax on profit, registering companies, renewing their annual declaration of commercial enterprises, monthly taxes, other projects and registration work.
Everything has deadlines, an inexperienced me really struggled to keep things on track. I never thought I could make it, but I did.
During these 6-month time, I learn a few things:
1. To be honest, I'm not an on-timer - I normally got up around 7:20, spent about 15 minutes preparing myself, bought breakfast (sometimes Somebody bought for me), and rode my bike to work. I normally arrived around 8:10, had my breakfast at the pantry and then started to work. But when I do my work, everything I possess is in the work I do.
2. Work comes first - I'm responsible for what I did, I put my everything into what I am supposed to do, and put other things aside to finish it. I love translation, I just love it. I'd prefer sitting all day in the office doing the paper work rather than going to deal with government officers. I have to say, I'm suck at it.
3. Sincere compliments are the drives - when working, I didn't feel good about the work I did, I felt it's not good enough, I wasn't quite sure if my seniors really meant what they said when they told me a great job because even I was told I did a great job, I could still there were things needed to improve, edit, and correct. Maybe I was skeptical. But days after that, my favourite senior told me he likes the way I work, my sense of responsibility and I stand on the top of his favourite consultant list. I was over the moon, and still am. He went on to tell me that another senior who I closely work with also feels sorry that I resign. Looking back, I was satisfied with what I did because I did my best.
In April, it was my first time going to province overnight without my parents. I had tried to ask permissions to go with friends a few times, but I had never been allowed to, but this time I was. It was a great two-day trip, I had lots of fun, took some great photos, had great meal, and got buried in the sand while playing game.
From June to December, I've been working on something else, online marketing business. Long story short, it's about making money on the web. It's never easy. I invested a considerable sum of money, my time and energy into it, going through a few months without being paid, a heavy load of motivation is needed.
It's also the year that I decided to reactivate my
Facebook account after I left it untouched for 3 years. I was startled to see how things have changed. Many of my classmates and friends are posting photos of their weddings and kids, even the one friend who disliked boys also shares sweet photos of her and her husband. My jaw dropped for a little while and I couldn't help stalking her timeline.
I have to deal with many emotional things. I stay and work from home, meaning I tend to get stressed, bored and emotional more often. I can say I'm pretty moody; plus, many things happened and an emotional soul like me needs some times to adopt.
I notice that I have been very uptight. I'm not sure what the cause(s), but I'm really figuring out how to get better.
In the last 2 months of 2014, I got to do things and deal with people those and who whether I want or not I have to. This made me realize, in 2015, what type of person I want to be. You know, we all have met those people with whom we interact and never want to talk to again. We all have those types of people that we don't want to become. With things I went through, I came up with an idea to set my new year resolution, and after 12 months, I can say that I'm satisfied with what I did, and my new year resolution has been 80% complete.
My 2015 resolutions include: 1. be kind 2. be responsible 3. be helpful. Simple as that.
December is awesome. I celebrated my birthday with my special Somebody and had Chinese food with my brother and cousins. In the first 22 years, this is the first bunch of flower I got, hehehe. I couldn't be happier.
In mid December, I went on a trip with my aunt and uncle to Koh Kong, Sihanouk province, Nataya Resort, Kep province and Kompong Trach mountain. It was one of the best moments in 2015.
In that trip, I got a chance to attend a wedding reception in Koh Kong province, walked in the mangrove forest, went to have lunch at the same food outlet as my first trip to Koh Kong, watched sunset and walked on the beach at night, flying sky lantern with my bro, visited a cave in Kompong Trach mountain, and of course had seafood till I almost puke.
Here are some random photos of 2015:
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