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Ok I know this's real early & that the new year hasn't knocked on my door yet but I thought it's better to reflect the good & bad times of what I've experienced in 2007now or never . Better late than never I say .

2007 was a year where I probably experienced more lows than highs as compared to the year before . It was like I died & came back to life countless of times & the experiences that I gone though has aged the life outta me by 10 years . I sometimes wonder if my age's as real as what it's stated on my birth cert .

I drifted away from many people due to a big change of interest (change in my taste / preference in music) on my part . I discovered that people do change & sometimes at the end of the day , you have to rely on yourself to survive in the real world & that family do take priority in my life than friends . The truth's disgusting but sadly the truth always stings .

Do I want to reconcile with the people that I drifted away from , in & outside of the Uni circuit ? probably but at the moment I have no intentions to . Sure my mum & family will frown at my decision to do so but it's my life , I decide on how I want to live & there's always some limitations but I always manage to fight back to get what I want .

Bottomline's that I hate it when you help someone with all of your heart & soul & at the end of the day , that person does not appreciate on what you do & you became un-appreciated in which this's something I went though in 2007 over & over again & you know what ? I've had it & I just walked away without comforting the guilty parties .

I'm not a living doormat & I refuse to let people step over me . People , regardless of the real people I know & come across in & outside of the Uni circuit & people who lurk & read my blog on a x basis probably hate my guts . They want to pull me down with what they write in their blogs or leave spiteful messages on my blog's tagboard but they don't know & realise that at the end of the day , I can't be bothered with what other people say & think about me . I just simply delete the un-necessary comments & just move on with my life , end of story .

Not to mention , there was a period of time where I got screened & blasted at on my blog's tagboard blog entry by entry by some cheeseball just because I made some minor spelling mistakes in my entries in which I think this person's a big joke . Maybe in my next blog entry I will write in short form ala SMS style to make life hell for this idiot .

That's not to say that all of 2007 has been negative for me . 1 of the major highlights that I experienced this year & so far in my life was that I attended my 1st The Click Five's showcase & autograph session which took place at MOS & Kandi Bar respectively in Oct .

I remembered that I was so excited when Warner Music gave me a chance to go catch 1 of my fave bands in performance as I've been waiting to see them perform for the longest time & in person too & they did not fail to disappoint & I have been a fan of them , during when Eric was the lead singer & after Eric left & Kyle came onboard as the new frontman & usually I wouldn't be starstuck when I meet celebrities but when I met the whole band for a brief moment during their autograph session , I was !

& of course most recently , I came back from Aust after I last visited the place 13 - 15 years ago so that's another high point in 2007 & to study the Japanese music market for the past year & to see how things are being done & how things are being worked is also another thing as well & in the course of Jan '08 , several new releases of some of my fave artistes are being pipped out to be released , singles & albums wise & I'm so excited despite fore-seeing that I will be very broke before Chinese New Year starts but who cares man ?

I have to give Hui Li props for introducing me to the Japanese music market in late 2006 . Things soon exploded to a new level as months passed by & now at least Hui Li & I have something in addition in common to talk in our daily lives .

Like for starers , a year ago I wouldn't imagine that I would be listening to Ayumi Hamasaki , abingdon boys school , Koda Kumi , Utada Hikaru , Otsuka Ai , Anna Tsuchiya & many many more Japanese acts & who would have thought that I listened to 7 outta of the 9 albums that Ayumi has released so far in her career within a course of a year ? Madness !

Hopefully 2008 will be a year where I will experience more highs than lows but I'm happy that a chapter's about to close in the book & a new chapter's about to start when the new year rolls by next week .

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