A Year in Review

Has it been a year already? It really doesn't seem so. But at last, 2013 is closing in on us!

Academia: all parts cruel and all parts hard.
Still pushing through with more and more obstacles in the horizon! Becoming a doctor of optometry remains highly dubious in my eyes but with so many people in support of me, I think I would like to try... and then fail spectacularly but well, it's the thought that counts? (no its not, kuro.) XD I try to stay positive when it comes to school, I mean, it's only my future! /totally not freaking out

Fandom: still fanaticism at its best.
2012 marks the year kuro moves past xmfc and becomes overly invested in television. (Honestly, I have no idea which is worst /splays hands in defeat) Life ruiner #1: White Collar. I have never seen this degree of emotionally investment over a tv show but here is me and all my feeeels. People measure their success and worth by their salary and social standing, I measure mine in the number of fics I can get out! ;D I am still tumblr-crazed, head-over-heels in love with perfect flawless people, and evocatively devoted to fiction, or as I've read on tumblr: do you ever realize that we spend our days hoping imaginary people will kiss each other.

Travel: make your mark on the world, small as it may be.
And how can I forget those four months of traveling? I can't say I found myself or anything even of that sort. And I can't say I loved everything I experienced, but it did give me perspective. Hong Kong and China opened my eyes, things change but the people really don't: I don't think I am losing love for my motherland but I am feeling more at home right here where I am. Taiwan was all good fun, may be I didn't have much ties to it so it actually felt like a vacation. Japan was wonderful on one hand and just plain awful on another. Despite the setbacks, I did prove to myself that I am really not as much of a failure as I thought I was, also, come on, it was Japan!! ;)

Life: oh it's a miserable thing at times but I love it so.
So it seems we survived the end of the world with nothing but an extra bit of rain. Good thing too because I swear I would be flipping tables in hell if the world ended the day right after I finished my exams. Coming back home and taking a break out from uni life is nice, I mean, my parents can still drive me insane at times, but it is good despite the constant why-haven't-you-slept-yets. (Also, Catgams and Puglegs are totally a thing with baconhands and fishbrain.)

New Year Resolution: apparently everyone is doing it.
Besides the fics and travel reviews I owe, I really ought to strive for being more productive, probably spending less time on tumblr and more time on school work (because doctor and everything)? But I know this is all just talking the talk, not walking the walk so we will have to see. I think I just need more self-discipline (haha-what is that even.)

It's a good year, it really really was. I am still essentially the same me, just with the realization that there's more to go! Signing off one last time as kuro in the year of 2012 and let's hope for an even better 2013!! /cheers (and because I love Neal.)