it's that time of year

i always get nostalgic at new years. maybe everyone does. (?) you know, out with the old, in with the new... i like to think that the new year always gives me a renewed feeling of hope and happiness. it's a chance to redeem yourself, start fresh... it's a time of beginnings. this year is not exception. in fact, i think i feel it more this year. i have a chance to make this experience everything that it can be, after all, i do have another eight months.

let's take a look back at 2006... overall i would have to say that it was a pretty good year for me.
- i started this blog
- i got all A's in my last semester of university
- i graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Specialization Journalism with Dinstinction
- i finally moved far away from home
- i met tons of great people
- i started learning a new language
- i'm learning about a different culture
- i finally freed myself of a job i hated


point form seems a little silly for such a short list... i know that a lot of really good things happened this year, but graduating was the biggest event of my life... then moving here, well, i don't have to spell it out for you. it's been a life-altering year for me in more ways than one, so how can 2007 beat it? i'm not sure yet, that's the great thing about the future... and the hope of what it holds.

hopefully this will be the year that i can begin my life as a journalist. i hope i can discover more about myself, and the world around me. i want this year to be just as good as last, i know that it'll just be in different ways. i have hope for the future... and that's all i really need.

new year's eve in korea will be something that i know i won't forget, no matter what i do. at the moment, i have no idea what that will be beyond "busan". we'll end up somewhere, and like i always say, it doesn't really matter where you are, but, who you're with. so i hope i end up with the wonderful people that i've met here...

i always say i won't make a new years resolution, but i think this year i will:

this year i resolve to make the most and the best out of being in Korea.

that should do it... i'll just have to remember to come back to this post... happy new year to everyone, i hope that you all have the same hope for the future, and that you make this year everything it can be and more. do what you want to do, follow your dreams, and just be happy.