As year 2009 comes to a close, let me wish each and everyone advance happy new year. Year 2009 have been a great year in general for me. Whether it's personal, work, sports, etc., this year have been a blessing for me. Everything that a bachelor could ever ask, i gained them all this year. New car, new camera, new phone, new love life, a loving and supportive family and a comfortable workplace, it seems like I've been given everything after a disastrous 2008 year.
Now, as 2010 is in the horizon. Let me lay all out my goals for the coming year.
CAREER. I'm retiring from programming. Working as a programmer for 4 years for 2 fruitful companies is enough. For 4 years I've gained enough experience that I need for the future run. Working for an IT environment have been a roller coaster ride but at this point of my life, it's time to face a bigger challenge, a Godzilla type challenge. It's one thing that every Chinese father would like their son to do and succeed. It's time to let my parents retire in due time. Despite the first time I tried to take over the family business and didn't go as planned, I have the utmost confidence that I can succeed this time around. Given the 2 years working outside the family business, gaining confidence and seeing what the outside world is about, working for a company and waiting for my payday is enough. It's time for the big show.
SPORTS. Well, this comes as a surprise. Sports for me includes basketball, gym, tennis and badminton. But for this year, I'll just focus on two sports that have been beloved by me for a long period of time basketball and gym. Basketball, what else can I say? I've been playing this sport since I was 7 years old. I got an appendectomy just because of this sport. But now, this year, I'm determined to become a better player. For countless years, I've been trying hard to play this sport just for fun. Now, probably it's personal. I want to get better and hopefully I can get better in due time. Gym? I've just began going to the gym last year, year 2008. But now, I fell in love with it. To be challenged to keep your weight at the same time, keeping yourself fit and healthy is something I would want to continue doing. No pain no gain, as the slogan used to say. To have the benefit to hurt yourself, hurting your muscles for personal gain, there's no better feeling than reaping the rewards of gym. To see myself in a different physical state compared to once obese-type Michael Kent is simply satisfying. My target weight by June 2010, 165 lbs. Currently, I'm 181 lbs. Hopefully, shredding off 16 lbs and gaining muscles would come easy in 6 months.
PHOTOGRAPHY. This is also a first for me. Before, it was only pictures. Now, photography. Having a new SLR have given me a hobby, a hobby to learn and even making a career out of it. This is a new dimension of hobby for me, as people would tell me, it's an expensive hobby considering how much lenses cost. But who cares? Hobbies are supposedly expensive. And this is one thing I want to learn for this year. Learning those terms such as White balance, aparture, shutter speed gave me the chills but i know i can learn those in due time and improve my picture taking skills.
And lastly....
REDEMPTION. Sheila Gaw, you'll regret the decision you've made last May 10,2008 7:34 AM. Rejecting me simply made me a better person. The day, May 10 have risen up my fighting spirit. I've given myself 2 years to become a better person and to prove you wrong. Now is the time. I know I've became a better man than the one you knew 2 years ago, and i'm ready to haunt your decision. For more than a year, you've given me pain and sufferings. If you only knew what I had to endure during the times I was recovering. Now, it's time for redemption. Those tears, pains and sleepless nights have evolved into the Michael Kent that these people knew today. I've gained enough confidence that was once-lacking during the time I knew you. The one thing that could ever satisfy me is to hear from someone from your friends or EVEN yourself, "is this the Michael Kent that I rejected before?!" because DEFINITELY that day will come. Even though currently you have a boyfriend, that guy is nowhere to be compared to me. There's no way in this world that the fat bastard is better than Michael Kent Reaport. To see the new guy in her special life gave me chills. To see the physical statue of the guy just made me smile, laugh and ask myself "is this the guy who she thinks is better than me?!". This is not bitterness, just like what I've said, this is confidence, the confidence that once doomed me and now, lifting me as a better person.
Suggestions and violent reactions are welcomed. If you dare.
Email me at michael_reaport@yahoo.com
