2012 was the year that
- i started my first job after graduating and being unemployed for 6 months at uniten, as a tutor position, which was a contract position (2 years)
- i got into kings, 2 weeks late, was doing the application and interview a week prior to my flight to korea, and i bought the ticket to korea a day before, right after the meeting of uniten's management board.
- i had to leave my home in kuching and moved to uniten, bangi. and i had to stay in a training center dormitory (ILSAS) next to uniten.
- cancelled my trip to koh samui, thailand. burnt the ticket. because of kings.
- ate pufferfish for the first time
- ate sea urchin for the first time
- my christian grandfather died
- met up with makteh (aunt - my dad's younger sister) in seoul and went around together. even went to nami island together
- my family moved to malacca for good. i miss kuching now :(
- my super best friend got married. and i couldn't attend :( but i sent a dedication video, singing a song for her and her husband. the video was shown during the wedding.
- another one of my super best friends got engaged
- i went for an underground korean rock band gig
- i went for a korean band concert - busker busker (버스커 버스커)
- performed at a korean wedding for the first time
- i got promoted to red belt in just 5 months. skipped yellow, got blue, and from blue got promoted to red. i didn't think i would get it, so it was kinda a surprise for me
- i found a korean best friend :) so glad i met and got to know you soohyun. i really do :')
- i learned to speak korean and also some vietnamese, thai and even swahili languages
- went to seoraksan twice, during fall and winter. went to ulsan bawi during my first visit
- submitted and presented my first ever conference paper in Gyeongju
- finished reading book 3 of george r.r. martin's "the song of ice and fire" series
