So I first saw this nifty Q & A for 2009 on Nafisa's blog and thought it was pretty cool .. now that both Azra and Waseem have done it, i'd better jump on the bandwagon as well.
It's a bit late it's true .. but better late than never
Got arrested ooh and had a real job
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?Didn't really have any resolutions last year, plenty this year though
3. How will you be spending New Year’s Eve?
A fun contrast to last year, spent it chilling out with friends in Umhlanga, playing on the beach in the rain
4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope, not really, well MJ's gone .. and so i suppose pop is dead; but that's more of a thing than a person
5. What countries did you visit?
Went to the England in April, mainly to watch football
6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
More adventure I guess, hopefully should be off to Nigeria pretty soon .. but also more adventure in life
7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
1 Feb, the day I started working at my first real job
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Turning around my performance at work, something I didn't think was possible six months ago
9. What was your biggest failure?
Failing to maintain links, connections and relationships the way they deserved to be
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Right at the end of the year, I dislocated my shoulder (time number 15); thankfully 09 was free of any heart drama
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Tickets to watch Man Utd play Aston Villa at Old Trafford, what a fabulous time .. oh and perhaps the new apartment; but i'll still be thinking of that as 2010s purchase
12. Where did most of your money go?
Squandered i guess; in the words of the immortal George Best "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars, the rest I just squandered" .. although the fast car did account for a goodly chunk
13. What song will always remind you of 2009?
My sex is on fire - Kings of Leon
14. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Blogging, and just accepting and enjoying life
15. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Stressing about things beyond my control
16. What was your favourite TV program?
Big Bang Theory
17. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
Absolutely .. the Swiss Bitch who made my life such a misery in the first half of this year
18. What was the best book you read?
On the road - Jack Kerouac
19. What was your greatest musical discovery?
That I like deep house much more than I thought I did .. and that the Parlotones are really, truly fantastic
20. What was your favourite film of this year?
Avatar was amazing but I think Invictus wins because it tugged at the heart strings so much
21. What did you do on your birthday?
Can't remember the specifics, but it ended with riding a bus past the hospital I was born in in London
22. What kept you sane?
Work and the amazing friends i've made
23. Who did you miss?
Friends .. Kaajal in particular, although that was mainly my fault
24. Who was the best new person you met?
Maria who shares an office with me
25. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009:
That I can accomplish things I didn't really believe I could .. thought I could .. but never believed
2 comments:
lol@ the swiss bitch. Now really, couldn't have been that bad? :D
That bad?
To put it in perspective, the other team member who worked with me on the project has an A-Z list of the ways in which she's a bitch!
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