2015 is a year i never hope to live again, and the most accurate way to describe it is that 2015 is a lesson in failure. failure is an annoying phenomenon. you think you've chosen your battles wisely enough and then one bright, sunny afternoon it just gracelessly sweeps you off your feet and slams you hard, face down on the ground, and before you can even grieve you have to find your feet and redo your life plan in a jiffy. it's not a particularly easy thing to do especially if one is carelessly confident and does not have a back-up plan for failure. i can only be grateful to the people who has allowed me time to bawl my heart out when the rest of the world expected me to be strong and smile and move on.
but to end the year on a good note, the odd years have generally worked in my favor before and despite everything, 2015 was still jam-packed with good experiences: the thesis, working in the clean room, presenting at an IYL forum, working on SOI technology, corresponding with (THE one and only) imec, meeting people professionally, spending an afternoon at the bell labs, seeing my sister twice, seeing the pope, travelling to four different countries, joining the choir, being waltzed properly, and learning the harp..and also being told i'd make a good wife (obviously by somebody oblivious of the fact that i hate cooking bwahahaha).
and so, in spite of it all, it was still a good year and i would like to thank again everyone who made it to the acknowledgement page of my master's thesis, my professors, old friends who have kept in touch, new friends who have been very welcoming, and the lady from the lego store who secretly gave me a c3po despite my total purchase not reaching 30eu haha. but, seriously, thank you. i have never been so eager to get out of a year as i am for this one and i hope 2016 brings better experiences to us all.
happy new year :)
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