Shoot! It is technically the third day of the new year and I haven't blogged yet! Circumstances have led me to still being up at 1:11am, so I will make the most of it. The first couple days of 2011 have been pretty good. A typical weekend with some family time; not too bad at all, because that's usually the way I like it. Today was the best sermon I've heard in quite some time, so that's definitely a prop to Ps. Alfred. Also, I am not the sharpest, so I spent all of last night trying to figure out whether 2010 was the start of a new decade, or the end of one. Over 24 hours later, I still don't really have an answer, so if anyone would like to enlighten me, please go ahead!
Anyways, I've got a week left before I am back in Calgary. There is one thing that made the trip back to Edmonton worth every minute of the three hour drive: pho. The first time I had pho in Calgary, I thought it was a bit strange. I didn't think it tasted the way I am used to. I think I've only been to two or three different Vietnamese restaurants, so I can't say I've tasted the best of the city; but from all of them, it didn't seem to attract me as much as the ones in Edmonton. And coming back just confirmed all of this. At first, I found it hard to believe Edmonton's pho tasting better, but I had some agreement from others, so I'll take another victory in favor of Edmonton!
Whether 2011 is a new decade or the second year of a new decade, it has a lot of living up to do. The year of 2010 really set the standard of this millennium and it's going to take a lot in 2011 to be able to live up to that. Personally, I don't like to compare; but it's often the case where people come off a high and get challenged quite a bit and experience a lot of lows. So I don't think I'll be too surprised if the calender year of 2011 will be a tough one. 2010 already had its fair share of disastrous events, but it's only going to get worse. I'm not being pessimistic, it's simply reality.
Probably also worth mentioning is that, like some others, I'm not big into the resolution thing. I have my goals and standards, and I'm always going to work toward them - readjusting when it calls for it - and that's about it. I don't think I can really list out things that I would want to include in my "New Year's resolutions" if I had to make one. I am someone that learns through experience, and am usually someone that rides the waves. I don't try to go out of my way to do things or be different, so I wouldn't really have any outstanding or cool things that amaze people that I want to do this year. But regardless of what I think about resolutions and stuff, I'm pretty stoked to share some good memories with some friends and family this year. I will say, though, that I need to be challenged a bit. I think I have my challenges right now, but slowly, I think I will try to push myself a little bit more everyday to be a little bit better than I was yesterday.
Looking forward to a good relaxing week to wrap up my Christmas and New Year's holiday!
Happy New Years Everyone.
1 comment:
So, 2010 is the START of a new era! it took me a while to get these '21st century, etc..' straight (thanks to my Historic Dress class) because if you think about it, when people say the 16th century, they refer to the years of 1500 to 1599, so it doesn't include 1600
as for the 21st century that consisted of 2000-2009... wait now that I think about it, I think were still living in the 21st century (until we reach 2099) but 2010 is the start of a new Decade haha... i hope my logic is right...
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