Recalibrate 2015

Day since the surgery: 196
Pain Level: 0 - No pain, right cheek just feels numb and weird - as usual.

Swelling: Because of the tightness, I'm pretty sure my right cheek is still swollen. Gonna see Surgeonman next week...maybe he'll have some answers.

Sleep last night: Very late (It was NYE) and very disrupted (the flu is back with a vengeance and has gone to my lungs or something...ended up coughing all night).
Other weirdness: Even though I'm past 6 months post-op, I randomly found myself drooling again today. I think it's from a combination of a (still) numb lip and chin, the sickies, and a general heightened inability to feel things whilst I'm sick. It was weird. I thought I was supposed to be past that.

Mood: Sick.

It's the 1st of the New Year and whilst I've friends who went suntanning, shopping, biking, and all sorts of ways to "start the year with a bang", I spent the whole day huddled on my couch trying to sleep the flu off. It's pretty much the end of the day now and I am determined to make plans for the new year.

Looking back at the past year, I guess I've achieved some and missed most:

ARIELA'S 2014 GOALS

01. Jaw surgery 2014

02. Take my next German exam (Nope)

03. Read the whole Bible through (Still got about half to go)

04. Travel out at least onceJapan, HK

05. Receive at least one award this yearSPA

06. Keep on top of my springcleaning plans - clear one area a month (Nope)

07. Finish a half marathon (Nope)

08. Get to the next business achievement bracket (Goal:3GAV) (Nope)

09. Get involved in food sustainability efforts Got connected with SDO.

10. Be more open to people. Meet new people. Make new friends. New church, new cell group.

11. Get back to 48kg and stay there. No more excuses (Nope)

12. Make a list of intl friends and keep in touch (Nope)

13. Read 12 books (Maybe, I'm not sure)

14. Take the GREs - even if not for grad sch, then at least for some closure (Nope)

And this was what I thought the years ahead would plan out to be:

REWARDS & MILESTONES

Oct14: Gym, 52Kg, Tioman Birthday (Nope. Nope. Nope.)

Nov14: 16Nov Run for Hope 10K, Hunger Games 20Nov! Watched the hunger games, but couldn't run.)

Dec14: 7 Dec 21K Half Marathon (Postponed to 2015)

Jan15: Hiking Trip (Doesn't look like it now unless I can find friends to go with.)

Apr15: Fencing (I'm starting earlier.)

Jun15: Portfolio Shoot (Not ready)

Oct15: Germany (Yes. I shall.)

Summer16: England & Agape/YWAM (Maybe earlier) 

Jul16: Graduation (Nope, not anymore now that I've deregistered from grad school)

I guess the craziness at work stole more away from me than I expected. I also gave up graduate school because I was too overwhelmed by work (again).

There used to be a saying that Singaporeans focused a lot on the 5Cs in life (Cash, Car, Condo, Country Club Membership, Credit Card) mainly as a rhetoric to how materialistic we can be. In 2012, the main newspaper in Singapore reported a shift in the definition of the 5Cs to Control, Confidence, Community, Career, and a Can-do Attitude...propaganda if you ask me. I guess I have my own set of "C"s this year too - Community, Companionship, and Career, being three of them.

The new goals for the year ahead are in the side bar...including the new milestones. I have fewer goals this year... some of which I have to work quite hard at. Here's to an awesome 2015 - a better year, with many beautiful memories.