Ask Me About Year 2020!

 Happy new year 2021!

As usual, I will complete a "Ask me about year (previous)" post so here it is. Before I start, I revisited my previous posts first just to relive some memories and see how much have changed in the past 8 years.

Year 2012 The year of failure and learning how to overcome it
Year 2013 The year of understanding how much grit goes into chasing dreams
Year 2014 The year of independence and understanding mental health
Year 2015 The year of grief and coming to terms with regrets
Year 2016 The year of change and discovering my purpose in life

Year 2017 The year of endurance and understanding how the world works 

Year 2018 The year of changes and travel (lots)

Unfortunately, I just realized I missed out on "Ask Me About Year 2019!" which is odd so I will coin Year 2019 as The Year of Unforeseen Circumstances. I will still though attempt to write "Ask Me About Year 2019! (Re-Edition) reliving the days gone by as though it happened just yesterday. 

As usual, I will skip questions that I don't have answers for.

Ask me about year 2020 
The year of a pandemic 

1. What did you do in year 2020 that you'd never done before?

I moved out of my family home and moved in to another place with my fiance 

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

It did not matter because life plans were all disrupted

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

4. Did anyone close to you die?

5. What countries did you visit?

From my living room to my bedroom

6. What would you like to have in 2021 that you lacked in 2020?

Free from anxiety due to the pandemic (I am constantly worried about my parents catching the virus)

7. What dates from 2020 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

18 March 2020 the start of Malaysia's first nationwide lockdown

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

New friendships

9. What was your biggest failure?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

11. What was the best thing you bought?

Air fryer & egg steamer 

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled?

14. Where did most of your money go?

Christmas presents for family & friends

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Christmas

16. What song will always remind you of 2020?

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner of fatter? (c) richer or poorer?

Happier, fatter, richer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Sleep

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Worrying

20. How did you spend your Christmas?

With my family CMCO version 

21. Did you fall in love in 2020?

Yes, I did again and again since 21st July 2011.

22. What was your favourite TV program?

Love is Sweet (Chinese drama)

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? 

24. What was the best book you read?

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

26. What did you want and get?

27. What did you want and not get?

28. What was your favourite film of this year?

Alive (Korean movie)

29. What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Genuine friendship 

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2020?

Pyjamas, shorts and tee

31. What kept you sane?

"Who" kept me sane is always more accurate. My family, fiance, my girlfriends & friends (personal & from work)

32. Which celebrity/ public figure did you fancy the most?

33. What political issue stirred you the most?

34. Who did you miss?

My beloved late grandmother.

35. Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2020.

I learned to take care of our own well-being especially when the going gets tough. Also, this journey called life is too long to walk alone. Genuine friendships kept me sane throughout the year. 

Oh yes, be patient!

36. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me

Happy New Year 2021!