So you're now 26 years old...

So you're now 26 years old... what have you accomplished in your life?

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I was inspired to write this blog post when I saw someone, who is 26 (same as me! :D), wrote something similar on Quora in response to the question asked :)

I just thought it is something interesting to do... and so here I am... doing it xD

Okay so here are some ground rules if you guys want to try this:

1. Accomplishments - Stuff that you personally felt you've accomplished. Something that you are personally proud of. Don't only put in stuff that you think other people will consider as an accomplishment. It is your life after all :)

2. Keep your number of accomplishments the same as your age. Summarize or group stuff up if you need to (and if you feel like you've achieved a lot in your life)

3. That's it! Let's start :D

So you're now 26 years old... what have you accomplished in your life?

(in no particular order)

1. Wrote several gamebooks, stories and poems
2. Published a poem on the UK Poetry Library (for amateur/ upcoming poets) - the website is currently suspended though :P
3. Took up the role of Program Manager and, with the help of my friends and my juniors, organised UTAR's first Biological Science Week successfully.
4. Graduated from university with First Class Honours and managed to keep my scholarship intact
5. Obtained my Masters degree in science (Research mode some more!)
6. Learned how to set up a basic online/ freelance business
7. Worked at one of the most boring jobs in my life - a salesgirl at a shopping mall
8. Managed to land a job writing reviews in the video game industry (well, technically half of it is in the marketing industry though :P)
9. Set up and maintained a personal blog that is quite successful :P Thanks guys!
10. Experienced the joy of being a part of a choral speaking team
11. Experienced virtual reality and had loads of fun with some virtual reality games
12. Purchased a gaming laptop... I've always wanted a good laptop to play games on :)
13. Went through a rather gruelling "military-like" camp for prefects (though I'm not a prefect :P)
14. Learned the family recipes for a variety of CNY cookies
15. Learned a bit of French, Spanish, Latin, and even Morse Code... lol :P
16. Set up my own websites... although I've taken shortcuts by using templates and free website hosting, or that they aren't very successful coz I don't have the time to invest in them :P
17. Created and uploaded my own pretty cool typography music video which has taken me months to learn and create (But I've lost it forever when YouTube banned my account... cries internally)
18. Participated in 2 online karaoke contests - didn't win but well, the experience was fun :P
19. Represented my school in several sports competitions (I'm not the sporty sort... so this is an accomplishment for me :P)
20. Had a 60% success rate in getting a job offer after going to the job interviews (out of 5 interviews)
21. Tried to defend Playstation in a console debate (the other consoles in question are Wii and Xbox... Wii won lol) and lost... apparently, no one cares about the graphics. (Do take note that I'm not a console gamer)
22. Discovered a new passion for designing and creating digital diagrams
23. Became a teacher (tuition teacher to be exact) for a year - it was tiring but meaningful
24. Overcame several "major" mistakes that I did in life without resorting to dire methods - the word "major" here can be very relative term
25. Got a job I enjoy - well, there are ups and downs
26. Haven't died yet.

Oh and I would like to add these at the end of this blog post:

1. To have seen my friend's face when I casually bend my thumb backwards at a 90 degree angle (I have Hitchhiker's thumb :P)
2. To see the amazed expression on my students' faces when they feel the solution turned chilly after being mixed together (endothermic reaction :))

but as they aren't actually accomplishments, so I didn't add them to the main list :P


Have fun compiling up your own list of accomplishments! :)