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Well, 2006 wasn’t as high octane as 2005
was, but I’m happy with what I achieved and where I’m headed now.
One of the resounding achievements of 2006
was that my girlfriend went back to Taiwan
for three months (April to June) to sort out her visa, and upon her return
nothing had changed in our relationship, it was still as perfect as when she
left. We fitted back into each others
lives comfortably and haven’t looked back. I achieved a Grade 2 pass in the Creative
Writing module for my degree. I jumped
straight into a second level course, ignoring advice to begin at the first
level and achieved a high standard. This
year my course counts for my degree and my diploma, so my aim is to achieve a
distinction.
I started back at an operational unit in
May, and I’m sad to say that it felt good.
I thought I’d put away the side of me that craves the unknown and
excitement, but the change in job has made me happy.
I passed my Level 2 Commando Krav Maga
instructors course, and I now teach a class on Sunday’s in Greenford. I aim to start a class on camp this year.
And, I got engaged on December 19th.
So, after the dust has settled on last
year, what are my aims for 2007?
The biggest feature of 2007 is that I’m
going to Iraq for four months in September, which shaves off a good portion at
the end of my year.
I start my next Open University year in Feb
and will finish around Sep/Oct. I want
to achieve a distinction.
I failed in my task to learn Mandarin to a
decent level. So this year I will endeavour
to correct that. The class I took wasn’t
exactly the best, and the tutor didn’t push or inspire me, so this year I hope
to do it myself.
I also failed to get my writing back on
track, and work on my website in any way.
I hope this year to update my website will all of my previous material
and begin work properly on my current idea for a novel.
I aim to get my relationships with some
friends that have been neglected back on track, not purely by myself, but I
appear to have lost touch with quite a few of my friends last year, although I
have made several new close friends.
I’m getting married in May, I’ll spend the
next few months working and planning towards that, and I hope to provide a
happy, secure and satisfied life for my future wife. I also very much want to have children with
her.
I didn’t achieve any of my holiday’s last
year. This year we’re planning
smaller. A trip to Taiwan to
see her family (pre or post wedding). A
trip to Vietnam (honeymoon). I’ve already
paid for a weeks skiing trip on the German/Austrian border in March. And we want to do a small tour of Scotland,
so I can show her the private school I went too, and the school I should have
gone to in Edinburgh.
I still also need to finish sorting all the
shit I own out, I moved a lot of rubbish with me and I desperately need to go
through it all and sell it on ebay. | 
