Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011

2010 just ended two days ago. In retrospect, 2010 was a year that was filled with many things. To sum everything up, here’s a brief timeline:

January 2010:

– Went to Puerto Rico

– Started my first semester of senior year

– Started working on my two semester long honors project

February2010:

– applied for an internship at one of the big four accounting firms in the US

– successfully managed to pull together a chinatown trip for my school in celebration of CNY–40 people attended

March 2010:

– scored two phone interviews and 1 office visit with PWC

April 2010:

– Passed the interviews and office visit and officially extended an offer to intern at the Philly office of PWC

May 2010:

– Got 4 A’s and 1 A- for the semester

– completed my first semester of honors research

– found an apartment to sublet for the summer

June 2010:

– moved to Philly for the summer

-Started working at PWC

– turned 21 (and no, i did not get wasted)

– saw SHE & Gary Chaw in concert

– went to the casinos with just Henry & won $60 (not a lot, but we didn’t take any money out either -_-)

– 3 years ❤

July 2010:

– went to longwood gardens & virginia beach (had one of the best crab cakes i’ve ever had)

– drove on the highway for the first time (and almost drove into a ditch)

August 2010:

– extended an fulltime offer to work at PWC upon graduation and successfully transferred my offer to the NYC office to be closer to home

– became a home owner–purchased a studio condo in the heart of Philly

– finished compiling the data needed for my honors project

– bought my first pair of designer glasses

– met and interviewed an executive producer from MTV for my honors project

September 2010:

– Began my last semester at college

October 2010:

– purchased cruise tickets for a trip in 2011

November 2010:

– Successfully finished my first collaborative film & began my independent film project for class

– Saw Hins Cheung & Kate Tsui in concert

– baked my first ever pecan pie and banana pumpkin pie (AND IT DIDN’T BURN~!!!!!)

December 2010:

– Went to Poconos with Henry’s family for christmas

– completely wrote, filmed, edited, and produced a 10 minute film on my own

– finally completed my 2 semester honors project & passed

– graduated from college with honors with a BA in both business and economics and media and communications studies with a concentration in Accounting.

 

Phew. That took a lot for me to remember what had happened, hahah.

SO, what does this mean for 2011? I mean, heck, i’m a college graduate now! I’ll be starting work full time officially on February 15. I have many goals for this year that I hope to be able to reach, and they are as listed:

1) Relaunch my online shop

2) Study for the GMATS & take them hopefully before work begins

3) apply for Grad school at Baruch (part time)

4) Read Harry Potter and the Half-blooded Prince & Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

5) Crochet a hat…and scarf…and mittens

6) lose five pounds

7) Save at least 10% of my annual salary

8) Rent out the studio condo

9) Finish reading DaVinci’s code

10) Read Super Freakonomics

I hope that by 2012, my list of new years resolutions will include graduating from grad school/starting grad school and then eventually studying and taking the CPA exam. I really hope to be able to pass at least two parts by 2014.

However, before we get to 2012, some events to look forward to for the year are:

1) Cruise to mexico!

2) Starting work on V-day

3) Graduation ceremony in May (mine and Henry’s)

4) apps time

5) 4 Years ❤

6) turning 22…jeez…