2023 Round Up

I’ve done this before, and it kinda stuck with me. So, it only makes sense that I keep on doing it until this yearly habit eventually gets unstuck.

Again, gotta keep a healthy tradition going on; and who knows, one year from now-me would probably enjoy looking back at this.

When I sat down thinking about the past year (2023) and the one before that (2021), it’s all pretty blur-ish to me. But, one thing for certain is that the overall theme that I was going for was — growth. All in all, it took me sometime to gather my thoughts and looked back at what the f*ck happened in this past year.

Anyway, here’s a quick round up of 2023.

January:

I start the year with the optimum of a Malaysian that stays in JB who is going to work in Singapore for the first time.

I have dim sum for my first breakfast of the year with a couple of buddies, and had dinner with folks I used to call “colleagues”.

February:

I started going for my first couple rounds of interviews.

March:

I resigned from my full-time role after a solid 2 year stint, and signed on to a new role that came with what I thought was a shiny new portfolio.

April:

I went on a long-awaited sushi date.

May:

I survived the Coldplay ticket wars.

June:

I turn 26 and went to see some paddy fields.

July:

I went up mountains again.

I started my first job with Amazon’s streaming division — Prime Video — and dove in head first in the OTT industry.

August:

I saw Bruno Major live.

September:

Too many to account for, and nothing too significant, apart from a few corporate red flags.

I saw Anton Seabra at a more than underwhelming choice of a music stage.

October:

I got into the most busiest month of the year, and (somehow) survived it.

I successfully pulled off my first movie premiere that saw functioning across teams within a marketing division. In other words, underpromised and over delivered.

Things still feel rather gloomy.

November:

I celebrated an anniversary and went to Bangkok.

I did what 14-year-old me would be proud of and saw Coldplay live in concert.

December:

Work became questionable. I stepped up multiple times, more than I thought I would have to and like to.

I start questioning my life decisions, I look to more things/opportunities in the new year.

Not being able to see fireworks (again) was kind of a bummer, but it is what it is. Fool me twice, shame on me.

BONUS

January

https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-lay-off-employees-prime-video-studios-divisions-information-2024-01-10/