By Renness Sim: Life

In Life,

Blessed 2016.

Ending 2016 with this blog post.
A blog post that is free from commercial items and description.
I had quite a few of commercial blog posts recently.
If you've been following me or visiting this site lately, you know.
This post is purely to recall what I've done in the past 365 days.

1. I graduated as a Bachelor of Accounting

This milestone is a pay off to my hardwork and a celebration for my 17 years of study.
I am very thankful of how I've came so far with all the blessings.
No matter I was a study partner to you or an enemy to you,
I truly appreciate your companion for these years.
Without each of you, my study journey wouldn't be so joyful, complete and fruitful.

2. Challenge

Tbh, I didn't think of sky diving at that point of time we bought the flight tickets.

This was a random plan which I need to thank AirAsiaX for the 1 day delay.

Allowed us to have one more day and put the sky diving slot in our itinerary.

For some people, it may take you huge courage to step into the little plane.

Not to bluff, for me, I am always ready for some kind of challenging activities.

But if you ask me to bungee jump, I am not ready at all! LOL

I was shocked this bucket list was done so faster than I thought.

Bear in mind: You only live once.

Not only sky diving, this year, I started to follow Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide.

It was intense, energetic and effective!

But so sigh cause I was 'eating snake' for the first 6 weeks and keep lagging the progress.

But I hope I will be able to finish the BBG 2.0 in 2017!

3. A better self

I made a lot of new friends this year as I was having my six months internship

and now I am working in a new environment.

A saying of life: people come and go.

Some people teach you to be stronger, some people share the joy with you,

some people leave you and some people treat you like family.

No matter how, thank for all the experiences and stories you shared.
I've learnt.

Stepping into the so-called real society, the phrase YOLO in my mind started to be
stronger and stronger.
I continue blogging.
I continue to build this little space for myself to express.
I wish this little space will contribute a better life for me in future.

To 2017,
I look forward you to come,
I look forward the decision I made,
I look forward the outcome of every decision I made,
I look forward more wonderful and unforgettable moments to come.

Oh my friends! Thank for making me smile in 2016.
Thank you 2016
*Making a bow*

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In Life,

Growing old vs Growing up.

This is the greatest thing I've ever read:
An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose.
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being. She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop.
I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!
There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.” She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it! These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

Well, the life is pretty short. I bet most of the people are likely to enjoy rather than hardwork right? Some people keen in spending time in shopping, entertainment or having night life. In their mind, there is always 'I'm still young for hardwork, it's not my time yet.' Such a mindset isn't wrong, but you have to know that life isn't that long to let you live on. If there's a chance for you to make a change, you can change the conventional kind of life, WHY NOT? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? 25? 30? 40? 50? or 60? Man, just make a move on the smart decision, never give up and strive for it. Your effort will be paid off.

Strive for your dream. =D