40 questions

  1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
    • Quit my job.
    • Traveled from/to America alone, twice.
    • Traveled to Phu Quoc.
    • Traveled to Ha Noi.
    • Traveled to Vung Tau with my friends from secondary school.
    • Being unemployed for more than 3 months.
    • Borrowed money from friends to live.
    • Be socialized on social groups and Reddit.
    • Answered these questions.
    • Went to Dali Museum in Florida.
    • Went for a ride at 5 in the morning, watching the most beautiful sunset in Sai Gon.
  2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions?
    • I didn’t have one, going to make it this year.
  3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
    • Khanh Duy: not so close to me, but to my map.
  4. Did anyone close to you die?
    • Bich Ngoc’s beloved Coca.
  5. What cities/states/countries did you visit?
    • Cities: Phu Quoc, Ha Noi, Ninh Binh, Hai Duong, Nha Trang, Da Lat.
    • States: Florida.
  6. What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year?
    • Money.
    • A decent job/work that I love.
    • More time with my family.
  7. What date(s) from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
    • I think it’s today, 29/12/2023. Since I’m answering these questions, I haven’t done this before.
  8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
    • Realize what is important and what’s not.
  9. What was your biggest failure?
    • Bad planning on my finance, which make my money run out.
  10. What other hardships did you face?
    • Living without having a monthly income.
  11. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    • Thanks, God, I didn’t.
  12. What was the best thing you bought?
    • A ticket to Vietnam. That changed everything in me.
  13. Whose behavior merited celebration?
    • My dad for his hard working on fixing my family new home in America.
    • My mom for her hard working on keeping up with her heavy job at the hospital.
    • Khanh for her noticeable progress on English communication with others.
    • Map for her continuously support for me and lecturing me all the time :).
  14. Whose behavior made you appalled?
    • My uncle, when he broke my belief on him that’s there are still good in him.
  15. Where did most of your money go?
    • Tickets to U.S.
    • Essentials stuff (food, drink, entertainment).
  16. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    • Went to the Dali Museum.
    • Traveled to Hanoi.
  17. What song will always remind you of this year?
    • From the start by Laufey.
  18. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer?
    • I’m happier.
    • I’m thinner.
    • I’m poorer. Wow!
  19. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    • Being out there. Throw myself into the wild.
    • Talking to people.
    • Planning.
  20. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    • Locked myself in my room, learning and coding.
    • (Over) thinking.
  21. How are you spending the holidays?
    • With my family in the US.
  22. Did you fall in love this year?
    • I’m already deep in love.
  23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
    • My uncle. I don’t hate him, to be honest. I just don’t like him.
  24. What was your favorite show?
    • Jujutsu Kaisen.
  25. What was the best book you read?
    • Oh man, I don’t think I read any this year. Shame on me.
  26. What was your greatest musical discovery of the year?
    • I must say it’s Phoebe Bridgers.
  27. What was your favorite film?
    • Past lives by Celine Song.
  28. What was your favorite meal?
    • Thịt kho của mẹ.
  29. What did you want and get?
    • To feel Hanoi.
  30. What did you want and not get?
    • A job at that 2 companies.
  31. What did you do on your birthday?
    • Oh, me and Map traveled to Phu Quoc. Ate the best pizza that I have ever tried. Climbed a “mountain”.
  32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    • I don’t know. It’s already immeasurably satisfying.
  33. How would you describe your personal fashion this year?
    • Realizing my shorts are suck.
  34. What kept you sane?
    • The target I’m aiming for. The gratefulness I give to my family, my love and my life.
  35. Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most?
    • Andrej Karpathy.
  36. What political issue stirred you the most?
    • The Van Thinh Phat scandal.
  37. Who did you miss?
    • My dad, my mom, Khanh, bé Na.
    • Mai Ny.
  38. Who was the best new person you met?
    • Hà and Quỳnh Anh.
  39. What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?
    • Be grateful and enjoy the moment, Quang.
  40. What is a quote that sums up your year?
    • “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”