40 questions
- 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.
- Did you keep your new year’s resolutions?
- I didn’t have one, going to make it this year.
- Did anyone close to you give birth?
- Khanh Duy: not so close to me, but to my map.
- Did anyone close to you die?
- Bich Ngoc’s beloved Coca.
- What cities/states/countries did you visit?
- Cities: Phu Quoc, Ha Noi, Ninh Binh, Hai Duong, Nha Trang, Da Lat.
- States: Florida.
- 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.
- 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.
- What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- Realize what is important and what’s not.
- What was your biggest failure?
- Bad planning on my finance, which make my money run out.
- What other hardships did you face?
- Living without having a monthly income.
- Did you suffer illness or injury?
- What was the best thing you bought?
- A ticket to Vietnam. That changed everything in me.
- 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 :).
- Whose behavior made you appalled?
- My uncle, when he broke my belief on him that’s there are still good in him.
- Where did most of your money go?
- Tickets to U.S.
- Essentials stuff (food, drink, entertainment).
- What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- Went to the Dali Museum.
- Traveled to Hanoi.
- What song will always remind you of this year?
- From the start by Laufey.
- 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!
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- Being out there. Throw myself into the wild.
- Talking to people.
- Planning.
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- Locked myself in my room, learning and coding.
- (Over) thinking.
- How are you spending the holidays?
- With my family in the US.
- Did you fall in love this year?
- I’m already deep in love.
- 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.
- What was your favorite show?
- What was the best book you read?
- Oh man, I don’t think I read any this year. Shame on me.
- What was your greatest musical discovery of the year?
- I must say it’s Phoebe Bridgers.
- What was your favorite film?
- Past lives by Celine Song.
- What was your favorite meal?
- What did you want and get?
- What did you want and not get?
- A job at that 2 companies.
- 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”.
- What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- I don’t know. It’s already immeasurably satisfying.
- How would you describe your personal fashion this year?
- Realizing my shorts are suck.
- What kept you sane?
- The target I’m aiming for. The gratefulness I give to my family, my love and my life.
- Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most?
- What political issue stirred you the most?
- The Van Thinh Phat scandal.
- Who did you miss?
- My dad, my mom, Khanh, bé Na.
- Mai Ny.
- Who was the best new person you met?
- What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?
- Be grateful and enjoy the moment, Quang.
- What is a quote that sums up your year?
- “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.”