Meiyi's Quiz

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?

- I performed overseas in a band, and did a major national examination

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't make New Year's resolutions

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

- Nope!

4. Did anyone close to you die?

- Not really, no

5. What countries did you visit? (official names)

Republic of Singapore (obviously)

Malaysia

Kingdom of Thailand

People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)

United Arab Emirates

Arab Republic of Egypt

State of Israel

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Kingdom of Bahrain

Empire of the Rising Sun Japan

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

A 747 flight!

7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory?

- 26th May, 9-16th June, 24th July, 20th November, 20th November-4th December, 13th December - 19th December, 21st December, 30th December.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

- Completing A levels and performing well for A Tempo XIX (hope Coda IV comes up here too)

9. What was your biggest failure?

- Hard to say... I don't really consider anything this year a big failure

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

- Well I suffered from severe illness and fatigue, being sick and tired of the A levels.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

- The Concorde for FS9, which is beautiful

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

- Loads of people.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

- Cathay Pacific

14. Where did most of your money go?

- Excellent question, I'm dying to know myself

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

- A Tempo XIX, Japan trip, Middle East trip, Hong Kong trip, LOTR symphonies in Singapore and KL and Coda IV

16. What song/album will always remind you of 2008?

- Quite a few... whenever I listen to my concert recordings for one.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

happier or sadder? happier
thinner or fatter? around the same
richer or poorer? around the same

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?

- Fly

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?

- Not fly

20. How will you be spending Christmas?

- Running around visiting families.

21. Who did you spend the most time on the phone with?

- Different people at different stages of the year, I guess.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?

- Remained in love with the 747

23. How many one night stands in this last year?

- NONE

24. What was your favourite TV program?

- I don't watch TV

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?

- Cathay Pacific

26. What was the best book(s) you read?

- The World According to Clarkson.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?

- The LOTR Symphony

28. What did you want and get?

- The HK and Japan trips!!!

29. What did you want and not get?

- Flights on 747s and A380s

30. What were your favourite films of this year?

- Wall E!!! And Dark Knight.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

- 18, I was trying out my birthday present from SEAB, the A level Physics paper 2

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

- Hmm no one thing would have done that...

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?

- I couldn't care less about fashion

34. What kept you sane?

- friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

- None of them

36. What political issue stirred you the most?

- US Presidential Elections 2008!

37. Who did you miss?

- Some people

38. Who was the best new person you met?

- Hmm I haven't really met many new people, but I have forged a few precious new friendships

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.

- Hmm hard to say

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?

- It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hope and a world of fears