2013.

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Once you actually start attempting to write about a whole year and try to sum it all up in a few measly words, it's actually one of the hardest things you can do (I can't even think up a title for this little introduction). I'm afraid that my words alone will not be enough to express my bent up feelings effectively. I managed to finally get myself off the couch after about nine hours of anime (I feel like I just let myself go) and decided to start writing up the oh so obligatory end of the year post. I don't plan to post up anything about the end of 2013 anywhere else (since I tend to get a lot of hate for that), so enjoy this while you can. So without further ado, I present to you...

A Year In Review: 2013 (Not Really)

It's difficult to keep track of all the changes and things that have happened in the past year. If I were to tell the Kevin-from-one-year-ago that he were to go on to take chemistry and skip a grade in a bunch of courses, I am 99.9% sure that he would've started panicking. Looking back, I can see that so many things have changed. Some of them I'm glad for the change. Others I wish never happened. The people around me, and myself, we've all changed.

A year ago I was hanging out with my two favourite people in the world. I was new and fresh meat to high school. Me being me, I was stressing over the science fair project and the booklet (which I can look back and laugh at), yet still procrastinating over it (that largely has remained unchanged of me). Yet I was enjoying it all. I had friends and by that time any idea of transferring to North were demolished. Like everybody else I was excited for the new year.

When I think about old Kevin, I can say that I get sad. But it's a good thing to be sad right? It means there is care in place. I don't necessarily wish that everything stayed the same, but I do regret some decisions that I made within that time period.

Enough of old Kevin.

Right now I also talk to my favourite people. I can't say that they're the same, and although I dearly miss them, I also cherish the new people I have met. There is a chemistry test coming up right after break and a lot of math assignments that I have not handed in. The general theme has remained the same, but the details have changed.

Thinking about 2013 brings a lot of things to mind. There is so much to talk about, but I don't know where to start for once. It troubles me, my incompetence that is. All these things happened and I can't decide what to write about. So pardon me for the randomness that will undoubtedly show up in this post. I can't help it.

I've met a lot of people this year. I like meeting people because every new person opens up a new possibility. I've met the new grade eights. I have also made friends (in some cases, very good friends) with the grade 10s. And I made friends with some of the remaining grade nines that I did not meet last year (what a terrible grade rep eh?). So... erm... thanks if you are a part of my life. My life wouldn't be it right now if it weren't for you being you.

We've all experienced the trends that have hit us the past year. Whether it be whatever the fox says, or a certain Korean dance style, I know that in the future when people rave about them and we are old and fragile, that we can say, "Those were good times." We have lived every single day of this year, and we are the only ones who are able to say that.

Wow. I'm just bad at this. I really can't say anything else, so I will end it here. Thank you for everything that has happened in my life. I know that if you are reading this blog, then you are a part of my life, no matter how small and insignificant, or how big and important.

Ultimately 2013 may not be a year that people will remember for anything significant or life changing. However I can say that I have lived the days that bear the mark of 2013. Sure some days I was sad, and others I was brimming with happiness. Other days can be in-between, and the rest all have their own titles.

My type of thinking applies to a lot of things. I believe that everything should be treated the same. Whether it be people, homework, or schools. In this case though, it's days. I think that every single day is important. I don't disagree in celebrating the end of the year, but the way we made our calendar just made it so that the last day of December would be that day. When people say, "We'll never experience another day like this in our lives." I think, "Well, I will also never experience yesterday, or the day before that, or the day before that ever again." I take everyday as I go along life, only stopping to think ahead when it's needed. Everyday is the same to me, regardless if it is the end of the year.

However that's not going to stop you is it?

Let me put my quote and number right here, so I can just end this post off in a nice way.

As of today, Decemeber 31, 2013, Kevin Zou is a 9 (woah, something that isn't an 8).

"Write it in your heart that everyday is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hope everybody is safe and sound for the New Year's. Happy New Year's everybody. And of course...

谢谢

danke

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