Recap

Let’s do a recap.

2024 was a busy year. Looking back, I accomplished what I set out to do.

• Residential Electrician Certificate
• Basic conversation in Japanese

Electrician Certificate

I spent four days a week to become a residential electrician. It includes lecture, reading, and hands-on training. This experience gave me the skills and knowledge to work with electrical equipment and wiring. I learned the technique to operate machinery and the understanding of electrical system. This knowledge will stays with me forever.

Basic conversation in Japanese

This has to do with managing my ego and lesson learn of being humble.

On my last trip to Japan, I prepared myself to be aware of my action in a different country, but I did not prepare myself to blend into the culture by speaking the language. I was able to get by with pointing things and using a translator app, however, it did not help me to fully experience the culture and the people in Japan. In an incident at a restaurant, I was not able to make an order and has to be accommodated by a designated staff. I am humbled by this. I set out to make sure I can communicate, at some level, as if I am a local customer.

For four months, I studied Japanese everyday for hours. When I arrived in Japan, I was able to communicate with the locals using basic Japanese. I was able to understand basic sentences and able to communicate with using the local language. It was such a pleasant experience. I felt a sense of accomplishment and the trip experience was greatly increased.

Big wins in 2024.

2025

Looking forward to 2025. In general, I still want to meet the reading and exercise goals.

• Read 10 books.
• Exercise daily.
• Writing daily.

I have not set any other goals yet. However, the theme of the year will be

PRIORITY and DISCIPLINE

As I am becoming another year older, I would love to be wiser -_-. I feel that when priority and discipline are set and apply, everything else will follow.

I am looking forward to a great year. Let’s go.