This year, I feel has been the most productive in my life. Maybe it was the exam pressure. Maybe it was the pressure of the incoming college admissions. All I know is that not only were my new interests founded upon these practical grounds, but also my burgeoning room to learn.

I have began writing my blog (this one), taken many college-level online classes (albeit finished few), and gained skills I never could have imagined.

I guess the first demonstration of my newfound skills will also reflect on my performance this year. I used my accounting skills to build ethos’s end of year report, as if we’re a real company.

Although not really complex, involving very few transactions, my balance sheet balances! I guess that’s a win.

This year also had me dabbling in code, from HTML to CSS to Python, I did a little bit of everything, and am now working to build a website for Ethos Magazine and Civilization Magazine. I am now also taking the CS50X course offered on edX.

My investing has also fared well, up almost 15% in the last quarter of the year (beating the market). But I guess it’s too early to tell as I got totally carried by Kandi Technologies (KNDI) and this year was bullish with QE and all that. It is gaining in the face of a bearish market that is the true testament of a good investor. The coming year will allow me to learn how to valuate companies properly.

Thats about it! Wishing myself and whoever is reading this an amazing 2014!

 

 

 

 

 

Vietnam. An image of the bustling streets of Hanoi or the rice paddies on its rolling hills is instantly brought to mind. My visit to Hanoi, Sapa and Halong Bay lived up fully to my expectations.  Hanoi is a city with a heart, pulsing in the day and in the night. Perhaps this is represented in the relentless beeping of scooter horns. Or perhaps it is the shouting of vendors on the sidewalks. In a profound departure from the repetitive days of school, computer, sleep, school, computer, sleep, the 2013 Horizons Week has given me a different perspective on life. One filled with action and excitement. It was not only the buzzing atmosphere of Hanoi, but also the refreshing breeze of the Sapa moountains that encouraged me to step away from my stable yet boring life, to let go of myself and truly socialize and have fun. Where a monotonous day in school-time in Hong Kong may last 48 hours, it was almost as if the days and hours in Vietnam were passing like minutes and seconds. One minute I was in the mountains admiring the panoramic vistas, and in another I was in Halong Bay, jumping off a cruise boat. Through this trip, through hiking in the mountains, kayaking through narrow caves into beautiful lagoons, I realized the world is one of discovery, a world I know not one percent of, a world full of surprises that needed only my enthusiasm to unlock.

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