I thought we'd enjoy a bit of reminiscing of the past year and talk about our plans for the future, whether it's something personal or D-related that anyone is willing to publicly talk about. It should be a fun topic, or so I hope! :) So let me begin..
Generally this has been an awesome year for me. This year I've become a part of the D core team, which is not something I even planned for, but I'm really grateful it happened. It's an awesome team to be in! Another thing that happened, is that after many years promising myself that "this year" was going to be the one where I get in shape and live a healthy life, it turns out that 2013 was that year! I've lost 20 Kg (44 lbs) this year and now my BMI is in the normal range at around 22.4 BMI. It was 28.4 BMI at 95 KG (209 lbs) at the start of the year. It wasn't just frequent exercise that helped me lose weight. I started eating healthy food, and now spinach, kale, beets, and other vegetables are a permanent part of my diet. I wouldn't dream of saying this last year, but steamed veggies are absolutely delicious!! As for my future plans, I'm hoping to land myself a nice programming-related job next year. I've never had a programming job, most of the paid work I ever did was physical work, such as drilling through bricks, rock, concrete, installing and repairing air conditioners, installing central heating systems, lighting and electrical work, and stuff like that. I also want to and plan to study algorithms this year. Whenever some algorithm-related discussion popped up in the newsgroups I would typically avoid giving any input as most of the conversation would go over my head. But I'm gonna bite down and study hard, I really want to "grok" it. Ok, so who's next who wants to share?