Happy new year!

It’s been about half a year since I wrote my first post here. I think it’s good time to see how many things in the above to-do list I’ve done successfully

and how many things I’ve failed.

So let’s see...
1) Traveling to somewhere: No
Well, first no already.

But it’s not my fault! The pandemic has messed us all up for past years. I didn’t think this pandemic would get this serious and I thought it would be over in several months or so. But it’s been over two years and even worse, it’s not letting up! The newest omicron variant arose and many countries are tightening the restrictions on social distancing again or even considering lockdown. It seems like there’s no choice other than just waiting for things to go back to normal.

Actually, I’m planning to travel abroad several times this year. I'm gonna visit some countries I have never visited before! And my first destination is Turkey, more specifically Istanbul. My parents went to Istanbul several years ago and they said they got to visit a lot of beautiful locations and everything they ate was fantastic. So I might go on a one month-trip alone in march, it’s not 100% sure yet but most likely.

My 23-years-old birthday is in march of this year and it will be a good present for myself. I’ve been learning to speak basic turkish so I can meet locals and get along with them. I find it really difficult to socialize with the locals without speaking their language when I travel abroad. English alone hasn't been enough. And Turkish prices has gotten really cheap for foreigners lately. Well this is not the first time the lira has fallen but it crashed to extreme low level recently since Turkey’s currency crisis is getting worse. Definitely great time to travel to Turkey considering everything will be cheaper for foreigners. I’m sorry for the situation of people living there btw. Hope things improve for Turkey.
2) Making my first custom level pack: Yes
I made two NL level pack last year so definitely yes!

My first level pack is “Lemmings Uncharted”. And I’m pretty happy with that. Of course it’s far from perfect. It includes some of the earliest levels I created and my level designing skill and style has improved and changed a lot. So the difficulty and the quality of the levels are kind of wonky and all over the place as a result. But it's OK to make mistakes as long as you learn something from them, isn’t it?

And I made this pack for the enjoyment of doing it and I absolutely had a lot of fun!

Also I have to give massive thanks to kaywhyn for LPing this pack! He uploaded multiple long videos everyday and it was near to impossible for me to catch up all of them but I really loved watching the series.

Hopefully I will have free time so I can re-watch the series without being pressed for time.

There’s also my second NL pack “Xmas Lemmings 2021” which was released last month! Look at my forum signature if you are interested in.

I don’t think I’m gonna make another level pack anytime soon, but I‘m planning to make my own NL style. It will take a while though.

3) Playing some custom packs by other members: Yes
I’ve played quite a few level packs! I played LemRunner by tanxdx and dexter, Lemmings Stampede by bulletride, Long Live Lemmings! by NieSch, GOTTA GO FAST by flopsy, Lemmings Quartet by Apjjm and some unfinished packs that are still in development phase. I find it really interesting and surprising that so many people are still playing and actively making custom contents for this 30 years old game!

This awesome game never gets old!

I’m also one of those people who are still enjoying this game. Normally when I start something new, I tend to get a little carried away by that for short period of time and lose interest in everything quite easily. But that doesn’t hold true for Lemmings.

I’m still having fun playing it and will continue to do more. If there’s one thing I hope for custom Neolemmix level scene, it’s that there were level packs with higher difficulty. There were some difficult level packs but they weren’t as difficult as I had hoped.

To be honest, it normally takes only a few hours to complete a pack for me. I’m still hungry and craving for higher level of challenges.

4) Studying English: No...
There’s not much to say really.

My English has hardly improved. Granted, I start off the year full of ambition as always but not a lot of follow through.

All the lectures at my university are offered in English but I don’t really pay attention to them, and I’m not at all exposed to English other than Lemmings Forum.

5) girlfriend: yes
We’ve been dating for the last several months.

I was her private math tutor when she was a high schooler(and before I entered the army) so we naturally got to talking a lot. I think I had got friendzoned by her but somehow we were spending time together after she got into university last year. We baked some sugar free chocolate cookies last christmas. She didn't know the first thing about Lemmings when we first met but she has picked it up by watching me playing or making levels. Pimolems is the only pack she has played and she has made a level and you can find it on my pack Lemmings Uncharted!

(it’s the final level of the Aquarius rank)
6) Playing games: MASSIVE yes
I’ve played so many games. I’ve played Starcraft1&2, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Valorant, Age of Empire4, League of Legends, Dark Soul series, Lost Ark, some rhythm games, some indie games and mobile games... hard to name them all.

I’m sure there’re more I can’t remember at the moment.
So what is the new year’s resolution for 2022?
To be honest I'm not a well-organized person at all. And I realized that there’s absolutely no chance of me spoiling the plans if I don’t make any right? (no need to applause! I know I'm a genius

) Actually you guys were really lucky to got witness me making a to-do list last year. It’s really a rare event that you only get the witness once or twice in a lifetime like a meteor shower or something like that.

So I won’t make any specific plans for this year but I’d like to be more adventurous in general.
