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Looking back on 2008, I can't really say it was a good year or a bad year, rather bittersweet. Before I started playing DotA, my life was pretty average : going to highschool, hanging out with friends sometimes, watching tv...the usual boring routine. Ever since my life took a turn in a completely different direction, and even though it wasn't always perfect...I don't regret anything that happened.

When 2008 started I had recently come back from the Fire & Ice tournament in Chicago with my old team PMS^Miss. I wasn't in school because I couldn't focus, there were lots of family problems and all sorts of other things. The problem with me was, I let everything in my life affect the way I dealt with people. I wasn't happy to say the least but with a change of attitude and a little help from karma, my life is more than back on track now, actually it's more amazing than it has ever been.

When my old team broke up, I took a nice long break from competing and I have a battle scar you can't see...but it's there. In a way I'm glad it happened, because it made me change direction for a bit. I started talking a lot to the Fnatic DotA players, who were all so humble, honest and just wonderful people. Being their manager has been a great experience for myself. I learned a lot more about being a leader, even if I wasn't playing with them. I've always stayed calm, trusted them and done anything I could to support them....and because of that there hasn't been even an ounce of rockyness with them. They treat me like more than their manager, like I'm apart of their little family. :)

Later on I decided to give the all-girl DotA thing another chance. Cynthia (w4ndeRz-) needed a last for the SMM tournament in Malaysia and she had asked me if there was any change I could go. I didn't think it was possible, but thanks to my manager, I was able to fly to Singapore/Malaysia to compete and spend time with PMS NyX, my new home. I was scared to involve myself with an all girl team after the last disaster, but thankfully things turned out completely different. I just went with the flow instead of stressing out too much and pushing the other girls too much. I wish I lived in Singapore, it's nice how close their friendships are and it was a blast hanging out with them. It was a great feeling defeating the other all girl team PMS Asterisk* because it was my first time playing against girls like that and wow I was so proud of my team. It felt good to have fun again.

I can already tell 2009 will be a blast because it's starting so well. I've been back in school and was able to regain my focus, I did really well last semester and I plan on continuing that. I've been really close to my parents and things around the house have been a lot better. I've reconciled with a family friend who used to be someone I hung out with the most a couple of years ago, so it's nice to see her again. There is also one kickass girl I met in San Jose, her name is Rachel (PMS Seltzer) and she lives really close to me. She plays TF2 for PMS and I've been hanging out with her a lot. Last but certainly not the least, I met a wonderful guy when I traveled to MLG Dallas with Fnatic WoW! It's true what people say, as soon as you stop looking for someone, they'll just come to you =P

As for DotA, I'll be continuing with PMS NyX, we recruited vivienne who was the star player of PMS Asterisk* and we know she'll be a strong addition to the team. Be sure to catch us at the major LAN events this year ;) Fnatic DotA has also gone through a reformation and are ready to come back and own, and of course I will be supporting them all the way!

Oh a little surprise ;) I will be playing the next PriDe with some old schoolers. Muffins/Zujio/DominionWING/p0c! YAY! It's fun playing with them and hopefully we can tear up the American qualifiers.

Well that's it, it seems like I'm still terrible when it comes to writing blogs (I don't know how they turn out to be so long) but I hope I gave a little piece of wisdom from it. There are always going to be bad times in your life, but the only thing you can do is stand up and grow from them. You may think your life is a total disaster, but trust me it can turn out to be completely the opposite if you just wait. Never give up on yourself, and always try to keep faith in other people.

With that said, welcome 2009!

So this is the new year
And I have no resolutions
For self assigned penance
For problems with easy solutions

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(6 months ago) #1 4KFmatthe

I've always stayed calm

Hi :D
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Good to hear that you have a nice life now and that you have something you can focuse on for your future^^

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(6 months ago) #2 PMSRinoa

I said with them, not in general! :D but i have become a lot more calm in general lol. She's a maneater

(6 months ago) #3 MaliSunSet

Really well done Rinoa. I enjoyed reading it and I hope 2oo9 will be a good year for you =] Keep blogging !!! +1

(6 months ago) #4 DNRandoyX

Yeah, very nice article and very realistic too, "to say the least" haha :p Happy New Year Neha! :) A world w/o walls and fences - who needs Windows and Gates?

(6 months ago) #5 ImSOLOmidSTFU

hf in 2009 Jebe lud zbunjenog. Znachi ko je lud ne budi mu zbunjen :)

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	Neha 'Rinoa' Nair
	From : United States, New Jersey
	Age : 2009 years old
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