Thursday, January 04, 2007

recap: 2006 & crystal ball: 2007

recap:2006

the last 7 days from christmas to new year's eve (NYE) was a blast! had so many things lined up one after the other. but it was a good break away from the pressures of work and the usual so-i-really-have-to-do-this actions. here are some of the highlights that i can remember...

had a dinner to celebrate my granny's 80th birthday at SICC on the 23rd. didn't realise how a table full of old people could be so vibrant; and very glad to see her look happy. spent christmas eve over into christmas really high then drunk. lotsa fun at traders hotel suite. everyone brought alcohol; we didn't bring any back. *fingers crossed* that the hotel doesn't find the damage. i won't bother posting any "before" photos, especially when the "after" photo kinda sums up the state of the room and the success of the party.

i promise i will try to get the photos out to the necessary people once i figure out how.

the following friday was my baby's party. this one was tamer. only one person got knocked out, and one birthday boy hopefully drunk or at least very happy by the time he reached zouk, and a couple of others more happy than high. this one no incriminating photos. dang.

saturday was amanda's birthday steamboat lunch and her 'surprise' games. good effort babe! but really the torture came from the blardy aerobic exercise tapes you screened with one Richard Simmons. gosh that guy must have been a reject from the 70's.


notice his attire. then look at the back up support dancers/exercisers he has with him. what an ego boost he must be nursing. happy birthday amanda!

then of cos it was the NYE at jean's place. this one was special. it is the one and only year i spent the first morning of a new year...running around marine parade looking for someone. literally running. nothing more to say, save that next NYE - i will bring a strait jacket. actually maybe i will bring more than ONE.

strait·jack·et Pronunciation[streyt-jak-it]

–noun
1. a garment made of strong material and designed to
bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.

those were fun days for the last days of 2006. and i think as a recap, i am glad that 2006 ended the way it did with all the fun since 2007 already seems to be building up to be a really serious year. 2006 was really a different year in that, to me, at the beginning in January, it just felt like an extension of 2005. if so, i have had 24 months to learn the following:

things i have learnt in 2006:

1. focus...that no matter how swarmed over by anything i could get, that somehow i can turn the tide and concentrate on the components and get each little bit settled, one slow agonising step at a time.
2. patience...to deal with the fools i meet along the way. (if you need to think whether you were one of them, then don't worry you aren't. i do not suffer fools gladly)
3. clarity...to finally see the bigger picture and start planning to reach it. yeah, i always have a master plan but did you know that plans move through draft stages too? maybe this one is going to be the final one.
4. friends...thanks to all those who lent me a ear, gave me a pat on the back and pushed me forward. even when all i wanted to do was stay still. don't worry, no i do not blame you.


crystal ball: 2007


like i pointed out above, this seems to be shaping up to be a really serious year. makes me wonder where i will be at the end of the next 12 months. will this year be full of harmony and good karma after the struggles of the last? or will it be another 365 days (now 361 days) of torturous and slow movement forward and quick slides backward?


two major milestone at least in the next 4 months. the first - getting the keys to my new apartment after watching it get torn partway to the ground and built right back up. god knows that would be enough excitement to last the remaining 8 months after. the second - moving/bunking in with my baby. *grin* this will be a happy milestone; provided the forces that be don't throw any more curve balls than they already have. (god, you listening?)

a new year is often a time for resolutions. well this time round, i have decided not to hogwash it and actually create a couple of them. these are the ones that can be shared.

1. try and leave office before 7pm everyday. (if i manage 3 out of every 5 days, i reckon this is a sucess. next year can try for 4 days. )
2. eat more, weigh less. (still inspired by baby's cousin-in-law...do i smell meat?*yum*)
3. run more, bulk up. (nuff' said)
4. look after my fish better. (i luurrvee my fishies.)
5. spend more time with my granny. ( i realised in a flash that's she's 80...)
6. be even more insanely patient with fools than i have been. (but if you fill up my time with inane chatter, someone is goin' to get a beatin'.)
7. go for a holiday...finally. somewhere. hopefully enjoyable, with lots of rest and food. (missions to purchase cheaper items from chatucak or saigon or bali do not count - yay! more holidays!)
8. master chinese cooking. (might as well, since i will have a kitchen in 4 months and less money to eat out. =p)

okay then, report card due in June and then December 2007. maybe i will remember half of them. *fingers crossed* i will try my darnest! *earnest voice*

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