Welcome 2010

Hi All!

Happy new year to one and all!

It's 2010! Time really flies~! People are starting to come back from overseas student exchanges, and some others are going away. I'm not allowed to complain because I have enjoyed myself overseas for 3-4 whole years. Haha! :) Look forward to meeting up with everyone and to 'see' the world through others' point of view

In every new year, People make new year resolutions and try to reflect upon the previous year. This time, I feel more realistic and more with a sense of purpose as I do this. Prior to this, it seemed more of a ritual :p

2009
A rollarcoastal ride of emotions and a stablisation into a comfort zone. Few things to recall:

21st birthday party - I guess it reflected that I wasn't all that ready to be a grown up as I tried to organise but failed to successfully make it a full enjoyment for all. Mixing relatives with friends is never a good idea. I thought of it more of a chance for others to meet up and catch up rather than the sole purpose of 'celebrating' my birthday. Next time I will harder to let others enjoy themselves more ;)

Job searching - This promptly only began after most melbourne students went back and i began to feel the dread of waking up to not doing much. :p The interview that fell on my actual birthday was what secured this :) It was tough at first, given that this industry seemed so small. Tried a couple of insurance companies but eventually I flocked back to my comfort zone, where I had interned before. I don't quite regret it but sometimes I do wonder what it would have been like if I had been more daring to take on sometime else.

my grandma! :D

Grandma - tried to make more effort in 2009 to speak to my grandma though i seriously can't understand her =x she speaks canto and uses more chim (complicated) words than my hk colleague does. Still relying on ppl nearby to help translate =x feels a bit bad because a few of my younger cousins actually can communicate with her! There were a few times that I couldn't bear to reject when she gave me food though I was super full!
1/ yam and green tea - these 2 are things that I would never eat .. but because my grandma peeled them for me and insisted.. I had to try it! They were alright.. but I think next time i see either items, I would just think about her
2/ cake at her birthday celebration! I guess a small token that i gave her (an ang pao) made her very happy as I was the first grandchild to give her that?

2010:
1/ to get a work life balance i.e. exercise more, swim more, gym more. :)
2/ Get my driving licence by this year!
3/ pass all my SOA papers! (ok, not all, but I'm thinking at least 3 this HALF year) - hope i'm not too overly ambitious..

:) sounds good. hopefully can save enough to go on trips here and there and to have ppl to go with too. anybody up for it? ;)