Good bye 2015

While looking back the year 2015, I have a mix feeling. I am happy that I gained so much experience over the year but at the same time I am sad that it gone too quick. It is my last year before reaching the age of 30. It is already one third of my life span if I work till 90 years old.

1. If I want to give a title to describe year 2015, it would be The Career Year. It was not because of promotion or salary raise at work, but more about the professionalism improvement in my career. I traveled to Florida, SK, Montreal, LA, MB, Chicago, Edmonton, Calgary for business trips, achieved Certified HACCP auditor title, achieved A+ score with one non-conformance in global food safety audit at my company, attended BRC conference, successfully convert the paper documentation system to Electronic system, got good 360 reviews from coworkers, attended more trainings, and met a few professionals in my field. I appreciated all the learning opportunities given to me, and I look forward to 2016 for more challenges! 
2. Holiday! I really inspired by Work life balance culture this year. While working hard, I traveled for leisure every quarter. I went to Chicago beginning of the year, went to Orlando Florida and Disney world in March, went to Calgary for Canada badminton Open in July, went back to Malaysia in Sep. We signed up westjet credit card so that we can travel very often in the future. 
3. Restructuring the basement. I always think that the furniture in the living room is too bulky and the wiring system in the basement is a mess. Roger and I successfully restructure the tv and wiring system to another wall, and placed the couch to the basement. This has greatly increased the seating areas in the basement, and more empty in the living room.
4. Christmas party. We host a Christmas party for the Fenwick Community. This is a chance to get to know my neighbors better.
5. Painting. One of the goals of the year, successfully improved my painting skill. Have a lot of paintings all over the house, able to paint a few paintings for friends. Type of paintings has included landscaping, abstract, sketching, portraits, modern paring and stencils paintings.
6. Completed most of the goals.

1) Swim- Learn how to swim!Done!
2) Painting- Paint a painting monthly, Done!
3) No work issue at home- Not working from home or bringing issues back from work. Done! only work 8 hours still get good feedback on inititiative and efficiency.
4) Career development- Get CHA certificate. Done!
5) Badminton- win A consolation in tournament with my dear. Not done, but we went into A Semis!!
6) A good wife- Be a hardworking wife and cook a lot for my husband. Done and to be continued forever.

2015 New Year Resolution

1) Swim- Learn how to swim!
2) Painting- Paint a painting monthly
3) No work issue at home- Not working from home or bringing issues back from work.
4) Career development- Get CHA certificate
5) Badminton- win A consolation in tournament with my dear
6) A good wife- Be a hardworking wife and cook a lot for my husband

Good Bye 2014

2014 is a year full of good experiences and memories. First of all, I married to my Mr. Right. I feel grateful to met him in Canada and became his wife.  I strongly believe in faith now because after so many years of uncertainties in my life, I found my soul-mate. My greatest memory of the year was the time we spent in preparing for our wedding. After the proposal, we decided two dates. One for the reception in Malaysia and one for our actual wedding day in Canada. We chose photographers, honeymoon destination and venues of the receptions and ceremony. Then, we spent tons of time buying items for our wedding decorations. These moment are precious, we understood each other so well throughout the entire planning, organizing and preparation for our wedding.

Of course, the actual wedding day was the nicest day in my life. It was a rainy day but the joys and fun brighten the sky. I was almost crying at the moment my dad walking me down the aisle and my husband giving his wedding vow. At that second, I knew that he is the man I have been looking for in my entire life; a man who loves me from his bottom of his heart and whose personality matches mine, to create a simple and happy life and family together.

Besides the wedding, we travelled a lot in 2014. We went to Malaysia, Bali, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Chicago. Malaysia was a short three weeks holiday with  wedding photography in Cameron Highland, a wedding reception with live Thomas Cup badminton tournament and meetings with friends. Bali was a nice trip of relaxation with a biking trip along the rice field, a romantic dinner by a poolside restaurant and spa in a luxury hotel. The US trip with family was also a good one. Spending time with my entire family made me realised that my parents are getting older. I am grateful that my dad is still healthy and able to travel with us after his heart attack incident back in 2010. My year end trip to Chicago was a perfect trip to end the great year of 2014. I like Chicago as it is a very architectural and systematic city. I wish I can move to this city and live in an urbanized environment.

Long story short, 2014 is fantastic.  This is the beginning to my new chapter of life with my husband. I believe the future will be greater, and I am looking forward to 2015 and the future.