Summary of 2008

2 more hours left of 2008

I am writing this entry in exactly the same format as the summary I've written for 2007. It's so scary how time passes so fast!!

Highlights of the year

Health/Beauty
1. I've managed to lose about 3 kg from Sep'07 and I'm glad I'm able to fit into my fave pair of jeans once more. I'm elated that I could even fit into my prom dress! My fat measuring machine is down but I'm sure my fat% should be a lot closer to the healthy region now!
2. My stamina has shown a great deal of improvement. I've completed 2 ten-km runs during the year and my timing of 74min is not bad at all.
3. My digestive system seems to be functioning better these days; been having less of those food poisoning symptoms every now and then like before
4. No more nosebleeds, except on the rare occasions that I turn on my aircon without the humidifier. Really, chinese medicine works wonders and this 强身止血丸 has been most effective.
5. I still can't straighten my right arm but it only bothers me when I play volleyball which is really very infrequent these days
6. My complexion has become worse, but what to expect? I'm growing older, not younger.

Work
This is a tiring and stressful year. I'm not sure of my own promotion. This peak will be the most painful of all yet. So, I'm trying to be an ostrich for as long as I can now before I go back to reality next week.

Love/family
1. He's not back yet, but it'd be soon I think.
2. I love my big Estella and my little Nana and Qiqi. They are so adorable. I'll have Nana and Qiqi as my flower girls and Estella to hold my train when I get married. =) Hopefully I get a nephew to open my door soon!
3. My grandmother is gone and despite not being exactly close to her, amazingly I do miss her a little at times. (I still haven't decided if I should move into her room so that I could have the toilet all to myself).

General
1. Took my JLPT 3 and should be able to pass (this comes at a hefty price cos I paid for the stanchart run)
2. In my 4th term at LWSSOM. I don't think my singing has improved much but I've definitely become less tolerant with latecomers, and have become more sensitive to off-rhythm/off-key singing.
3. Somehow, my savings level from last year till now seem about the same..where have all my money gone to? And I thought the only big item I spent on was my Aussie trip? hmmmmm........
4. Just need to take a moment to be grateful of the friends and company I had this year during all those important days without him around.
5. And I really love how independent I am. I won't even say 'become' becos this is how I've always been and will always be.

2008 was a year that I made me proud of myself.

How will I surpass what I've done this year in 2009? I guess there's only one way to find out!

新しい始まる

昨日はPreadvanced の初め授業だった。森山先生が大好きから、森山先生に教えられる、良かった！JanelleとSukmei と一緒に同じClassで勉強するは初めています、楽しいです！

今朝「オー！マイ　ガル」を見てしまいました。9　ep　だけ、だから早い終わりました。とても面白かったです！こうたろ君はハンサムです！杏ちゃんは可愛いです！二人が好きです！

there's a fine fine line.......

There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

ずっと わかければ いいのに。

Follow the notes upon the journey
At first sight marks one's destiny
Once the voyage comes to an end
Return lies within hasty key

And this!

i really have to post this....

どうして日本語で書きますか？

実は、練修のためにじゃありまん。全部の人読めることが嫌いのに、日本語で書きます。若しかしてﾘｰｱﾅちゃん一人だけよめます！ﾌﾞﾚﾅは読めないと思います。

Avenue Q

先月Avenue Q のこお告を見た時に、友達と一緒に見るつもりですけど、友達が忙しいので、行けません。それで、あきらめました。
でも、先週の木曜日の朝、ラジオを聞きました。Chris Ting が私に”Internet is for Porn”を聞かせるんでした。この歌は非常に面白いでした！そして、行きたいようにしたんですから、すぐチケットを買ったんです。
あの日の夕方一番ぼしで晩御飯を食べてから、ミュージカルを見ました。一人でのに、とてもうれしかったです。今度せひもう一度こんなに私とﾃﾞｰﾄへ行きます！

今朝私は起きたところの時、とても疲れました。それから、頭が痛いし体も痛いでした。そして、お医者さんへいきました。医者さんにMCをもらいました。だから、わたしが休めます。それで、うちへ帰って、薬を飲んで、ねました。今もう大丈夫です。良かったです。明日会社へいきます！

29 Sep 08 - Really, the reason why my colleagues were late and the reason why I was there to wait for a bus that would never come was for me to have a chance to have that chat with Emily.

I've always believed that everything happens for a reason.

When you get into a difficult situation, it is an opportunity for to learn and to improve and to be a stronger and better person.

When you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend it's because you are destined to meet someone even better.

When you lose someone, it is to remind you to treasure who you still have.

When you are stuck with a person who drives you crazy, it is to teach you to be patient.

I think God really thinks I'm lacking in a lot of areas. You know what I mean. No, not the relationship part. It's the stuck with the person and cannot find a replacment part.

我喜欢战神东方翔！

i wonder why......

i can be so sensitive to light and have to keep the brightness level of my lappie to the minimum and still think it's too bright

but yet

kinda suffer from night blindness

hmmmmm..........................

神木与瞳

如木守候 如眼看顾 神木与瞳 为你而活

i dun like changes and now suddenly there are a lot of changes.

:(

change is the only constant.

ADAPT.

みんなさん いっらっしゃいませ！

ごめんね！忙しくて　新しい　post　じゃあリません！じゃまたね！

The Kite Runner

For you, a thousand times over.....

There is a way to be good again....

The Time Traveller's Wife

Between a monotonous but peaceful life and a life like a roller coaster with its ups and downs, which do you choose?

Between having a man you do not really love but do not mind that much and is around all the time and having one you really love but one who cannot be by your side all the time and you face the uncertainty of not knowing when he will disappear/reappear, which do you choose?

I choose the latter in both. I need to know there are the ups that will come eventually so that I can get through the downs and the depressions.

Enjoyed the book thoroughly. I will be strong like Clare and look forward to my next reward!

To kill a mocking bird

for one, i was very curious what the title meant. i remember in primary sch i thought it was some book on hunting or wildlife. how funny.

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.... Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird"

i adore Atticus and i can understand why people would want to become a lawyer after reading the book. i think scout is very adorable and i am reminded of my own childlikeness eons ago. i like jem and i remember how i used to tag along with my brother and believe 100% of what he says, and remember them long after he's forgotten. i like how Boo secretly cares for the kids and comes out in the end to save them. i like how the book gently touches on the sensitive topics on racism and human conscience. it questions, instead of trying too much to convince the reader.

i've heard so much about it but i've never had the need or desire to read it. i was very slow in appreciating it and almost wanted to give up after the first two chapters. i'm glad i didn't. it's a great read and one i'd definitely re-read. if only to remind myself i'm only human, like all the rest of the people in the world.