goodbye 2007, hello 2008!
its been an eventful year as always, but its been one with the most changes i must say. its been very trying especially towards the end but God had been faithful in keeping His promises and being extremely gracious to me.
in all, i've cleared 9 modules, with the bulk of it in 2007. juggling between work, studies, church, friends, family and boyfriend sure wasn't easy. i had to neglect some and let others go. but it was all well worth the effort, i cleared my modules with an average credit. i've got more to come this year, and i'd await for it fervently.
work had been smooth until the restructuring that took place in the middle of the year, and the final straw came when my boss threw in his letter. at that point, my world crashed right in front of me. even until now, its still crashing. and yes, i need to find a new job soon. but what has a beginning must have an ending, and that closed one chapter of my life for me.
my big sista finally returned from brissy and graduated with a first-class honours in her major in journalisam. along with her return came a new addition, lil pico who is still in the midst of toilet-training. the second sis also finished her degree and went through the whole process of convocation. and now she's a qualified early childhood educator. i'm real proud of both my sisters! in every family, there are bound to be hiccups along the way and we've had our fair share. but at the end of the day, we are still family and blood can never replace water.
the boyfriend and i had a few major bumps but not as bad as what happened in 2004-2005. in his words, "at least we're communicating". we visited new places, HongKong, Disneyland and ShenZhen. like all vacations, we enjoyed ourselves tremendously and felt like lil adults for once being out there on our own. it'll be our 7th year come May 2008. how time files, but with every year, our foundation becomes stronger.
i cannot say we've been regular in our church attendance, but whenever we can, we try to make it for service. hopefully, school timetable in 2008 would improve which would also improve our church attendance. also, we know the importance of a cell group but i can only say 2009 will be the year we can commit.
as for myself, the only thing worth commemorating is that i permed and highlighted my hair for the very first time in my life. and i must say, it ain't too bad. =) also, i've tried a new thing - spa manicure. not bad at all too! and clubbing which we've abstained for a year. we kinda returned to it but not in a massive way. and yes, light still does not have any business with darkness. =p oh yeah and i finally changed my mobile and switched over to to Singtel. its something i've been wanting to do, more so with their corporate plan which i would be able to save at least 50%.
so what to expect for 2008?
1. MORE ASSignments and exams
2. regular church attendance
3. operating on 3 of my wisdom teeth
4. a new job perhaps?
5. restrain on buying things in different colors coz i already have them in 3 other colors
6. spend more time with my family and my Abba Father
7. try to finish reading the Bible? i'm still struggling with that btw...
8. visit a new country or at least go on a vacation SOON
9. regularly post pictures and update my blog so that there will be no backlogs
10. bake and cook more often please. still haven't baked at all since exams were over and summer sem started...
have a good year ahead everyone!
