NYE 311209

Can't believe it's 2010 Eve already.
In less than 24 hours, 2009 will be officially over.
God has been good to me.
I've been very blessed this past one year.
*counts my blessings.

ON FRIENDS:~
In Jan 09, our meetings were still arranged as such: Jayne & me. Jas & me.
By mid 09, we were going out as a Trio :))) Jayne, Jas & me!
We've had some really good times out @ EN, Food For Thought, drinks @ Intercon'......
Their mails and messages on bad days totally lift up my spirits and i'm truly thankful we've managed to keep our friendship after those years apart. (Jas in SG, Jayne in Perth, me in Sydney! Wow!)
With 'lin, we've been meeting as much as we can (which really isn't enough!!!). She officially becomes Mrs. Loo next June. I'm VERY HAPPY for her but at the same time, i can't help feeling a wee bit sad. Sad that she'll no longer be mine. I am selfish like that. Wtf why am i like that :( I love 'lin so. Argh! Stop it. I'm happy for her.
My dear 'Ling. She continues to be one of the most beautiful (inside and out) person in my life, and i love her. 'Nuff said.
The girls - YF, WL, Lisa, Jaime. Everyone grows and changes in different ways huh? The group has definitely gone thru some 'changes'. I've had to learn to accept that people come and go in our lives. We've had plenty of fabulous, fun times. If we have to move on, we move on to bigger, better things now :)
In short, for these wonderful people, and all those i call FRIENDS, i am truly thankful.

ON FAMILY:~
The not-so-good stuff.
Popo (dad's ma) passed away Apr. If the relations on dad's side of the family were bad in the past, popo's passing just made things much, much worst.
On with happier stuff.
We've moved into the new place.
The parents are still happy and healthy. thank God! They nag just as much and i'm still quite the rebel some days and on certain issues... but God do i love them!
The sisters are... well, we're all good. Girls being girls. We laugh, we cry, we fight like mad one day, and we're all for shopping and clubbing together the next =PPP
Dajie, bil and the kids. While i have my issues with jie and bil (stop nagging! i know you're older and all that crap but please!! let me live my own life!!!), i love them both still. The kids?? Ah well, i just can't help loving those two, can i? Claire is still very much the little princess she is. We just spent an afternoon baking choc chip cookies together and will make raisin ones next ^^ Louis, my darling Godson. He was baptised earlier this year. He's quite the monster now. Argh! That terrible age! But still, his cheekiness and innocence melts my heart.

ON LOVE:~
In 2009 i moved from one... to another.
This sounds wrong i know, but i've never been happier.
Early on in the year, the then bf visited. For awhile after that, i really did try my darn best to be 'in love' and happy with him. Omg was i lying to myself (and him).
I wasn't happy. I wasn't in love.
I was just one fucked-up, confused, unhappy girl :(
We were never going to make the distance.
He was never gonna be part of my future.
I finally worked that out.
I went thru a couple of horrible, horrible months then.
But then... *drumroll......
This totally wonderful person came into my life! Or perhaps i should say, he re-entered my life =PPP
What started out as a perfectly innocent evening out for dinner and drinks, led me to fall completely in love with him.
And to think that i almost cancelled on him that evening cos i was blardy worried i might not have anything to say with him. We had, afterall, not been in touch since... omg forever!
All i can say now is, Thank God i went ahead to meet him!!!
He makes me laugh, he makes me cry, he makes me deliriously happy and he also makes me so mad sometimes. But everyday with him, i 'learn' new stuff. I grow. I see things differently. I feel... HAPPY. And in love! God, i'm sOOOOOOOOOoooo in love you have nOOOOOoooooo idea *sheepish.
He truly is my super man and i love him so.

ON WORK:~
While i've been hell busy with work, it's been all GOOD BUSY and FUN!
In the last 12 months, work has taken me places i had never been to before - Colombo (Sri Lanka), Xi'an, Guangzhou & Wuhan (China), Jakarta & Medan (Indonesia)...
While worktrips are not that fun (come on!!! tell me just WHAT is FUN about long hours in transit, being holed up in hotels, exhibition halls and meeting rooms, unpredictable/ harsh weathers, LOTSSSSS of paperwork, having to entertain in a room full of chain smokers and drunks... WHAT IS FUN YOU TELL ME?!?!), well... i've learnt to make the best of things and just... go with the flow :)
Let's hope 2010 is the year i finally make that first trip to India and South Korea eh? *fingers crossed.
The people at work have been overall, just 'FAB! Oh yea, you'll get those nasty bitches & bastards (like you do everywhere *sigh), but wtf i can deal with them right? Just think positive, happy thoughts when facing such people. I've learnt to block them right out. Ha! Ha! =P
ZH was with us for a good 4-5 months. He was wonderful to have around the office.
Debs 'left' us to go over to ICA (I MISS HER!!!).
My fav person in the office, Nee, has been an absolute angel. I love her to bits and can't think what i would do w/o her around the workplace. She's also the one who is probably most up-to-date on my life outside of work :)
Oh oh oh! And, as of Nov 09, we finally have a complete Team in place. Bring on 2010! Yea!!

Other highlights of my 2009:~
My being 'kidnapped' from the office to Pan Pacific Hotel for my birthday celebration. The Team really is 'fab at this whole birthday surprise thingy :)))
Making that trip back to Sydney alone in Aug. It was a much-needed break and a trip i had to make ON MY OWN. I'm glad i did it.
Travelling to HK/ Macau with Him. Our first real trip together (the getaways around Msia DO NOT COUNT!!!). I can't wait for Bali in 2010!!!

Omg i didn't realise this was gonna be such a lengthy, wordy (!!!) post. It's almost 4am on New Year's Eve. Will end here (abruptly, as usual) before i fall asleep in front of the lappie =P

HAPPY NEW YEAR & CHEERS TO 2010!