Fond Memories Of Year 2010

Year 2010 is ending in an hour time. Many revelers are busy partying, ushering in the new year. I choose to stay in the comfort of my home and appreciate the last hour of year 2010. This is simply because year 2010 has a special meaning in my heart. It is my year....well, literally. It's the year of the tiger (which happens to be my Chinese zodiac) and 2010 rhymes with my birthday (10th October). But achievement-wise and making-new year's resolution-come-true-wise, year 2010 is not really my year.

Nevertheless, there are still many fond memories throughout year 2010:

January
- this month past by in a daze, maybe because it's the first month of the year. I still have plenty of time to achieve my goals (or so I thought).

February
- this month is all about Chinese new year. Cookies baking, spring cleaning, shopping for new clothes and of course collecting red packets.
- bought a new hand phone with my bonus.
- did prayers at the temple because the Chinese lunar calendar tiger year is supposedly not a good year for me. This praying ritual is known as 'sip tai sui' in cantonese.
- had a wonderful time at the Penang state level Chinese new year celebration.

March
- bonding session with mummy, daddy and brother on board of the Star Pisces cruise.
- attended the thought-provoking 'Siddharta, The Musical'. I understand the roots of Buddhism better and am not shy to tell people that I am a Buddhist.

April
- went for my 'dream' job interview and aced it (it turned out the job is not really that ideal).
- news of many friends' relatives and friends deceased. This makes me appreciate life and the people around me more.

May
- put in extra effort and extra time at work because it's my last month there. Although it's work, I enjoyed every moment with my colleagues and time seems to be flying by so fast.
- attended too many farewells for myself. All these make me miss my then-colleagues even more.

June
- a month of emotion roller coaster. Am very reluctant to leave my nice boss and amazing colleagues, yet I am keen to move on to a bigger corporation.
- started my new job in the middle of the month.
- discovered a very big hole (the size of two cars piled up) outside my apartment. Luckily, repair work quickly took place and no one was injured.

July
- Spain won World Cup for the first time in history. I am a Spain supporter (well, actually a huge fan of the goalkeeper, Iker Casillas), so I was really happy with the victory.
- had a great time at the Georgetown Heritage festival, which was held to commemorate Penang as a world heritage landmark.
- appeared in the nation newspaper. I joined a tour around Georgetown and was photographed by the journalists.

August
- went to cut my hair at a classic beauty parlour and the hair stylist is an old uncle. But the result turned out to be satisfying.

September
- nothing extraordinary happened this month. I was busy trying to adapt to my new job and trying to not miss my former colleagues.

October
- it's a wonderful month. Why? Simply because it's my birth month.
- brush shoulders with a local celebrity and an international starlet, yet I let the opportunity to snap photographs with them slip off my fingers.

November
- my proudest moment of the year. I completed the Penang bridge marathon within a given time frame and was awarded a qualifying medal.
- went for free trial french class. Totally love the language.

December
- the Malaysia football team was the champion for the Suzuki AFF. It has been so long since our country's team last brought glory home. As a result, the last day of year 2010 was declared a public holiday for Malaysians.
- it is the last month Penangites carry their purchases with plastic bags.

There goes my year 2010. May year 2011 be a more meaningful and better year.


Goodbye year 2010



Welcome year 2011