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finally decided to update. and chose your birthday to do so. happy or not? haha, you'd probably not read this on your birthday but it's ok, Happy Birthday!

7th jan 2008

chose today to celebrate yy's birthday. evelyn and i decided to surprise her by bringing her to muthu's curry! i think it's her first time having indian food other than prata.
yy & jaclyn jaclyn & evelyn
we ordered too much food and were struggling to finish. and the food wasnt as tasty as the last time i had it. was a little disappointed.
but it was something different from our usual makan places and we just caught up on each other's lives and chatted the night away.

we proceeded to esplanade. while evelyn and jaclyn disappeared for a whole hour, yy and i watched a mini piano concert inside the esplanade.
the two lost sheep came back with.....making a wish..

even though we were stuffed from all that indian food, we managed to eat half the cake la!these babes are the best!
with these babes, i can be myself. we can make jokes of each other and not get offended. i can be in a really horrible mood and they'd understand, try to find out my problems and dish out sound advice. i just hope we could meet up more often.

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a little update of dec07/jan08.. i've quit my job. it was a dead-end job which i didnt quite like. it sapped the life out of me. each day i wished i didnt have to go back to that dreary place to waste 8hrs of my life. each day i just got more annoyed and frustrated. many times i wanted out. but i stuck to it coz i didnt have any other plans. i was too afraid to leave and too afraid to try someplace new. but at least that is over. 15th dec 07 was the last day. the new girl came in just 2 days before i left. by that time, i couldnt really be bothered to train her much. i just unloaded my duties, made sure she sorta grasp the concept, then poof! i was gone.
i didnt get a farewell meal or anything. but i bought bengawan solo kuehs for them colleagues. my lab partner and a colleague shared and got me a levi's denim folder and a pretty necklace as parting gift lor. so touched. i bought them pizza for lunch =)

xmas and new year's went past rather quietly for me this last year. spent the 23rd at a relative's place to celebrate birthdays for the december babies in the family. it used to be a huge gathering with many presents exchanging hands, with xmas carols filling the air and just huge smiles all round when i was much younger. now it's like a dreaded event. like cny. sigh.

with so much time on my hands after quitting, i've been catching up on movies and mahjong! spent xmas day at sylvia's place playing mahjong from midnight to 4 or 5am. then new year's day from 5pm to 7am. the stakes were only 10cents/20cents, and i won $2.60 on the first night. ahahah! everyone was so zoned out and with the winnings soo little, it was just -.-" on everyone's faces. looking forward to more mahjong sessions this year =)

oh, and i went on a cruise on Superstar Virgo from 2jan08 - 4jan08. my first time on a cruise ship. route: malacca/kl.
nigel could hardly keep his eyes open with the glaring sunwe had to take the picture a zillion times coz i couldnt capture the superstar virgo. and he squints in every single picture. -.-
view of the poolthey are such a sweet couple laa...relaxing the day away..playing gigantic checkers.dinner on the last night, i had a lil wine..he cant wait to go home..
we didnt disembark at kl. we spent quite some time at the casino the night before and just wanted to relax the day away. excuse my following exclamation, it was my first time in a casino. i cant phantom how those gamblers have sooo much money to throw at the tables! they change 1000$ bills. OMG. and they hop from one table to another to place bets, then walk back and forth to check the winnings/losses. only to change even more money to throw on other tables. oh man.. if i had that much money, i'd just spend it on travelling!

well... now i'm just waiting to go back to school. i dont know if i'm looking forward to it or dreading it. i guess i'd only find out when my timetable is out and reality sinks in. ha!

i've a few tasks in mind that i hope to accomplish in 2008.

i hope to:
- get into the groove of studying for my degree.
- obtain either the diving licence or the ppdcl.
- travel to taiwan. return to hong kong/bangkok.
- earn some extra moolah and manage my finances.

hope things work out better this year. 2007 had more sad moments compared to happy moments. just have to put 2007 behind and look forward to happier moments to come in 2008! have a great year ahead!!