Last Post for Year 2006

I sat down at my desk this morning and while waiting for my laptop to boot up, I took my calendar from the table and started flipping through it. This Korean Air desk calendar that I brought from home was given to me by my mom (she gets tons of calendars each year). The dates are laid out in rather big boxes, so you could make notes for that particular day.

I had started marking the calendar from 6^th of March onwards (the day that I started work), and crossed out each and every single day that went by. I flipped through each month and saw numerous meetings I had attended, announcements, things-to-do, deadlines, personal appointments with the hairstylists, waxer, financial consultant, and etc.

Then I realized that throughout the whole of 2006, besides knowing the most amazing person who is of utmost importance in my life now, I haven’t accomplished much. I am amongst the few fortunate ones to have the opportunity to travel out of Singapore; I have had the chance of making 4 trips - Melbourne, Shanghai, Thailand (Koh Samui) and Thailand again (Phuket and Krabi). And yet, this new life I’ve tried to establish here still feels rather alien and unfamiliar.

2006 has passed me by as a blur and other than spending a lot of time and energy at work, I’ve yet to do something that is rewarding. Besides certain significant occurrences this year – getting dumped, first full-time job, leaving Melbourne, financially independent, and knowing Bunny, my life is pretty much a bore. Hell, I even look like one!

Now I’m rambling about how my life could have been more interesting, and how I didn’t spend my time wisely this year..la di da di da, I still don’t bear to dump that desk calendar of mine because the markings on it are like certain milestones to me, or perhaps deep down I’m still living in the year 2006 – significantly important and yet unimportant at the same time. Yes, I’m a walking contradiction.

Nonetheless, I’m pretty glad that this year was full of trips and vacations. I’ve lost and gained certain aspects of my life; I’ve also learned so much from this job and am now continuing my path towards a new (stable) life.

What are my resolutions for the year 2007? Actually, there are no great resolutions I have in mind currently. Perhaps one of the few ones would be to finish up the project I have on hand and impress the hell out of myself for being able to even start working on it in depth. Or perhaps take up tennis, yoga and practice my swimming. And of course, save up, travel more and return to either Melbourne or Krabi for a vacation.

Despite all the inevitable ups and downs we face, I hope your year was great.

Anyway, HAPPY 2007!