Two.:.Four.:.Six

It's been very much about work this year. I've clocked in more hours than I ever had, had several firsts and accomplished a lot more. To be honest, I think this is the best year since I joined 3 years ago. And I'm going to take a walk down memory lane now :) January Our first marketing retreat and my first trip to Penang.  The Chendul was superb! February Went for an interview at HBO but wasn't selected :( My first work trip to Hong Kong! After a 20 years hiatus, I finally returned. And again at the end of February with Mr. Grumpy and the Yaps. Spent four days in HK, met HS for dinner & shopping on the first night and she was off for her charity work. Returned again end Feb. At Sai Kung for JH's birthday celebration. It was also then that I had my first mini bus ride. March Second visit to the Philippines and who would have thought it would become my most frequent country in the months to come? First work trip to Jakarta. Went with an open min...

That I don't blog as much this year. And I've friends who stopped just like that one fine day. How can you just stop writing? I know, it's easy to give up because one's too busy, there's nothing interesting to write about, there's facebook, twitter, yadah yadah... and as much as I, too use the above as excuses, I still enjoy blogging. Not for others but purely an interest to pen down my thoughts. I look at all my entries once in a while and I can still remember those moments that made me cry real hard and laugh to my fullest; while some made me smile at my silliness. I see myself grow over the years through this little virtual space of mine and to the few who are still following, thank you.

Water and electricity were up yesterday and hacking of the kitchen wall starts today. The floors and main door were covered up, toilet bowls and sinks removed and it looks all ready for the renovation! After loitering at the empty new place for an hour or so, we cabbed down to Courts at Tampines for our mattress purchase. Cab fare was only $5+ - cheap thrill. Another hour spent on lunch at Ikea and 2hrs finding the 'perfect' mattress (perfection comes with a hefty price!), we were left with not much time for the last task of the day. So instead of finding the lightings, I suggested to eat. Off we went to Chinatown's popular Korean restaurant, which Mr. Grumpy didn't really like. But along the way, I confirmed the traveling time to work for me is only 25mins - another cheap thrill. Until Old School is gone that is. I guess it's just my luck - I've never stayed at anywhere near office. Anyway as we stepped out of the restaurant, we saw a man running across...

For the past 3 Christmases, I've not been at work. The first to prepare for our solemnisation. The second the wedding. The third because I had to clear my leave. While I thought this year would be different and I was starting to get a little depressed with so much work on hand and people saying their greetings on their last day of work in 2011, I was told I have to clear 4 days of leave by next week! It's partly my fault for not keeping track but I'm pretty sure the admin side made some mistakes along the way too. So here I am, on my 'holiday', totally unprepared. But I'm glad I managed to utter see you next year after all. I guess the difference would be while the past years I was busy preparing for happy personal events, this year would be including lots of work. Work + house reno = no joke. So I kowtow to those who made it for work + wedding + honeymoon + house reno. I'm counting down to the events at work and of course to the completion of o...

It started to pour when we left for Plaza Sing to check out the sound systems. We waited more than half an hour for a cab. We couldn't take the train because we weren't sure if it's working plus we were running a little late. We had to skip Plaza Sing because we would be late for the free movie sponsored by Mr. Grumpy's company - Mission Impossible 4 which btw, is good!. We took another half an hour or so to reach Lido, stuck in traffic with Sultan of Johor along the way. He was in the Range Rover and we joked that perhaps he was rushing to the movie too since it was organised by them. We had to alight about 100m from Lido because the queue in was horrible. The taxi uncle was apologetic but kept saying that it's better to walk since it had stopped raining. After talking just a few metres, it poured! And we ran. I don't run. But I had no choice. And so we reached Lido more than an hour later, unglam with the 'wet look'. Luckily the movie was g...

Until yesterday that is. Most people are going on leave and we are stuck with loads of work. It's my choice to not go on leave but the amount of work is just depressing. Where is the finishing line? It's near but getting there is just.... It's 'we' day today and work day tomorrow and the weeks that follow. What festive season? I want more 24hrs!

You know it's that time of the year when you sit down and look at what happened in the past year. Ok, maybe you don't. I do and I was trying to think hard... What have I done? Feels like a lot yet not much. Oh well, when it's time for that post, I guess everything will come back. Going to sign the contract with ID later and finally going back to check for defects. Have a good weekend :)