It's already the new year, 2009 is here!
I've always found it funny that one year is only apart by one day...hehe...it's like yesterday you woke up and it was last year and all of a sudden, today is a new year!
It has been a long year; 2008 it was, especially for me.
Change was a major element for me last year and there were lots of things that I went through.
As usual, I always like to review my past year and hmmm, put myself to that new year's resolution - it's like a tradition I have in myself.
2008 was a year of change, and a year of determination and faith put to test.
It started off with a little slight rocky wave at the end of 2007 and I was gripped with the feelings of uncertainty, doubt and confusion.
It was a testing time for me, until the new year and my birthday where the wind of change decides to brush across my face.
Good news came in and I was relieved that God finally gave me an answer.
After the Chinese New Year, I was on the new road and things were really weird for me in the beginning.
Everything seems to be apart from the normal route and I knew I had to watch my path, but I have to trudge on, with my torch of faith.
Thankfully, there were invisible angels around me who taught me to see the bright things and the beauty of everything.
I believed I had learnt a thing or two about endurance, tolerance, not to mention patience.
I had to let go of the past, although it kept haunting me; I wouldn't exactly put it past haunting - it was more of a lovely memory trail that I just had it at the back of my mind which prompted me to look back once in a while, questioning the decision I have made - the path I had taken.
Then a wonderful opportunity came, I had Lady Luck sent by God to me - I was sent for a trip abroad; to attend a training and it was in the Europe continent; a territory I had yet to step foot in.
It was such a wonderful chance that I would not say no, and thus, I have added a flag to my atlas - when I visited Germany (place of invention and innovation), and to Italy where I have seen the much-acclaimed Venice (city of water), Florence (city of art) and of course, Rome - the origin of my religious faith.
The trip left me with so much beautiful memories and once I was back in Malaysia, I had another opportunity to fly off to Bangkok for another trip (though a short trip).
I must say, 2008 has been a year of traveling - locally and abroad.
As for myself, I have also had some major leaps in my lifestyle.
For a first, I had decided to perm my naturally straight hair.
Cost a bit of a fortune (for me) but the first results were pretty decent (though right now, I do wish for my straight hair to be back)
Curls and perms; look really nice but it was definitely not easy to maintain:(
However, recently my hair has naturally bounced off the waves and my hairdresser said it won't be too long as my hair is naturally straight although he thinks a little wave is nice too.
Hmmmm......I was even thinking of cutting my hair:p
I had ventured into a world of challenges and have seen with my own eyes the reality of the world and picked up a few things along the way.
It wasn't easy I can tell you; and there are lots of times I had to keep reminding myself, I shouldn't trust anyone so easily out there.
I have also, made a few great friends from my training trip in Germany whom I am still keeping in touch with and two of them have also managed to travel to Malaysia for trainings and conferences.
Also, with a twist of fate, I landed back in the same place where I decided to leave in the first place. I was back in the state where my friends were pretty happy to welcome me for more gatherings:)
I had also started to mingle into the world of the rich and famous through all the company's events! Good experience though:)
And one Great achievement from my years of blogging; I have expanded the number of blogs to 7 and still counting. AND, 2008 was the year when my food blog was published in the Star column!! YIPPEE!:)
Read it here
Ahhhhh.... 2008 was such a long time ago, as I write this post to share on my happenings; a view of my 2008 happenings:)
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