2011



Happy New Year!



2 Weddings, A Funeral, and a Christmas Turkey

This December,

Found myself at 2 weddings of old schoolmates, hence meeting up old schoolmates and the usual what-are-you-doing-now Q&A sessions.

Found myself at a wake for a TARCF-er's grandpa after Singapore, hence meeting up old TARCF-ers.
Which was spooky, considering our last meetup was also for a wake earlier on that happened after I came back from Aussie.

Found myself at Starbucks with an old UTAR-ian who came all the way from KL to introduce me to weight-loss plan, of all things and of all days on Christmas. At least I was treated to a green tea latte and watched pretty fireworks at midnight.

Found myself at a Christmas party, carving up the turkey for other guests of the host before my jam mates arrived, which was uber fun to carve and dissect of sort. And had to-die-for-chocolate cake.

The only bunch of peeps I haven't somehow bump into are the Hoppers, although one of them was at the conference if that counts.

54. I am thankful for the friendships that I have.
Though weird and uneasy as some of them are, the existence of that fine thread that links each human being together is woven by only His doing.

55. I am thankful for being inspired just by watching a jazz ensemble doing something as ordinary as a soundcheck.

56. I am thankful for the presents I received and gave, because I made awesome baskets of goodies for my girls, (hahahaha!) and they in return are such dearies.

57. I am thankful for the ultimate Gift.


2011 will be here in a couple of days!

11th Dec in Retrospect

Being taken for a ride at 148km/hour over the Penang bridge (reaching the other end in 3minutes) is something really worth remembering, reliving.
That adrenaline rush that came with it,
made all other car rides after that just 'bleah' in retrospective of that few minutes.

Went through the motions bravely.
Sneaked out for some ice cream and was late back to starting the 2nd set.
Which was just totally wicked.

In some ways it was good to watch Raymond the great jamming with the mates.
Brings me down to earth, and reminds me of the many steps I still have to take.
How its still not over. And He's not done with me.

53. I'm just glad the weekend's done with.

Updates

 Here comes my list of thankfulness for this week weaved in between what I've been up to.


So, over the weekend I had my teeth and eyes check out.
Both was stressful in its own forms but I'm glad I got them done.
No. 47 New specs arriving tomorrow!, as the ones now are overpowered by .75. Which the optometrist says could lead to headache, tired eyes and stress. I'm starting to wonder if I made the right choice of moldy green color, but it's too late. I'll only know tomorrow. Still, new things are nice!

Was hyperventilating during practice on Sunday because there was another change to the songs dynamics.
Got myself into big tiff with the slave driver, which was really really ugly even for me. But I think I was forgiven after I calmed down and was human again..
No.48 Thankful for being forgiven.
Although he let me know right in my face after, that kind of behaviour was ugly.
Sigh, I can be so bratty sometimes.

No.49 Read and watched Dawn Treader. Apparently 2D came out today, I watch 3D on Tuesday which was a darn waste of money due to the lack of 3D effects although the show was brilliant as they manage to squeeze in a lot of the adventures from the book into a 2 hour plus movie.

No.50 Dinner with friends who besides bringing good conversations to the table, distracts me from overworrying this coming Saturday.

No.51 Nandos. The right food at the right time.

No.52 Quiet moments. Am thankful that my colleagues are not analyzing my MIA from lunch this week, giving me time to calm down, refocus and unwind a little during lunch hour.

Hello Teeth!

After 3 days of brushing back and forth my teeth, I only remembered today that the proper brushing technique is suppose to be up and down.
It was weird trying to work my wrist that way. 3 years of technique is hard to break off.

I found Bubble Gum Yum! (no.46) And shared it with all my colleagues in the same sardine can.
It was fun blowing bubbles in the office this afternoon.

It was good to finally be able to bite the accompanying nuts in my nasi lemak and use my teeth to tear down KFC pieces.

The only downside to wearing retainers, which I have to bring everywhere (and not forget where I leave them), is they get a little icky after a couple of days. And I haven't found a way to clean the valleys properly yet.

I haven't gotten around to grinning like a Cheshire Cat either.

Next up, scaling and fillings.