Rounding up 2008

2008 is coming to an end soon and I had some time to think about what had happened throughout the year... Wow! Lots... lots of ups and downs.. A few major ones are

1) Motherhood - I watched how Zorian grows and it is really mixed with tears and laughter
2) Schooldays - I left work for school but had to stop it and back to work
3) Marriage - Tough times as we ride through financial and emotional problems
4) Health - My dad suffered a stroke right in Jan 08 and marks the beginning of a bleak year
5) My Best friend, Wooyin's mum, passed away :(
6) Economic Crisis

Perhaps there are many more but probably these are the few major ones on top of my head now. Leaving work for school was an attempt to pursue my dream. A really brave one I suppose. Even though it ended nowhere but there was no regrets. I tried. With a different priority and perhaps sacrificing this pursue for my family, I hope things will turn out well in the end. Only time will tell. So, its back to work again or rather trying to get back to work. :) The stroke which caught my dad had put the whole family in some kind of a 'trial' test of the love we had for one another. United as we stand, I would say/hope that the worst storm is over. At least things are more stable now. As for the economy, it was also laden with bad, worse or worst news ever. The economy is now in a terrible recession with high inflation rate, high unemployment rate.. what can be worse? So in the meantime, will try and spend more time with Zorian and catch up with friends... Life can still be nice with simple things.... :)

Marriot High Tea

It was great fun having high tea with all the "Tai Tai-s". Fortunately mummy Clarice was still able to join us and she'll be admitted to Mt A tonight to be "Induced"!!!! Ahhh!!!

Christmas 2008!!!

Yeah! Its Christmas again! A festival which I like very much compared to CNY. :) This year was special as I threw away the old artificial tree and decided to buy a REAL one instead. Went to Far East Floral 1 month ago and bought a 15Ft tree. Then off to town to buy all the Christmas decor. "Ta-Da" See my tree! I was so pleased with the end result. I thought the decor was nice. Unfortunately, the leaves turned brown after we shut all the windows for 4 days whilst we were climbing Mt KK. :( Overall, the celebration @ my place was fun! With great friends, I think the whole party went off quite well. Looking forward to 2009.... *hopefully Zorian will know what's Christmas then..

Zorian @ 15 Mths

Wow! Think Zorian is ready for school. Check out the pix! Hehe :)

Mt Kinabalu (Dejavu - 14 years ago)

5 - 8 Dec 2008. A long awaited trip or rather holiday for myself and Dave since I was preggy. Had wanted to do a climb with Dave and turned out we had kakis. Great! In a bunch of 6 - Myself, Dave, Jeffrey and wife Mingyun, and the G (Gay)-team, Aliying and my bro Zion. It was fun! You can tell from the pix. It was nice reminiscing all the fun times I had 14 years ago. :) Of course, I was way much stronger then, carrying backpack loads of around 15 kg up the mountain. The whole trip was great as the companion makes a whole lot of difference.