Bye bye 2007

Can't believe that we'll be in 2008 real soon... it's been an interesting year. My reflections on 2007 - nice to know that i'm lucky enough to have found another friend who i can truly call a good friend who i can add to my small group of close friends. I'm also happy to note that despite the distance, work and family commitments my close friends and i still manage to keep in touch and keep updated on what's going on in our lives.

It's been a lonely year... but I've also learnt to deal with that and enjoy myself more and be more positive. I've also taken small steps to leading a healthier lifestyle.

I just had the nicest closure to year 2007 - ladies potluck party with a small group of friends that we had this afternoon. We had so much fun eating all the yummy food, catching up with what's going on in our lives and gossips!. It's an amazing group of ladies - we know each other directly or through mutual friends - who i don't get to meet often (except for a couple of them). It was a wonderful party organised by a friend who is really into planning a party, so we had gift exchanges, group photos and all guests wrote a note to the hostess before leaving. Thank you ladies... for the wonderful afternoon.

Overall, it's been a good year. I feel beautiful and confident.... so, I'm looking forward to entering 2008 with positive vibes....

The fish is dead!

I don't know what happened or what i did wrong.... but the fish suddenly looked very sick this morning, and finally died in the afternoon.

I had to call my friend and told her that the fish is gone. I feel like a complete failure... can't even keep a small fish alive even for a week. I only got him on Thursday and now he's dead... my friend and i even gave the fish a name - we call him Mr. K.

Maybe, i'm not fit to have a pet... maybe i should start with taking care of plants first, then move on to getting a pet... hmmm... i don't know what to make out of this. Oh God... my friends would have a field day tomorrow making jokes about this....

R.I.P Mr. K .... sorry for being the first victim of my incompetence...

My first pet

Yesterday i got my very first pet. It's a fish... a fighting fish.

A good friend of mine surprised me by giving me one of her fish when she found out that i don't have any plants or pets in my house. She brought the fish to the office complete with fishbowl and fish food.

The fish actually went on such an adventure yesterday before coming home with me. His day started in Putrajaya where my friend took him on ERL to Kl Sentral, then LRT to KLCC. He also took express lift to our office in the Twin Towers. Then, i put the fishbowl on a table near the window so that he could enjoy the view of KL from higher up. After all, it's not everyday he'll get to enjoy such spectacular view.

When it's time to go home, i took him on a car ride. I almost got him killed before he got home!. I put the fishbowl in a plastic bag and put it on the floor of the car. I made a u-turn, and to my horror....the bowl toppled over, spilling the water and the fish out of the bowl into the plastic bag. I immediately pulled over and franctically put back the fish into the bowl with whatever left of the water.... and to my great relief... the fish survived the accident.. phew...!!! i certainly didn't want to have to tell my friend that i managed to get the fish killed even before it got home.

After such an eventful day, the fish is now safe and sound in the fishbowl on my dining table....

I'm feeling lucky.....!!!

I am deliriously happy... the reason? today i won an iPod Shuffle!. Yayy!!! i've never been lucky in terms of winning prizes at any functions. i've never won in any lucky draws in the many functions that i attended - not even any cheap gift- i always end up with just the door gift which of course everyone would get.

But, somehow.... today, i was very, very lucky.... yes! yes! yes! i've finally won something and it's a good one... hehehehe... my lucky number for the day = 10, lucky colour yellow. I picked no. 10 as my participation number in the simple quiz held after the course that i attended, so i became "contestant no. 10". When i managed to answer the question, i got to choose the gift in various envelopes. i chose envelope no. 10 and picked yellow card in the envelope - it's an iPod!!!! i was really surprised and so very, very happy. i was practically grinning for the rest of the afternoon....

It never crossed my mind to buy an iPod 'coz i'm not into gadgets and latest technology stuff... i'm "technologically challenged" person.... i don't know how to operate this kind of thing.... so, if not for this free iPod, i'm definitely won't be buying one for myself.

So, this is going to be another journey to discover how to operate some gadgets (and hopefully without embarrasing myself - i tend to ask stupid questions....) iPod...here i come!

Ok, now..... how do i start this iPod...? hmmmm.....

Keep on dancing

It's been 3 months since i joined the dance class for 1 hour a week. I'm enjoying the class especially last week's and today's class when we are starting to put together the steps for the entire song. No, i still can't dance as gracefully as it should be, but i'm getting better. My friend used to laugh at me during the first few weeks of the class 'coz she thought that my dance moves looked more like hip hop rather than zapin... hahaha... that's ok. i was more than happy to keep her amused during the class. Now, she thinks i'm getting better.

so, i'm gonna keep on dancing....

Sailing for Dummies

I was watching Monsoon Cup this afternoon and realized that sailing is quite interesting to watch. I haven't watched any race during this year's or previous year's Monsoon Cup. Well, that's not a surprise since i'm not interested in sailing, thus has zero knowledge about sailing - the closest thing that i knew about sailing is that America's Cup is the most prestigious sailing competition.

Anyway, i "stumbled" upon the live coverage of the final match race on tv while surfing the channels for something interesting to watch. I had no idea what match point racing is all about, but it got me hooked looking at those sailors going back and forth from one side of the boat to the other pulling those strings to control the sail... or whatever it is they need to do to outrun the other team. They also received penalties by the umpire who followed the 2 boats closely. It was fun to watch. In the end, Ian Williams, Skipper of Team Pindar won the Monsoon Cup, defeating Peter Gilmour. Ian Williams & Team Pindar was also crowned the World Champions of Match Point Racing - apparently the teams competed over the series of racing throughout the year, collecting points to determine the World Champion, something like F1 racing (i googled the Monsoon Cup website after race...)

BTW, i also googled Ian Williams 'coz he's kind of good looking... hehehehe... he's British, apparently, he left his work as a lawyer in London to race full time....

Hmmm... maybe, i'll start watching sailing after this ;-)