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I haven't been blogging since Chinese New Year arrived. First, no connection. 2nd, no time. 3rd, no mood. 4th, I was sick. 5th, I'm lazy...... Okay, I know I'm looking for excuses for not blogging. If I really wanted to blog, I could find my way.

Today is the 6th day of CNY. I am already missing the CNY now. It's like the old saying, "everything has its end". I will be going back to KL the day after tomorrow. Geez...... I'm just so lazy to go back to work.

I was not feeling well on the eve of CNY. In the morning of the eve, Andrew and I were running between 2 aunties' homes taking care of their pets. Both aunties were out of town, to KL. Guess I caught a cold from running in and out of the car and the house. After the "reunion" lunch with my in-laws, my body started to ache and my sore throat got worse. Swallowed some pain-killer that mom-in-law given me that night.

First day of CNY, I declared "officially" ill. Parents-in-law brought us to this mamak stall, we had some "nasi dagang". It was quite spicy, my sore throat took another level up that afternoon. Didn't go to see doctor, took the pain-killer again. We went to temples for some praying. That was so much different from what I did in my hometown! On the 1st day of CNY in my hometown, we will visit all the relatives with mandarin oranges. After praying, we went home. Just lazying at home and watching telly. In the afternoon, some relatives came. All of them came with a paper bag. Inside the bag was peanuts, cookies, canned food and some other things. I was surprised. Why would they come visit us with a bag of food during CNY? I didn't ask Andrew, guessed it is their culture. What surprised me more was, parents-in-law gave us ang-pao despite that we're now married! The relatives gave too as they said this is our first year of marriage, we are still eligible for it! Hahaha. So sweet of them.

Gosh, the fever came that very night. The pain-killer wasn't working. Luckily still got some Actifast(another type of pain-killer) in my bag, swallowed 2 of them!

Felt better the 2nd day of CNY. To be safe, swallowed another 2 Actifast! I was as healthy as a tiger! We went to visit some relatives then. Again, ate some spicy food in relative's house. For fear that my sore throat came back, I kept drinking water and running to the washroom the whole day! This is the first year that I have to give ang-pao to children and those single adults. AWKWARD!!! It feels funny. And I could finally feel what my parents feel for giving out ang-pao! The money just flow out like that! Those are our hard-earned money and we are giving them away just like that!!! Faints......

YAY!!! Going back to my hometown the 3rd morning! Argh...... Sore throat again, it was so painful when I ate. Actifast again.

8 hours drive!!! Reached home safely, with an aching butt and back. Really salute Andrew that he could drive 8 hours without stopping for long! I was all good back at home. Had specially asked mom to keep some soup for me and she did. Yummy soup! Mom's home cooked meal is the best in the world, missed them so much! Visited uncle that night, saw my cousin's 2-month baby boy for the first time. Gosh, he is so tiny! Hahaha. I was losing my voice that night.

My best friend and my wedding photographer came to visit me on Thursday. Told my photographer that I was so disappointed with the wedding photos! Can't believe that I spent RM2000 over for some average photos! What made me even sadder is, there isn't a nice photo of my wedding gown and shoes!!! Sad, isn't it?!

We had steamboat dinner on Thursday night. I ate so much and I was so full. After 2 healthy days, my flu came back. I was always thirsty no matter how much water I drank. My voice was so bad that others sometimes couldn't understand what I said. Body-ache was back. That's it, went to this 16-hour clinic. It was so crowded. Funny is, the clinic is heavily decorated in all CNY stuff!!! It looks more like a restaurant than a clinic! Taken some photos, shall share it when I transfer them to my laptop. Doctor said my sore throat was quite bad, inflammation. Total medical bill, RM95! I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that, blinked at the clinic assistant and he said it again. Oh my my my...... He said the medicine that the doctor prescribed are all of quality and effectiveness, no worries. Guess I was really sick!

Friends came to visit yesterday. Supposed to go out for dinner but changed to supper. Since I was on medication and didn't really feel like going out till late night, I stayed home. Yesterday was a boring day. HA!

Tonight going out with family for dinner, Andrew's treat! Hahaha......

I'm so enjoying my time with my niece and nephews!

*Stay tuned for lots and lots of photos.

I am back in Kuala Terengganu. Reached here yesterday evening.

It is so quiet here. Can't feel the mood of Chinese New Year at all. Just like any other normal day. Went to Giant just now. Gosh...... We were the only 2 chinese in the mall! But right before we left, saw another 2 chinese. For outstation chinese who are not used to this, often they will feel alienated when they step into this part of the land. But once you got used to the majority race here, you won't even feel that you're different from them. The sense of different races disappears. Suddenly you'll just feel like everybody is the same. The people here are nicer than we thought.

The quietness here during Chinese New Year festive is scary. The roads are empty though today is Saturday. The crowds that supposed to be in the mall shopping for Chinese New Year stuffs are not there. The decorative stuffs aren't many too. The neighbours are all non-chinese. Andrew's aunties all went to KL for Chinese New Year this year. Geez...... Can't believe I've bought so many dresses only to know that I'm going to stay home most of the time!!! No one is going to see my new dresses/clothes/shoes/bags. Lonely......

Mother-in-law is still on her way back from KL. Wanted to clean the house but don't know where she keeps all the cloths and cleaning tools. Waiting for her to come back, blogging and surfing the world wide web...... What a boring Saturday, again!

Sigh... Boring Chinese New Year.

I have already know about it since last year. I didn't expect much. However, when I get the confirmation again 2 days ago, I still can't help but feel disappointed.

I have no bonus this year.

I feel so sad. Though a lot of people are telling me that at least I have a job, I still feel sad. My efforts for the past year have gone unappreciated. My plans for this year sink to the deep ocean floor. Life would be more difficult from now on. With the house installment coming, I seriously need to cut down spending unnecessarily. Hope I could do that.

I have not given mom a single cent for this coming Chinese New Year, yet. Sorry Mom.

So sad, no money for CNY, can't be with my parents for CNY...... Sadness is doubled...... Sigh.

Went to Mid Valley Megamall last Sunday. Andrew wanted to shop for some new clothes for Chinese New Year. Esprit was having this 3-day special promotion for members, additional 20% store-wide. Andrew got himself a pair of short pants. I saw that sling bag again. I saw it the last time went with Wan Yi and Melissa. Didn't buy it that time as I felt the price was kind of steep for me. But now with the 20% discount, it seemed ok. Got the affirmative answer from Andrew that it looks nice. So I decided to buy it. What surprised me was Andrew said he would buy that for me! Hahaha...... I was as happy as a clam!!!

Bought this at Vincci.

I am now considering to apply day off tomorrow...... Company will only re-open for business on the 10th of Chinese New Year. Hoorayyyyy...... Got one more complimentary off day by the company. This is going to be a long Chinese New Year holiday.

I've tried more than 5 templates last night. Messed up the blog for a moment. Luckily I did the back-up as advised by some blogger. I slept late last night, 1.45am, just to fix my all-messed-up blog!!! LOL. It was good practice though. Now it's just easy as pie for me to back-up, upload and fix the blog. I even know where to look for the HTML code for certain features. What I got this morning was 2 red-shot eyes with dark circles! Colleague had been asking me what I did last night.

Used the other blog to try the other template this morning. It went well, because that blog does not have much content. Hahaha. Have a look at it here. I love that template! But it's just too hard for me to figure out all those codes now! I need more time. It has taken me quite some time to read other bloggers' comments to fix some error codes.

I chose this template for now, as Valentine's Day is coming soon. The title says it all, "Love is..." In the air of course. Love is everywhere too. Pardon me for the sudden bigger font for this post. Using this template causes the font of the post to be smaller. Am gonna use bigger font from now on.

Camera's out of battery, couldn't transfer the photos I've taken last Sunday. So, stay tune for some photos later.

It's been more than 2 weeks that Gaza is under constant attacks. Hundreds of innocent people have died. If fighting with each other and revenge is only fair, where will this fairness lead us to?

It is only natural that when we got hit, we hit back. But when is it going to end? The fighting that involves 2 men is definitely way different from the fighting between 2 countries. 2 men, 2 casualties perhaps. 2 countries, it's not just 2 casualties but hundreds or even thousands. The economical impact, the environment, the people...... The aftermath of the war is indeed very much known by everyone of us.

Guess sometimes we're unaware that we somehow encourage war for selfish reason. They say, for world peace, they must eliminate whatever risk there is. We agreed. To end a war, they must declare war unto the other country. We agreed. What we do not know is, the bullets/rockets do not have eyes. They kill innocent children too. If all "bad guys" must die, how about the children? Do the children also deserve to die as they're in the same country? Or they should die for fear that they will grow into the "bad guys"?

I shed tears after watching this video clip by chance. Yes, you may say I'm emotional. Well, who wouldn't shed a tear for the innocent children to die in such a tragic way? Children is our hope, our future. Like it or not, facts are facts. We are destroying our very own hope and future. Human beings are kind, and cruel at the same time.

Have a good look at the children faces in the last photo. They're hoping for peace. Not like us, they're hoping for someone to return the peaceful days back into their life.

Another brilliant song from Daniel Powter, Next Plane Home. I just love this song the moment I heard it. Who the hell is Daniel Powter? Well...... Remember the song? 'Cos you had a bad day... you're taking one down...'

The video is great too. Not some typical music video about the love between man and woman. Love the last scene of the video. The sound of this video is not that good. All music videos in Youtube related to this song have been taken down due to the copyright issue. I wonder why this video is still available on Yahoo! We'll see then. (27 Feb 2009: Edited the video as Yahoo! Video does not have the video url.)

It is Saturday! I am here, at home, listening to a long list of boring songs, looking at my not-so-interesting Facebook, blogging nonsense...... What could be more boring than these?! ARGH!

No one dates me today. Andrew is working his ass off. (My media player is playing EMPTY, by The Click Five. What a song for my mood now!)

Last night went to Isetan KLCC with Nicole. Helped Andrew bought something and I only bought myself some L'Occitane shampoo and conditioner and some T-shirts for sister. Saw a pair of Hush Puppies shoes that I really like! The price is a bloody killer!!! RM299!!! Okay, for those who always buy branded shoes which cost RM300 and above, RM299 is just nothing. The most expensive shoes I've ever bought is my Hush Puppies loafers, RM189. RM299 is just way too much for me. All I can do is wait for the Hush Puppies sale and for that shoes to go on 50% sales. Well, it would be another 2 years! LOL.

Now playing Landon Pigg's Keep Looking Up, what a lovely song. You should listen.

So keep looking up, on past the birds
And keep looking up past the clouds
And when you reach up and clear away the stars
I will be there where you are

It is coming soon, real soon. Another 10 days. This year, I am not so looking forward to the Chinese New Year. You may say this is the first Chinese New Year I'm going to spend with my husband together with his family, I should be excited. Well, I am not.

I am saddened by the fact that I can't have the 'reunion' luncheon with my family. I miss my mom's cooking, I have always been. Though I go back to hometown every month, I still miss her cooking for the Chinese New Year. I miss having meal together with all my family members, everyone sits around the round table, chit-chatting, laughing, having fun...... I feel sad whenever I think of it.

Why is there such a rule that the daughter has to follow the husband during Chinese New Year? What the hell...... Aren't we women children to our parents too? Don't we have to reunion with our family? Is it only the men need to reunion with their family?

It's not that I do not like my in-laws. I like them, I love them for bringing up such a lovely son who knows how to appreciate love. It's just that I miss my own family. Can you imagine that you have to spend the most important day of a year without your parents, where you have been with your family for the past 28 years? That feeling is just something which you will not like it. Just think about that. Perhaps some may think that 28 years with family, it's time for a change. Well, I do not like that change then. I don't think I'm going to "feel" the Chinese New Year this time.

Switch topic. I went to KLCC last night. Wanted to go home, instead I stepped into KLCC. I just don't want to take the train home, hate it. I'd rather wait for Andrew to finish work.

Went to Kinokuniya bookstore. It's been quite some time I haven't soaked myself in books. I love bookstores. It doesn't matter if I'd buy anything, I just love to go into the bookstore and see what's new. I used to buy a lot of magazines, sometimes 3 copies of different magazines a month. Ever since I subscribed to Reader Digest, I no longer buy any magazine. It is Andrew who would buy once in a while, but what he normally buys are those gadgets related or automobile related magazines. Last night I saw this magazine that got my attention. It is featuring all 5 new DSLR cameras, so happened that this is the magazine that Andrew likes to buy. So I bought it. My eyes got so wide when I saw this, Canon Power Shot G10... GOSH... Look at the size! It's so much smaller compared to my Canon 450D!

I am a Patricia Cornwell fan, since 2 years ago. LOL. I know I'm slow. It was only 2 years ago that I finally bought my first "Kay Scarpetta" series novel, Trace. Then I just couldn't stop. I haven't finished "The Predator" and now I've bought another one. Geez... Wonder when I can finish them.

Last year May I bought this "Blood Brothers" by Nora Roberts. I didn't know it was the first book of the trilogy of "Sign of Seven". The 2nd and 3rd book weren't out yet back then. After I finished the 1st book only I realised there's a sequel! I hate reading sequel when the 2nd book isn't published. Checked the website, damn it, I had to wait till November 2008! It seemed long to me that time. But fortunately, the remaining 2 books are published at the same time! Of course I grabbed both of them. Hahahaha...... I'm not a fan of her. It's just that I like mystery, horror and thriller.

Isetan closed earlier last night for today's sales preparation. I wandered to Parkson. Saw this lovely dress. For myself?! Absolutely not! For my niece. It's been a while I didn't buy her any dress since she grows so fast. Hope this one would fit her nicely. Now I'm having headache of how to bring the gifts back to my family since I'm not going back before Chinese New Year. Sigh......

Called in sick this morning. My sorethroat was so bad that I could hardly speak. Got feverish this morning as well. Flu is still ok.

Now resting at home, after the medicine, I'm off to bed soon.

My first MC of year 2009. Pray for a healthy year ahead.

For half of the afternoon, I have been looking for some 3-column blog template for my blog. Out of so many websites, information and templates, I couldn't find one that I like. Or to say none that would fit the content of my blog.

I want something simple and clean, those that I got are just too 'simple & clean'.
Would love to add some colours to my blog, but the colours and the theme just don't fit the blog title.
At the end, I didn't change anything. However, I read so much about changing blog template, what can be done and improved.

I shall keep looking......

Yesterday went to Mid Valley Megamall, to visit the booth of Malaysia Brides Forum. Met Nicole, Wan Yi, Melissa and Annie there. We went there to show our support to the forum. It is indeed a great forum for all the brides/grooms-to-be. Eventhough most of the members are female, there are still some guys who really spend the effort to look for information. I myself have learned so much from the forum, and made some friends.

We had so much fun eating, chit-chatting and shopping. Annie and Nicole left earlier. Wan Yi, Melissa and I continued our shopping spree. Melissa is the big spender of the day! Hahahaha...... She basically bought everything that we said nice! LOL. Wan Yi left after she got herself an ice-cream-blended from New Zealand. I met Melissa's husband for the second time. Hehehe.

After Melissa left with her hubby, I finally went to Zara and bought a pair of jeans. They're having this denim promotion, RM139 each. Hmm... It's been 2 years I didn't buy jeans. They have been telling me to buy from Levi's! LOL. First, I personally think that Levi's is way too expensive. Better quality? Perhaps. Second, I just can't wear Levi's! Hahahahaha...... I've tried it several times, but the cutting just looked funny on me. I've tried low-cut, super low-cut, regular, square...... I just can't carry them as nice. Therefore, I stopped trying and gave up any hope of owning a Levi's. Yes, I do not have any Levi's jeans though everybody is telling me that they have at least one. I wouldn't buy things that don't look good on me even when everybody is having it. Third reason, I love the jeans that I bought. I usually buy new one when the old ones are really worn out or I grew fatter. Hahaha.

Gosh, I spent again. Can't believe I've bought so much for Chinese New Year!!! This is crazy. I must stop! I have to stop. No more money, that certainly can make me stop buying. LOL.

I am now looking forward to meeting Elaine this coming Friday. She's leaving for Dubai this weekend. It's going to be a long time before we get to see her again after this.

When people always say men are not good with important dates, I think I'll be the first one to stand up and speak for them. Hahahahahaha...... Because, I being a woman, am NOT good with important dates too!!!

I don't remember my friends' birthday, except for my best friend Phoebe's birthday. Also, I can only remember those 'easy' dates. Such as 1st day of the month or on a holiday. But still, I will get confused. There was once, I remembered clearly my sister's birthday is in July. I sent her a SMS, wanted her to feel happy that I remember her birthday. She replied, "hey, my birthday is next week!! What's the problem with you? You always forget!" LOL.

Even if I remembered, I would still miss the dates. I now remember all my 3 sisters' birthday, but I always forgot to wish them on the day itself. Hahahaha...... It is just not in my memory that there might be anything special today. I now rely very much on my calendar.

I made a big mistake few years back by forgetting someone's birthday. No wishes, no pressie, no kisses, no hugs, no nothing from me on the birthday. Everything went on as usual on that day. The next morning when I was in the office, signing documents, checking the date...... My heart skipped a beat! I would say that my heart almost jumped out from my mouth! I cursed at myself and my colleagues were all stunned and looking at me with wide-eye. I FORGOT ANDREW'S BIRTHDAY! ~LOL~ I didn't make this up, I did forget his birthday. Hahaha. Called him immediately, but the damage was done. He sounded so disappointed and sour, that I could forget his birthday. He said, "now only you remembered! Hmph!" I deserved it. Hahaha.

I was forgiven, but I couldn't forget about it myself. It was funny whenever I think about it.

I am a woman, so I was forgiven easily. Imagine if a man forgets his girlfriend/wife's birthday, it's going to be disaster. The whole world would curse at him and 10 years later people will still curse at him when they think of it.

Why a man who is forgetful is always sinful, whilst a woman who is forgetful is purely 'having too many things in her mind'?

6th December was my wedding. I am now married for 1 month and 3 days. I didn't notice it until this morning. I wonder, when 6th December of this year comes, will I remember? Hahaha. And now I remember Andrew's birthday ('cause I have it saved in the calendar in my handphone with reminder. Hahahaha. Shhh... Don't tell him).

Guess mom and dad didn't give me a good 'dates storage'. Hahahaha. Yeah, blame it on my parents. I am so sinned. >_<

Have been waiting for the approval of my EPF withdrawal since more than 3 weeks ago. The withdrawal is to settle the downpayment of our new house. Andrew has got his last week. Called KWSP last week for mine, was informed that mine still waiting for approval.

This morning, logged in to my savings account to check again (yep, I've been checking it every alternate day). TA DA! The money has been wired to my account yesterday!!! Yyyyyaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!! Okay, the money isn't for me to spend, why am I so happy? Of course I'm happy, another thing settled and I don't have to worry about it anymore. Next thing to settle is the monthly installment to the bank.

Another happy thing is, the dresses that I bought online have finally arrived!!! The colors are gorgeous and the material looks fine too. I was worrying about the mismatch of material and colors. Looks like I worried too much. They are quite cheap, RM65.90 each, free delivery for purchase of 2 and above. Going to try them on later when I have the chance.

Today is definitely a happy day, and it's FRIDAY!!! Too bad that Andrew is working night shift, no one can company me tonight.

Tomorrow am going to meet some friends in Mid Valley Megamall. I AM SO EXCITED!

Thought of wanted to wear some nice little dress, but then I'll be bringing my chunky camera bag. That's the price we have to pay. Bring the camera then no nice dress, wear nice dress then don't bring the camera. Argh......

This morning, after had a look at my own blog, I clicked on the "Next Blog" button on top. On the second click, I found this wonderful blog about photography.

Amanda Lauren, a lady in Little Rock who loves photography too. All her works are so clean and lively. I feel some sort of calmness looking at her photos. It's like everything just freeze for her......

I was watching Criminal Minds, an American TV series. It's all about profiling of criminals, they call them "unsub". Unsub in the series stands for "Unknown Subject of an Investigation". It is interesting to see how they follow each and every clue, determining the characters or personalities of the criminals, and ultimately allowing them to read the criminal minds, think like them, act like them... In the end, catch the criminals. I wonder, do they really exist? Are they really able to read people's mind, profiling each and every one of us?

Tonight, it was about a murderer who got profiled 4 years ago, went into a coma and woke up now. He has no memories of what he did, it was then a controversial decision arised. Can a man who has forgotten his past be forgiven and set free? Or shall he pay for what he did whether he remembers or not?

At the end of the episode, this poem had me by the heart. It reminds me of my loved ones, who left me for better world, hopefully.

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight.
Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass,
glory in the flower.
We will grieve not,
rather find strength in what remains behind.
~ by William Wordsworth ~

It is so wonderfully written!

Gosh... Can't believe that I am so lazy now.

I have plans that need to be executed, but I am just so damn lazy to start it. I know once I start it, I would not be able to blog as much as I do now. I would not be chatting with my friends too. Okay, chatting is a waste of time you might say. But I love keeping in touch with them. All right, gossiping...... Yes, busybody...... I heard you. Ok, perhaps I'll start tomorrow...... Ermmm... Maybe day after...... Hmm... Weekend would be better. LOL! >_<

I know that I seriously need to do some work out. Again, I am lazy. Yesterday walked for about 10 minutes to catch a cab, I could hardly catch my breath after that. I just walked!!! Damn it, I didn't even run! Why was I panting?! This is SERIOUS!!! ARGH!

I need changes...... But the wind of change isn't blowing my way!!! Come come come...... Wind of change, I welcome you......

I just realised I have never blogged about Andrew.

Andrew aka Ren Jie aka Ah Kit aka Ah Kiat aka "weiiii" (this is how I call him, "weiiiii.... come....").

Andrew is my ex-boyfriend, is now my husband, will be my lover forever, and hopefully, is going to be the father of my children. Hahahahahaha...... Silly me.

We studied in the same college, same school, same hall and same class, for 2 years. He claimed that he never noticed me in the class and he couldn't remember my name. It was until the 2nd year of college that we became the attention of our classmates. Didn't know where and when the rumour started, they just liked to pair us together while there wasn't anything between us. We were forced to take this photo together!!! Oh yeah, he was forced to take photo alongside with me!!! Just couldn't believe that. Was I really that ugly???

I continued my advanced diploma, while Andrew went to another college for degree. Still keeping in touch as my classmate was his housemate. Later of that year, I moved into the house where they were staying. 2 weeks later, we planned to go watch Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. HA! All the other housemates stood us up, ended up I went with Andrew. The movie was good. I still remember we had Burger King after the movie. Hahaha.

It all started from that movie. Calls from Andrew never stopped. Though we were in the same house, he would still call to talk to me. He didn't want the other housemates to know!!! Funny! And I was silly enough to go by his rules!

It was year 2002, Chinese New Year that we started dating. First time holding his hand, I thought to myself "so thin..." Hahahahaha...... And he said, "your hand so big, so different from my nieces' hands." I was like, "what the hell!!! My hand is big!!! He said my hand is big!!!" Guess he saw my face or read my mind, he quickly corrected "I mean my baby nieces, their hands so tiny, I never hold a big girl's hand". That is more like it!

Glad that we stick together for so long. Of course there were times that I've lost my faith. But I am glad that I didn't let go. I feel lucky that I did not give up.

No matter good or bad, I still want to stay beside you. I want to be Mrs. Teng, forever.

Today is certainly the best opening of the year I have ever had.

As I slept late last night, I woke up late too. Andrew came home at 3am this morning and he slept at 5am, logically he woke up late as well. First thing I did when I woke up, on my laptop, checking emails, Facebook-ing, MSN-ing, blogging, watching youtube...... All at the same time...... As I was going to Chris' birthday party later the evening, decided to stay home to rest.

I was late. Andrew dropped me at the restaurant and off he went to meet his friends in SS2 for dinner. So nice to see the girls again after the Pavilion meeting. What a coincidence that Nicole, Vivian and I wore pink top!!! Swear that we didn't plan for that. Hahaha.

Good to see that Chris got so excited and delighted for the present that we bought.

The steamboat was nice too. We were so full at the end of the night. We laughed so much and so loud that I think we have so much gas in our stomach that made our stomach bloated. Hahahaha......

Went back at around 10pm. Overall, we had fun. Had fun eating, chatting, posing, joking, laughing, acting, fooling...... :D Hope that Chris had a great night too.

From left to right: Chris' housemate, Vivian, Nicole, Chris, Yee and myself.

First post of year 2009.

Day: Thursday, 1st January 2009
Weather: Breezy, no stars, no moon

Can't believe that we're now in 2009. We're running 1 second slower again this year. They inserted the Leap Second at 12:59:60PM, which means the whole world would actually freeze for 1 second then only the clock would jump to 1:00:00AM. Sooner or later, we're going to have 61 minutes or even 25 hours a day. Sounds nice isn't it? As we always complain time is not enough. For those who are in sufferings, 1 more second is like eternity. How about our aging process then? Our mother earth? The consequences of having 1 hour extra?

We always have hope. I always believe we live on hope. When there's no hope, there's no live. Do you believe that?

I never have new year resolution. Oh well... Maybe 1 or 2, things like to have new hair cut or to go somewhere. I don't believe in new year resolution, 'cos I know I'll never achieve them. Instead, I plan. So far, things have been going as planned. But this year, I gotta review my plan. The picture that has been playing so clear in my head for all the years is now replaced by a blurry one. Fear of uncertainty has kind of stopped me from going for something else.

No matter what, life still has to go on. We just need to keep our fingers crossed, it will be a better year.

Pray for love and peace - for the world, for my family, for my friends, and for my beloved hubby Andrew.