Merry Christmas & Happy 2009!!!

Well before we know it, 2008 will be gone and 2009 is here! Time really flies and year-end / new year is always a time for reflection, hopes and dreams. I must say as I grow older, the more I crave private time alone with myself and logong. This could be why I was very pleasantly surprised that we did not have any plans for Christmas Eve -- no family dinner, no parties to attend, no work to do - PERFECT!

I was able to leave work much earlier than logong, so I had the luxury of taking a late afternoon nap (those late nights surfing Poupee Girl are bad, bad, bad!). When he arrived home, we went to the nearby hawker centre to eat our favourite junk food - BBQ chicken wings and char kway teow! Unfortunately the rojak and satay stalls were both closed so we had to make do with these two dishes. We had bubble tea and more junk food from the TPY pasar malam to look forward to! *LOL* While drinking our fave honey red tea with pearls, we browsed the same old junk they sell in the night market, and I bought some coconut & peanut tutu kueh (logong's fave too *grin*).

It was while walking home that I confided in logong that I was very happy - he just said, "Good." I think after a year of ups & downs at work, he was glad to see me for once saying I was "happy". When you love someone, I guess when s/he s happy, that means you are happy too -- simple as that.

It is with this happiness that I wish for world peace and a better 2009 to come. Knowing the global economy will be in recession, I still feel optimistic because afterall it's just money. Life is more than just economics and money; I wish for better work-life balance, and that all my loved ones are healthy and content. What more could we ask for really? I am grateful to God for all that I have, and pray the Lord will use me according to His plan.

For my Christmas gift this year, significantly, I have chosen this 365 days calendar; it's a daily companion with a daily act of kindness that I can practise. I have always believed that if everyone would just be more considerate and behave with more kindness, this world will be a better place. Logong will usually then respond with, "If you want to change the world, change yourself first." This is very true because it is easy for us to complain about others and yet not reflect on our own behaviour first. Therefore I hope this little calendar of mine will help me remember to be kind in all ways, big & small.



On this positive note, I wish you all a Blessed 2009!

PS. my Poupee Girl MudpieVivi has her very first three sets of kimono in celebration of the New Year! Isn't she pretty? :P