Defining moments

• I've survived sacrificing 14 days of annual leave as study-for-exams days instead. Honestly, thank goodness for Malaysia and its public holidays :)
• A brand new computer with 17" LCD screen (Jan '05)
• MLTR concert in Genting (Jan '05)
• Perth (Feb '05) was a great family trip. Can still remember the good food.
• "You can always do more than you first think you can." The inspirational words by my tutor which got me through my Finance paper (Feb '05)
• Successfully inculcated reading back into my life. Can't sleep without flipping a few pages of fiction every night. Averaged about 3 books a month, and still going strong :)
• The O.C., Lost, Desperate Housewives, The Apprentice - all that kept me entertained throughout the year
• The evil spirit in my car (Mar '05)
• Chinese music is once again in my life, re-introduced by the darling, reinforced because of karaoke sessions
• Growing a beautiful amaryllis, lovingly smuggled in all the way from Netherlands (Apr '05)
• My Olympus Camedia, of which I've just paid up the 8th installment (May '05)
• Single-handedly organized company trip to Sentosa Island, Singapore (May '05)
• Finally submitted the 1st part of my valuer's log book (May '05)
• Nokia Starlight Cinema (June '05)
• Breach of security at home (June '05)
• I've reached the quarter-life mark (Jul '05)
• A beautifully-relaxing fully-paid weekend at The Avillion, Port Dickson (Jul '05)
• Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince (Jul '05)
• Playing host to Enzu and her Korean friend (Jul '05)
• Work trip to Kota Kinabalu - that pretty little capital in Borneo with the cheapest seafood ever (Aug '05)
• Reconnecting with friends on Friendster (Aug '05)
• Re-submitted my valuer's log book for the extension period (Sep '05)
• Mummy purchased a real American BBQ grill (Sep '05)
• Sorted out the remaining curls of my digital perm and came out with a clean, good-girl style (Oct '05)
• Bangkok! (Oct / Nov '05)
• The Girl from Ipoh - the 1st local play I've attended ever since Form 3 (Nov '05)
• Snow Wolf Lake - the 1st Chinese musical that was a total pleasure to listen to (Dec '05)
• Moving into my own cubicle space in preparation for the extra workload expected to come in in Jan '06, which unfortunately has already started piling on my desk one month earlier (Dec' 05)
• Co-purchased a single-storey terraced house in Damansara Indah Resort Homes - my biggest defining moment this year (Dec '05)
• On an unrelated note, moving out of this house where I've lived in for the past 11 years to our new family house in SS3 (Dec '05)

The last say, for now

I will need something much more comfortable than that to relax, after a thoroughly hectic fortnight, with another coming up. I will be back in the new year. Meanwhile, have a happy pre-Christmas week soaking up the YES sale (I haven't found time to do my share yet), have a merry merry Christmas weekend (I'll be moving boxes, clothes, furniture, etc), and have a reflective New Year (I'll reflect too).

Pepsi-cola

I went to the Pepsi factory today. Tramped around every square inch of the entire 10 acres under the rain without an umbrella. Work sucks.

But, as I am always ever-optimistic, there was one good thing. I smelt fresh 7-UP, because they were bottling that on the production line when I was there. It doesn't get any fresher than that. Quite yummy.

And now, I'm exhausted. Good night. I'm retiring to pamper on the iSqueeze and indulge in more of Anne Boleyn, my latest obsession.