What's Next?
I've just spent the morning and afternoon reorganizing closet space (need to make room for the 5 new dresses for lunar year clebrations) plus my vanity space. With almost all corners taken up, it is amazing this girl still has thoughts that there isn't a thing to wear.
Being in my own proper space and a rather superstitious person, I also wonder if the *mandatory annual spring cleaning ritual (to clean away the bad luck) can be checked off the list with the task of closet reorganisation?
In with the new. And I'm starting with a new hairstyle - curly hair with no regrets.
Firming up travel plans to Europe.
And going to start looking around for a new job that will give me more work satisfaction and a better environment. There is just too much stress for this gal who turns a quarter century old this year.
Easy does it. Definately making changes but at my own pace and time.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Ushering in 2007
Dearest Friends,
The lag of blog posts, I'm afraid are with the reasons that:
1. I am a boring person and there isn't too many amusing things to tell you as compared to previous times
2. I am a workaholic and there isn't much time left after work, work, work, boyfriend, work, work, work, friends, work, work, work.
Even shopping, an activity yours truly covets most has been neglected, with acquisitions so few since work begun.
Despite being this mundane (living) being, life is now rather blissful.
Although work demands great hours and returns its gratitude with great stress, I love the experience and will embrace this... for another half a year. I've made up my mind to change career paths. Whatever *crap works throws in my way, I take it as good experience, learn as much as I can (my calculations is that I pick up everything I can from the conferencing business in a total of 1 year) and move on to a career path that fulfils my own higher purposes (a path to be determined in the next six months).
Thankfully, I realise I have family to back me up. Over Christmas and New Year, *Gallant followed me home and met the uncles and aunties, grandma and cousins, cousin's wives and girlfriends and children, both my mother's and father's sides. Yes, the whole family package. It was heartwarming to hear my family speak so lovingly of me (a typically stereotyped family that has suppressed all forms of praises I'm afraid). I love them too.
Good news is that they welcome *Gallant into the family (when he is ready). He definitely put on his best charms and manners to win over every single family member with gifts, stories of China (Grandma probes, you don't eat cats and field rats, do you?) as well as playing computer games and board games with the young ones. Towards the end of the one week trip, *Gallant was making promises to my family to come back to visit.
And towards the end of the visit, he made me promises of the future. A change of my maiden name, kids, beautiful homes and the opportunity to travel the world, working in major cities to experience culture and reap the title of a global citizen. Such is befitting of a couple from two very different countries and never wanting to settle in the country we met.
My ring finger is going to be bare as a romantic proposal can only come after his PhD graduation. In the meantime, he tells me only a promise.
In all other aspects, I am also beginning to find my feet. My goal for this year was to find inner confidence as well as calm. I'm happy with the way I am, the person I project and look forward to the person I will become.
2007 has started well and will hopefully end with 'fantastic'. In a year's time, I will look back on these writings and this day and perhaps deem it a very good year.
With love,
*Damsel
The lag of blog posts, I'm afraid are with the reasons that:
1. I am a boring person and there isn't too many amusing things to tell you as compared to previous times
2. I am a workaholic and there isn't much time left after work, work, work, boyfriend, work, work, work, friends, work, work, work.
Even shopping, an activity yours truly covets most has been neglected, with acquisitions so few since work begun.
Despite being this mundane (living) being, life is now rather blissful.
Although work demands great hours and returns its gratitude with great stress, I love the experience and will embrace this... for another half a year. I've made up my mind to change career paths. Whatever *crap works throws in my way, I take it as good experience, learn as much as I can (my calculations is that I pick up everything I can from the conferencing business in a total of 1 year) and move on to a career path that fulfils my own higher purposes (a path to be determined in the next six months).
Thankfully, I realise I have family to back me up. Over Christmas and New Year, *Gallant followed me home and met the uncles and aunties, grandma and cousins, cousin's wives and girlfriends and children, both my mother's and father's sides. Yes, the whole family package. It was heartwarming to hear my family speak so lovingly of me (a typically stereotyped family that has suppressed all forms of praises I'm afraid). I love them too.
Good news is that they welcome *Gallant into the family (when he is ready). He definitely put on his best charms and manners to win over every single family member with gifts, stories of China (Grandma probes, you don't eat cats and field rats, do you?) as well as playing computer games and board games with the young ones. Towards the end of the one week trip, *Gallant was making promises to my family to come back to visit.
And towards the end of the visit, he made me promises of the future. A change of my maiden name, kids, beautiful homes and the opportunity to travel the world, working in major cities to experience culture and reap the title of a global citizen. Such is befitting of a couple from two very different countries and never wanting to settle in the country we met.
My ring finger is going to be bare as a romantic proposal can only come after his PhD graduation. In the meantime, he tells me only a promise.
In all other aspects, I am also beginning to find my feet. My goal for this year was to find inner confidence as well as calm. I'm happy with the way I am, the person I project and look forward to the person I will become.
2007 has started well and will hopefully end with 'fantastic'. In a year's time, I will look back on these writings and this day and perhaps deem it a very good year.
With love,
*Damsel
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