Feeling: Relaxed
Weather: Cool
Listening To: Disturbed- Conflict
It’s technically the 5th day into the new year already :D How time flies. A very happy birthday to Tibbar, first of all, since she loses her 1s and turns the big 2-0 this year XD
To be honest I’ve not made an resolutions this year, as I believe they will come as I go along the year :P Plus, everything’s too fluid, not fixed, so of course it’s going to be hard in some ways to keep the resolutions XD A few things I do know now, though, is that I will be cutting off things and people that bring me down or just piss me off in general (e.g. reading bimbo blogs). No more negativity! :D Of course, I do want to save up more money and spend less, though I’m slowly getting there now >_> And go on more holidays with dear dear ♥
The new semester starts on 11th January, a week later than expected, but still, it feels as though the break is just not enough! I’m quite cheerfully optimistic about the new semester for some reason… despite PSY 202 Advanced Quantitative Methods last semester (The results are still not out yet, and I’m ever-so-slightly nervous and worried, but fingers crossed for the best, of course!) and the fact that I have not completed all my second year elective subjects (But according to most of my course mates, not everyone has either, so I shouldn’t worry too much there) D: The third year looks awfully interesting with its elective subject choices (Compared to the second, seriously), so I guess it would be kind of fun, hopefully :P
I’ve yet to really settle on a thesis topic, though @_@
Basically spent my New Year’s Day having my room repainted, and reorganising my room with the help of dear dear, despite him having to work. It looks more cosy and organised now :3
Here’s basically what half of it looks like XD No more walls in shades of blue, but dark red, peach (Not pink!), light grey and brownish-grey :D Used slow synchro flash because the lighting wasn’t sufficient enough, and normal flash is too bright and glaring and makes the colours look un-natural >_>
Speaking of photos, I might want to buy a new camera- either a full-fledged DSLR (e.g. Sony Alpha 200 or even the Nikon D3000 maybe) or a semi-pro (e.g. Panasonic Lumix LX3) D: Louis suggests the semi-pro Panasonic Lumix LX3 though, since it’s smaller and less complicated, and fulfils my needs :D Oh well, we’ll see how everything goes I suppose.
2009 has been great, with all its ups and downs. 2010 will hopefully be better. Here’s to a better year, and so far it’s been so good :D
Dear dear Louis needs a break, or a day of nothing but rest, seriously. I love you baby ♥ Do take care for me.
Feeling: Slightly Tired
Weather: Cool
Listening To: Michael Buble- L O V E
I won’t be going anywhere for the New Year’s celebration or countdown this year (As usual, I don’t every year anyway XD), since traffic is going to be unbelievably heavy and everywhere will be jam-packed with people @_@ Just not really worth getting worked up over people banging into you or trodding on your feet, etc. At least, that’s my opinion >_> Celebrating with other people can be fun, but sometimes depending on the situation it’s just not for me :P I’d rather stay home and have a quiet countdown snuggling Louis this year ♥
So… what are you thankful for this year?
For me, the most major thing I am thankful for is having met Louis, and having him in my life as well as being in his life. Yes, ever since we got together, life has not been easy for the both of us- him with his business, studies and work (And his parents moving to Sarawak for work), and me with my family and studies, etc. But the both of us have chosen to ride this out together, so that we may be stronger and able to go through the worst of the worst together :3 And I’m glad that I have made this decision. I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world ♥
I’m also thankful for the people I’ve met the entire year, and for those whom I’ve got to known better (You all should know who you are :P), even if we’re not too close in the end, or even if we have gotten closer. I’ve learnt to love people as they are, flaws and all, and not hate instead, because hating someone is a terrible burden.
So all in all, it has been a wonderful year despite all the setbacks and obstacles that may have appeared. Goodbye 2009, hello 2010 :3 Happy New Year, everyone! ♥
And as for resolutions… what resolutions o_O
This post is continued from here :3 Dear dear and my trip to Malacca.
Feeling: Relaxed
Weather: Cool
Listening To: Fall Out Boy- I Don’t Care
Dear dear Louis and I went for our first holiday together to Malacca on Sunday, 27th December 2009 to Tuesday, 29th December 2009 :3 It was an awesome trip, despite some minor glitches here and there, but after all it is our first holiday together, so I guess we’re still learning :P
All of the photos (And a few more) are on an album on my Facebook account, but I’ve decided to make a post here for the sake of posterity too anyway :D Plus, there’ll be more verbosity here compared to my Facebook album >_>
The photo above is pretty much a memento of our trip- a printed out photo of dear dear and me holding an albino python at the square in front of the Christ Church Malacca, the clock tower and Stadthuys and ticket stubs from our visits to the Malacca Zoo, the museum complex around Stadthuys, the Tortura 2 exhibition in a museum near A’ Famosa Fort (Exhibition of medieval torture methods and implements!) and the Malacca River Cruise :3
I’m going to be writing the travelogues for days 1 and 2 in this post, and day 3 in the next post XD
The bedrooms in my house (Mum’s, mine and little brother’s) are getting repainted within these few days, mine being the last to be repainted… meaning I will be celebrating New Year’s with my room being painted D: I shall take this opportunity to rearrange the clutter in my room, I guess :P
Feeling: Calm-ish
Weather: Cool
Listening To: Rooster- Drag The Sunrise Down
I’ll be a very busy person during these final weeks of December. Let’s see my itinerary thus far:
Monday, 21st December 2009: University’s Department of Psychology annual prom.
- Prom was quite a blast. The performances were awesome! I’m glad I attended, and with Louis by my side too. We didn’t attend for the company (As usual, clique-y), but for the performances, and I’m glad I did. I never knew my lecturers could be so awesome! XD Ms. Winnee wore a long dress and high heels, Dr. Goh and Dr. Albert rocked out (Along with other staff and tutors) and I generally enjoyed the night’s entertainment :D No photos though, because I didn’t bring my camera along (Too lazy to carry so much stuff) >_>
+ Tuesday, 22nd December 2009: Dinner at aunt’s, for the Winter Solstice/Tang Yuen festival thing.
- Dinner was yummy, so was the tang yuen :P Other than that, nothing much to mention XD
+ 23rd December 2009, Wednesday- Early Christmas dinner with Louis’s brother Kevin and his girlfriend Catherine.
- Dinner was at Betty’s, and it was good and surprisingly cheap! The meatballs, meatloaf and the pork chop was awesome. Would definitely head there again for dinner one day :D
+ 24th December 2009, Thursday to 25th December 2009, Friday- At Banting ♥
- Bak kut teh for lunch and movies (At home) at night :D Such relaxation. Also went to AEON Bukit Tinggi for some window shopping mostly, but more importantly, it’s spending time with Louis that matters most :3 Attended midnight mass at church on Christmas Eve, my first.
+ 27th December 2009, Sunday to 29th December 2009, Tuesday- Trip to Malacca with Louis dear dear! ♥
- Malacca with dear dear is just awesome. More on this later :3
In December, we reminiscence, review and reflect on what has happened and we look forward to a whole new year ahead.
For me, this year has been very rewarding overall, despite some turbulence here and there. Ah well, difficulties are but stepping stones to character, no? ;) Generally I’ve learnt a lot of new things and met a lot of new people, all of which I am grateful for. But most of all, I met Louis. Without him, it would have been harder for me to deal with the obstacles I have faced, and he has really changed my life and made an impact on it.
I love you so much dear dear ♥ Thank you for everything.
Now that everything is over- especially assignments for Louis and the final exams for me, we can finally take a breather. Thank goodness for that, really, as I think the both of us really needed all the stress and insanity to stop @_@