I was reading The New Paper earlier on and I came across this:
SWITCH ON 2009
"This economic crisis doesn't represent a cycle. It represents a reset."
- Mr Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric CEO
In 2008, something happened to the world that you thought only occurred on your computer.
The system crashed. Hung suddenly when all seemed well, then went kaput.
The unthinkable - some good, most bad - happened, in politics, in sports, even to our favourite White Rabbit candy.
It was a painful year, possibly the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
But it also brought flashes of brilliance, bits of joy.
Mostly though, it forced us to hit the reset button, to re-imagine the impossible, re-visit our values and, if the lessons of '08 are heeded, re-boot our lives.
Because for all its heartache, a watershed 2008 may yet make us stronger in all its momentous change.
How has '08 altered our world? We capture the changes in no more than eight pictures to set you thinking about '09...
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It really did set me thinking.
I've made a promise to myself & family that from 2009 onwards, I will work hard for my future - studies & career, and never will I let anyone down.
See you, 2009! :)
It was a good experience!
My first time fishing, in fact. Hahaha!
Met at Harbour Front.
Han Leng & Victoria drove us to Labrador Park.
While those who knows how to fish were setting up the stuffs,
the rest of us were busy making ourselves sandwiches.
Our luck wasn't with us.
After 2 hours or so, we decided to head to Marina South to continue fishing.
Finally, Jewelry caught the first fish.
Apparently, that was the first and the last fish of the day. HAHAHA. So proud of her!
Dinner at Aljunied.
Headed to Bishan and wanted to go prawning, but it was too crowded.
(Bumped into Kent! Good to see him again. :))
Went to Han Leng's place for PS3 before he send us home. (Thankyou, Mr Tan!)
Alright, peektures up! :)
It was a day of giving and sharing.
I had fun & felt very much loved on this special day. I hope everyone did feel the same way too.
Over the weekends, I baked a whole lot of cookies for colleagues at SCS and those pretty friends.
In return, I got many pretty stuffs too:
Dove chocolates from Debra (the admin staff),
Chocolate from Amy,
Cupcake-momma cupcake from Irene,
Sweets & Biscuits from Shanghai from Norman, and
Breadou Loaf Cushion from Derek (my OIC).
On the eve of Christmas, work was only till 1pm.
Headed to town right after to meet up with Huiling for lunch and shopping at Carrefour @ PS.
We got a lot of food:
Black pepper & Honey Chicken which we waited for almost an hour,
Cheese sausages,
Sushi,
Tidbits,
Sparkling juice (because we can't find Champagne at Carrefour, HAHAHA),
Pizza from Sarpino(from Kah Hwee), and
Log Cake from Marriott Hotel (from Matthew).
Everyone of us were hyped up for 12am on the eve!
Hurried home from town to get changed into comfy clothes and get all the presents before we head over to JunJie's place.
His mom is really nice that she headed out knowing that we will be heading over to get food for us and did some cooking for the 5 of us. Friendly mum! :D
The fun started upon Matthew's arrival and after we had our late dinner.
This is the event flow:
Dinner,
Gift exchange,
Out along the road for crazy ribbons/bomb bags/sparklers/popping of sparkling juice,
Back into the house for Log Cake (singing along
Indian Poker,
Uno,
Drink like mad,
Got drained out,
Falling asleep,
Got drawn on the arm
(Matthew got snowman and pedicure done on his arms/feets/toe nails,
and I got an outline of a butterfly on my arm,
because they wanna match something to my fairy! Hahaha), and
JunJie fell asleep in the toilet for almost 2hours.
On the Christmas Day itself:
Woke up at 4pm,
Lunch prepared by JJ's mum,
Dai-Dee game with the remaining drinks, and
BBQ dinner prepared for us by JJ's mum.
While the rest headed home, I headed to meet up Eric&Co. Went home to get changed and headed to ECP for bowling.
Peektures! :D
Thank you'al for the gifts:
Footspa Massger from Huiling,
Adidas Dedorant set from Kah Hwee,
Cute cupcake candle from Matthew all the way from Japan,
Coach Pouch from Jun Jie all the way from the States,
Apple talking clock from Eric, and
2009 Organiser from Kelvin.
Thanks for those SMSes wishes from Wei Shan, Calvin, Kenny, Andee, Glenn, Sam, Wei Wen, Samuel, Shuling dear, Ping Ding, Gerald, Lin Lin, Samatha, Jason Chia, Willie, Eeling and etc (those i missed out, still much appreciated!).
I really did enjoy myself!
Next, lets look forward to a brand new year, and
welcome 2009 with our widest arm!
:)
I had fun with the peeps, especially with Lovely Huiling. Have been neglecting her quite a bit due to the workload I have on hand. However, glad that the day came and past by as planned. :) Came across many pretty faces - Precilla, Eunice, Gabriel, Alvin, Mango, Keith, Si Jie, Dominic, etc.
On the other hand, I can't deny that the music wasn't as good as last year's. Heard that many famous DJs weren't spinning that night. I hope there will still be ZoukOut'09! Teeheehee! :D
23rd Dec @ 12am!
Happy Birthday! :)
(P.S./ my fringe is horrible. i'm gonna get a haircut later on after work. argh!)