Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird

Bye Bye '05...

... and happy 2006!

I commemorated the new year by spending it with friends, friends and more friends. NYE was spent at China One with an assortment of pals, and I actually got happy enough (not drunk, just happy) to climb up onto a bed and dance for a bit. Woohoo.

Then, the next day my primary and secondary school friends came over for a reunion with some of our teachers, which was really cool. It was great to see the teachers again and test their brain power to see if they remembered all our names.

Finally, last night the Cal gang came over for another reunion. The turnout was surprisingly good, and I got to see some faces that I hadn't seen for a while.

All in all, a great start to 2006. To bid a fond farewell to 2005, here's my year-in-review.

1) Weddings attended: not too many this year, just 2 that I can think of. (Although one was fairly important since it kinda catalysed the whole thing with PJ...)

2) Parties thrown: quite a few recently since the cooking bug suddenly bit me.

3) Mileage racked up in a year: not more than 13000, which is slightly less than 2004.
3a) Amount spent on Sam's petrol: $1858.64!!! Damn you, high oil prices...

4) Holidays taken: 2 - USA, Bintan. How pathetic is that?!?
4a) Work trips taken: India twice, Hong Kong twice times, Shanghai once, Beijing twice, Seoul, Brazil, US

5) Days out on sick leave (some real, most fake): Too few to count... Plus, now that the workload is getting heavier the price to pay for malingering is getting way too high.

6) Items bought on eBay: not that many actually, my addiction is getting better. But, now I've started shopping a lot more at retail outlets back home. Crap.
6a) Items bought on VSC: also down from last year :D

7) Boyfriends: zero/one depending on definitions. Hahaha.
7a) Flings: one/two depending on definitions. Hahaha.

8) Stayovers there: 5

That's it. All in all, 2005 is probably best described as "the year I worked a lot harder". Which explains the raise but doesn't explain why I'm still not promoted.

Posted by scrabbyfoo at January 3, 2006 02:04 PM