Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all, although it's a few days late.

This New Year is quite special as I am not in Malaysia. The last time I was not in Malaysia during New Year was probably 11 years ago, when I was in the States. This time around, due to work commitment, I'm in Toronto. Luckily I managed to contact Uncle Lee and met up with him here in Toronto. I was honored to be invited to his lovely home and have dinner together with his family. I enjoyed their company very much indeed.

Can't believe it's already 2011. Feels like time just zaps past like lightning. The end of a year always makes us review our achievements and sometimes count our blessings. I typically would do that too. Again, no major achievements this year that I can recall of. Looking back, these are the things that I remember:
- changing jobs: much happier at the new place, and gives me more opportunity as well as freedom.
- travel (work): due to work, finally visited Sabah and Sarawak, not to mention Toronto. Also visited Bangalore twice, to company's HQ.
- travel (leisure): finally visited Bangkok after so long, to attend a uni buddy's wedding. Awesome to have finally being able to catch up with 2 uni buddies and knowing a bunch of cool Thai friends.
- aikido: now at 3rd Kyu, slacking a bit due to all the work traveling that caused me to miss a lot of classes.
- diving: not much, only made like 2 trips to Dungun. Finally dived with contact lenses and can see better under water.
- contact lens: started wearing contact lenses on an occasional basis, so that I can get used to it and wear it while diving.
- new friends: got to know a group of new friends from Plurk. Awesome and fun loving bunch of people. Also as mentioned above a bunch of awesome Thai friends.

Have been slacking on updating my blog last year, I've counted only 19 posts, which averages to less than 2 posts per month. Not sure if anyone is still reading this blog, but I will try to update more often I guess.

Copy pasting my last year's resolution:
1) Train Aikido more often and get into V shape (in progress, now reaching H shape from A shape)
2) Make a decision to stay or leave
3) Think and do it... not just think alone
4) Get at least 1 project up and running
5) etc... (will add on as I go along... haha yeah I cheat!)

The conclusion so far is:
1) Quite stagnant... need more work on this, fail
2) Already left and joined a new place, so I guess this is achieved
3) Hmm... still need to work on this, fail
4) Fail
5) N/A

Yikes, quite bad eh. That's why as they say, we make resolutions so that we could break them. Haha :P

New resolutions? I guess pretty much same as last year, except #2 is more on seriously thinking if I should plan to migrate.

Anyways enough rambling. Once again Happy 2011 to All! Have fun, stay safe, be good. :)