It is 31 December 2007 and it is the time to look back on the year. Where shall we start? Well, let us go first with the work place. It was my first peak at the office and boy was it a madhouse. Late nights, tapao-ed sushi dinners, burned Saturdays, rushing deadlines, annoying clients, nice clients, stupid management, incompetent coordinators, helpful coordinators. It was an experience, needless to say. The job is dumb dumb but the people kept me alive. My colleagues (not all), my managers (not all) and the clients that gave me a rush when they expressed their appreciation. But can I last in this job? Only if I am exceedingly lazy. Yes Madam. I seriously hope I am not that lazy. Well, being a world class enterprise (not like Star Trek), they provided me with the chance to go to London for awhile which was really exciting while it lasted though they threw in a few hurdles like a crash course in dealing with Difficult people. The new year will bring with it new challenges at work, we all need the energy to go through another peak and hopefully, I would have at least updated my resume by the end of next year. Do I like this job? Sometimes. Can I do this job? Well enough not to get too many complaints. Do I want to stay in this job? Hell no, especially if it means living my entire life with the old ladies (those who are actually old and those who behave old but not like aunties).

And for those living under a rock, the Pig decided to bite the dust this year. Just after Europe but just before my London stint. It was sad because no one wanted him to die (despite all the cursing and swearing about him). Which lives me with the woman that he married. Sigh. My life is not a bed of roses but it has not been rotten either (I give it to you the one who live upstairs) but trial after trial after trial… What can I say? I am just sitting on my ass and just taking whatever life throws at me with lots of complaining of course. I always had an ordinary life except with the drama serial worthy episodes with a certain someone that I do not care to translate into words. Life still goes on like an extremely long life soap opera (extremely boring Days of our lives anyone?).

The laney always proves his worth in salt, being a handyman, geekmaster and all round good guy. Now if only, he would let me throw my tantrums like the awful person I am or think that lounging around is the most exciting life can get.

My friends, my lovely colleagues at work, the Sharons, the managers, I am so glad that they were around this year. Basically, I am anti-social but words cannot express just how much these girls mean to me, especially those who I spend so much time with, yes you Seow, you Chiam and you Wang.

On the technology side, I acquired a Mac Book (which allows me to pimp up), A Nitendo NS Lite (Valentine’s Day present, just love consumerism), a Canon IXUS (the pig bought it just because he flipped), a Motorola Razr V8 (I exchanged the Xbox I won in the DnD for this). I am extremely vain and shameless when it comes to techie items even though sometimes I have no idea how to use them (that is where the geek comes in useful). Although these things are fun but I guess I have to lay off them for awhile. (But however, I can still continue to pimp my MacBook).

On the materialism end, Bambi flew in from Milan to be first in place in my stable of bags, followed by a new Kate Spade and many others. Many twenty dollar shoes were bought to my delight so that when they became spoilt, I was not sad but continued in my task for more twenty dollar shoes. Clothes, er clothes, just alot. Haha! Bought a cool Mango leather jacket and my first pair of boots though (but of course, no freaking use now!) So I buy expensive bags but cheap clothes. Tradeoff.

I delved into the world of organic goodness this year and boy has it been fun. I am even eating organic yogurt.

I intended for this post to be long but in the end, all I just want to sum up the year 2007. It was a turmoil filled second half of the year and a uneventul first half of the year because the only thing on my mind was work (and who remembers whatever happens during the first half of the year anyway?). For the year 2008, I hope that I will be able to get up from my ass and do something meaningful, life changing and fun. Many things in fact.