New Years Eve

What to do, how to ring in the new year?

Join one of the big parties being organized, suffer in the crowd and struggle with parking and the jam to and fro?
I don't feel like it, seems more a nuisance than fun. So boring and so conformist.

It's what people here do, it seems, on normal days as well as on public holidays, the average Malaysian flocks to shopping complexes, every tom,dick and harry is in Mc'donalds or GSC or just walking around window shopping. I hate driving to shopping malls, it's a bloody disaster.

I'm going to spend new years eve home or close to home, reading an old favorite or else maybe see a movie or two with a few shots of a nice brandy.

I think the night will be that much more pleasant and relaxing.

That's the way to do it.

New Year Blues

2011 in around a day.

So much to do for the next semester, so many new subjects to get ready for, lesson plans, notes, quizzes, assignments and tests to prepare.

I'm supposed to be halfway through it now, bah, predictably I haven't started yet. As usual, it's going to be a mad dash at the 11th hour.

Ye gods, why can I never do anything related to paperwork early.

I started the 2010 with plans to exercise and get fit, went to the gym 3 times in the first week and all that, sadly, at the end of 2011 far from losing the 30kgs that would have turned me normal sized, I gained 3kgs and weigh in at 100kgs.

Money wise, made big plans for the year, wrote it down even. Then went on to be irresponsible and blew every cent I made. So financially 2010 has been every bit as successful as my fitness plan, which is to say not very successful at all.

To sum up 2010, good riddance.