Blessed 2014!!!!

As 2013 comes to a close, it's the usual thing to reflect on the past year.

Looking back at 2013, it was a year of quality time spent with my family, relatives and close friends esp before my departure. Travel-wise, the furthest I went this year was to Korea...I travelled mostly in Malaysia. 2013 but I enjoyed all of them and the company! Life-wise, I did ice skating for the 1st time in my life with my dear kakis and went cycling after a long time. Also, went to Gardens by the Bay finally in 2013 and returned to Sentosa after some time (not counting when we watched Voyage de la Vie)! Family-wise, mum went for her knee op and recovering well (Praise the Lord!) and I had fun watching my niece growing up and bathe..hehe! Dad also had his surgery and recovered well while I was away.

Workwise, it was my first time hosting overseas delegates and I enjoyed it. Of course, had the support from my 2nd boss and it wasn't quite a formal appointment. The research study I was involved in also came to a close in 2013 after 2 years...so had quite a bit of exposure tagging along for formal presentations to the management of stat boards! Also did my 1st external talk to a bank! Then had quite a bit of work assessments referred by Occ Health dept. And finally, of course, here I am in UK for my postgrad!!

I am also thankful for being in such a lovely place in B'ham and the opportunity to travel and learn while I'm here. In all these, I thank Him!

*Added: Skyped my parents this morning and also video called with Emma. She's such a smart girl!!! Glad she could recognise me..hahaha! Anyway she's grown a lot..now can furniture walk!! Kids really grow up v fast. I guess when I see her, she'll know how to call 姑姑 and probably run around and yak a lot! Anyway, was supposed to go Warwick with L this afternoon cos she was gg to meet her friend there for lunch but her friend was repairing the car so couldn't meet. So means I stayed home..then L asked if I wanted to go along to pick C up from work and then to B&Q (hardware warehouse) to get a door handle (the main door is stuck cos of the weather..the wood has swollen up so this morning, we both couldn't pull it open and L had to ask our next door neighbour to bang it open from outside for us! Then dinner...L bought lots of marked down items from Tesco earlier on and we had quite a feast, which I wasn't expecting! Had some wine too..though I kept declining my 2nd glass! Doubt there's any countdown show on TV tonight so shall just snooze into the new year.