Voices from within

Revisiting 2011

I had a few posts drafted since September, 2011 but never had the mood to actually finalize and publish them. I was telling Pei Yee the other day - blame it to the chair and desk! Yeah, they are the mood enhancers to me. Hehe. Sitting in front of my laptop in this quiet night, I recalled my overdue posts.

Why don't I combine them into one and call it a year?

That's it. Here you go.

1. My overtime marathon continued in the first quarter of the year, having had to manage phase two of the same project which brought me sleepless nights as well as stress in 2010. The only thing I'd appreciate is having a great replacement boss in the last few months of the year and a few good developers working under me; both who would accompany me through sleepless nights in the office though the latter are more than 4000 kilometres from me.

2. I attended a number of concerts this year and the best one would be Kenny G's live concert at KLCC. I cannot describe the feeling in words on how good it was. As opposed to the few reactions that I get from friends, they either mentioned concerts are noisy, too crowded and that they could watch videos on their comfortable couch instead. No! It's a joy to attend concerts actually. You cannot possibly get the kind enjoyment of as you penetrate into the songs.

3. I left the company in August after a whole year of struggle. It took me 2 months to finally land on a job. It had been very relaxing in the first few weeks. I was either spending more time at home in Kajang or chilling in cafes with my laptop.

4. During my holiday, I had also registered myself for the Contempo Drum Level 1 class. I had wanted to pick up drum since a year ago but did not have time to do so. So this is it! I did not think that my new job would be as demanding as my old job. Hence, I went ahead with the course registration :-)

5. The final highlight in my 2011 would be the opportunity to travel overseas on a business trip. I was assigned to go to Hong Kong for two weeks just after my second week at work. I admit that I was kind of nervous when I was waiting for my flight. The feeling was as though it was my first day at kindergarten as a 5-year-old kid and I did not want to part with mommy. I wished a colleague or at least someone would have accompanied me. Okayyy.. that just showed how childish and inferior I am to the outside world. However, as soon as I had gotten used to the working life in Hong Kong, it felt better :-) I had to undergo a series of induction training during my visit. I was all by myself after work. I enjoyed having dinner at the char chan teng and shopping at Mong Kok after work. Here are some photos from the trip.

With the girls from Hong Kong whom I knew via my Kota Kinabalu trip last year.

It's good to also look at the resolutions I've made in early 2011 and check what have I accomplished for the year :D

• Bring my faithful camera out more - Ummm.. yes and no haha. I had been snapping more with my iPhone since owning it. However, I managed to get myself a first lens - the 18-100mm vrII!
• Bring my family overseas on a vacation this year - Mom, CK and I went on a holiday to Bali this year, without the 2 sisters :D Check.
• Target to complete kellerhomemade.com - Ummm.. Miss Keller was too busy; changed her plan and the new site should be in-progress.
• Spend more time understanding and doing things he likes together - On-going project :-)