As this year draws to a close, this girl needs to say a few personal thank yous:
Princess, Prefect & The Parents: You guys have been nothing short of amazing. It is normal that people love their family, but this girl actually really, really, likes you guys too. You make her laugh, you get into [...]
Archive for December, 2007
ready or not, here I come!
Posted in adventure, chapters, emo-ments, family, friends, just me, new things on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
washing it clean
Posted in adventure, chapters, decluttering, emo-ments, grad school, just me, life learnings, new things, travel on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
People who know even the roughest cut of this girl’s 2007 adventures will know how big this past year has been for this girl. However, only a select few can fully appreciate exactly how monumental 2007 has actually been.
To say the least: it has been life-changing.
It was already a shaky start to the year with [...]
the tail end of Christmas
Posted in new things, politics, sock stuff on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
And in a blink of an eye, Christmas has come and gone and looking back at all the Christmases that have passed, this one ranks up there with the best of them. It was quiet, small and intimate; with good food and great company and this girl laughed so hard her sides hurt and smiled [...]
lil steps, big world (part III)
Posted in grad school, just me on December 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It was worse than her wisdom teeth extractions. It was the blight in her otherwise cushy lady-of-leisure life. It was the proverbial pain in her neck; thorn in the side; stone in the shoe. It gave her endless sleepless nights. It made her whiny and insecure. It was tedious and for a long while she [...]
gifts from a king
Posted in family, friends, just me, life learnings, music on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas always takes this girl’s breath away.
No, its not the city lights which are very pretty this year. No, neither is it the mad rushing from shopping place to shopping place. No, it is also not the grand feasts and the generous presents. And, no, neither is really the warmth of family and close friends, [...]
what are you giving this year?
Posted in just me, life learnings, life rules, music on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just the day before the Tuck and Patti concert, this girl had a long dinner with Godbrother- they were originally supposed to write Christmas cards together but, as expected, they ended up having a long, long conversation which included a heart-string tugging moment when she was sharing with him how one Little Orphan girl who [...]
just a slice of heaven
Posted in emo-ments, music on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This girl has been a big Tuck and Patti fan for years. When they came to town years ago, Stacey scored totally awesome tickets and they spent a lovely evening watching the guitar virtuoso and his blues singing wife. They were awesome. They are one of those couples that are amazing as individual musicians, but [...]
lil steps, big world (part II)
Posted in adventure, grad school on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This girl needs to stop giving herself heart attacks. Seriously.
So, today, this girl decided she was ready to deal with her Harvard applications. Its a long shot, she knows, but its only costing her US$80, some time to apply so, heck. Whatever. Anyway, as she was applying as realized she missed out on another essay! [...]
at the bow of the ship
Posted in adventure, just me, travel on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This girl spent the last three days in the little known, very far out, but oh-so-beautiful Koh Chang, Thailand running a program for a friend’s company. It was their yearly incentive trip and it was a collection of people from a grand mix of Southeast Asian countries: Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines. (She trained [...]
socks on the plane again
Posted in adventure, family, friends, travel on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This year has been a big travel year for this girl:
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia with family in January.
Perth, Australia with Princess in February.
Myanmar with Smartest Friend in May.
Myanmar again, with Smartest Friend and The PhD in June.
Bangkok, Thailand with Ninja in July.
Hong Kong with Family in August.
Zhongshan, China with Family in August.
Bangkok, Thailand with Family in [...]
a few favourite things
Posted in just me, life rules on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This girl recently had very late night teh-chinno with an old friend and after reminiscing about old times, he suggested they play over-prata 20 meme questions. This girl is almost sure he made up the game, or at least it was some mishmash of several games but she was high on sugar (yes, she eats [...]
smelly, stinky & a cow named Poop
Posted in friends, funnies, travel on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So this girl and Smelly Melly spent the last two days off in Bintan for a much needed, long over-due girly weekend. Its been a long time since Smelly Melly and this girl (she’s known as Stinky Winky to Smelly Melly) went on a trip together and it was truly long overdue.Think top-to-toe spa, good [...]
the not-so-fancy Christmas list
Posted in just me, new things, sock stuff on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Several people have asked this girl what she would like this Christmas. You know, with this having been a big year for her and everything. So, this girl has thought about it for a bit and here’s her not-so-fancy Christmas list.
1. A place in grad school- any of her six choices.
2. Even better, a full-ride [...]
chaussettes à la plage
Posted in funnies, just me, travel on December 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This girl has been officially unemployed since the end of August. Officially anyway. And as most of you would know, she, however, has not really been “unemployed”. Sure, there are the little trips here and there but she’s been involved in far too many projects: some paying, some favors with payment in kind (usually food), [...]
it’s the thought
Posted in emo-ments, life learnings, music on December 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This girl met Big Brother when she was thirteen years old as she took her little infant steps serving in her then church, he took her under his wing- encouraging her to write, to sing, to share. It was Big Brother that first took her to The Other Land, first showed her the wonders [...]
