Saturday, January 01, 2005 how typical can another year like 2004 get...it jus flew by like tt again...i received e new year yest nite together wif my whole family at my cousin's place..we had steamboat dinner, lotsa laughter and fun picking angpows frm e christmas tree...wat a tradition indeed...mixed culture frm e east n west huh?!? hahaha...aniwae sum of dem left b4 12 midnite while e rest continued wif e VCD marathorn...i retreated into e room 2 type out e meeting minutes of my church youth leaders meetin...wat a wae 2 receive e new year...hmmm....kinda bored...barney u were supposed 2 cum n keep me company but den pangseh me coz of ur shyness....wat a reason...funnie gal...oh well aniwae e mahjong session wif daddy, sam n zoey started at bout 1230am.....ivan took over at bout 1am n e session lasted till bout 330am....den guess wat....all of us including my mom joined in e 'blackjack' game after tt...till bout 5am....it was den mom n dad went home n e rest of us continued watchin VCD......not bad....at least managed 2 survive e whole nite w/o slpg.....den at 545am went mrng exercise wif my GM......e air was super fresh n cooling.....felt so healthy suddenly......but e rain came as unexpected....ended up in macs 4 breakfast coz cldnt walk 2 e mkt as e rain was 2 heavy...supposed 2 go swimming wif ah barn todae but den weather was horrible...until now is still terrible...rain n rain e whole mrng.....postpone la...no choice...meanwhile im jus rotting....jus suddenly tot how wld my 2005 turn out 2 b....will it b a fun year....will it b fulfilling.....will it b enriching...or rather will it b tiring too? so mani doubts n yet no ans...i guess i onli can receive all dis wif an OPEN heart.....double meanings....oh wellz......e big As dis year...nt tt im worried....im jus bored i guess...i need smthg BIG 2 light up my boring life.....wonder is e As big enuf....i tink i sound crazy....okie nvm......regardin e mission trip n extension stay i shall nt comment here....coz i dun tink i can finish typing...4 those i wan 2 tell i alreadi told.....but 1 ting 4 sure...it was an experience of a lifetime.....1 tt i'll nv forget....i learnt a lot.....i learnt how 2 appreciate more n not take tings 4 granted......events tt happened in 2004...esp in e mth of dec made me understand n appreciate wat i haf.....2004 did nt start off e right note 4 me....it din realli end off nicely too....wif all e chaos ard e world....wif all e lethargy i feel....n e bad stomach tt im still havin......let e bygones b bygones.....its finalli 2005.....though i still hafta attend sch on 3rd jan while most of my frens dun haf 2.....but mayb i shld b glad n happie bout tt coz at least i dun hafta work n slog my guts out 4 a job....so i guess cherish n love.....my motto 4 year 2005.......tts it 'Cherish n Love'.......