Good one, 2007 !

Dear readers,

It's quite inevitable that I'll write one more post for the year on the last day of 2007 ... sort of a personal report card for my own keepsake when my own memory bank fails me eventually someday in the future. Somehow, for all the great year that 2007 was, this will be one of the few tangible bit of memory that I'll have to show for it.

2007 was a great travel year, but yet, most of the travel really took place in the 2nd half of it, and it felt like I was constantly on the move during the last 3 months of it.


I went far and traveled to parts of the world I've always wanted to see for myself. So, what left really deep impressions on me this year ?

I'll have to pick out a few overseas trip:

Sydney, Australia



Going to Australia is always good and fun. Of course, fun is one thing, meeting up with friends is another. Despite what some people say about Australians being less than friendly, I found myself making new friends and renewing acquaintances in Sydney this year. I'd like to thank May and my friends Darren, his young and vibrant family, and Kelen for their hospitality.

This trip's important because of the things about people that I learnt. Sometimes, small lessons take you very far. Most things you can buy have expiry dates. Friendships last forever.

China


Visiting 5 cities in the Greater China region in a matter of weeks on business is no small matter. I just had to see China for myself, to understand the history, and to see the future. Seeing China for myself, I have no reasons to doubt that this is the future, and I will have to learn from today to deal with that future. Like it or not, there is little stopping the Chinese march forward.

Of course, having some good food, great company, and making some new friends in China didn't hurt !

Bangkok, Thailand


Having the Girlfriend around this year had been a real joy ! None more so than when we went for a walkabout in Bangkok ! This being her first real overseas trips to a foreign land, I was quite happy for her that she did enjoy herself !

Food - GREAT !
Sights - GREAT !
Shopping - GREAT !

Ups and downs, highs and lows ... it happened all this year ... I can't wait for the next years !

I hope to continue with my travels, to take more photographs, and hopefully, I'll be able to post them to share with you all as well !

Happy New Year 2008 !

Sincerely,
Moz

I'll miss 2006

2006 has been good to me in more ways than I can imagine. It has been rewarding, enriching, and ultimately, a huge personal triumph. Amazing how so little achievement can make oneself feel so good.

No, I don't have any terminal disease I have to deal with. I didn't have any personal tragedy of gigantic proportions to overcome. I am not forever running away from Ah Longs. To just about anyone, I had a life as normal as can be.


However, personally, this is the year I turned the corner. The human mind is too good a thing to waste. I was about to waste away my own life - with negative thoughts, and a total sense of personal negativity in 2004 and 2005. My life was just wrong, in my mind. But really, I had so much going for me, and was blind not to see that ...

Well, events late in 2005 made me rethink about my own outlook and approach to life. I lost my optimism, got myself drowned in work, and never really recovering from personal issues I've had in the past. I decided in the first few days in January 2006, that I was not going to accept that I have to go through life with that sort of pessimism in me.


Negative thoughts were abandoned there and then. And I started to build a more positive and cheery outlook.

It wasn't easy, and it didn't take a short while. I only really embraced positivity as my approach to life in August, after some deep, probing questions were thrown to me.

So, what's so good about 2006 ?


Well ...

The travel's great ... Beijing, Pulau Perhentian, Hong Kong, Sydney, Auckland, Melbourne, Manila and Hanoi ... that's more places than some people have been to in their entire lifetime. I should be (and I am) so thankful for that. And that's beside the staple of Singapore and Bangkok ...


The blogpals are great ... angeliu, pelf, inevitable, cik epal, che-cheh, jems, cheng sim (still around or not, cs?) ...


New vehicle is good too, but not so good for the pocket ... still makes me happy though ...

Moz became a happy soul ...

And what's in store for 2007 ? And btw, these aren't resolutions, they are goals and principles for living happy ...


More of the same ... to keep being positive and happy. Happy or sad, life goes on ... might as well make each day a happy one !

To work myself back to my previous fitness level ... you only have one body. Better take care of it now while it's still in relatively good order.

And to keep the smile permanent ... if ever I get wrinkles, I want happy wrinkles !!!

BTW, click to see larger picture. And email to get original sized pics ...


I love you all !!! Happy New Year 2007 !!!