i felt kinda sad though in the new yr as i realised that my new yr resolutions for 2007 had not been diligently fulfilled accordingly hence this yr i am stuck with the same ones all over again. very shameful to be such a slacker frankly. someone who is not keen to upgrade or better her life and continue to live yr to yr as the same, unimproved person. very soon i am gonna be mid 20s and that is kinda scary actually. i feel that i am still in the same state of mind like my then 19 yr old self except i dun really have all the time and luxury to squander my youth away doing nothing. it is depressing to remain goal-less and ambition-less forever. so like every start of a new yr, this time round i promise myself that 2008 must be a satisfying one! i am going to achieve the following (i read this good book recently which advises not to use the word 'try' in your resolutions otherwise u will never ever get around to doing it):

1) it's high time to have a satisfying job which i love and pays me what i think i deserve.

i feel happy to say that i have managed to fulfill step 1 of this aim. i will be starting work in feb at this great office (in a cool building! unlike normal office buildings, this one has a very gothic feel (i aint kidding, i do mean Gothic) and in the lobby, there's a very glam bar (yes, the kind where u drink alcohol) right in the middle of the first floor. cool) i also cannot be happier at the renumeration that i am offered for now. my advice to those who hate their jobs and think they are getting peanuts - look around for better offers right now in your industry then quit. if anything, my last job at the recruitment company has taught me that the job market is really doing well now and most job seekers really have the advantage of jumping to better offers. do it right now while the economy is good as nobody would know how long it will last. if it is not the money but u just hate your job, then either try to love it and get better at it, or quit. i think life is too short to be in a job u hate.

2) weight loss, slim down!

this is a toughie for me. since i left school i was no longer my slim self. i have always been the indulgent type who almost never deny myself of the food i love, the type who rather spend the entire day reading a book while lying (and maybe, snacking) on bed then to go out in the sun for sports (horrifying thought. i look like crap when i am tanned). hence the first step i took is to rejoin my gym (just so i can still run, despite on a treadmill, but safely indoor away from the evil sun). i have my ideal weight which i eventually wanna achieve, which is good, bcoz that means i have a goal that i can work towards.

3) quitting (for real) the Very Bad Habit

will not go into great length regarding this but close frens will know what i am referring to. like everybody, i dun wanna die, yet. frankly sometimes i am scared to death just thinking about it. u will feel like a walking timebomb, kinda helpless and all.

anyway, am looking forward to start work soon. i have been resting for way too long now, i am totally sluggish and have lost my momentum in life! but i am grateful still, bcoz of all the free time i have on hand (downside is my savings is a one way street, out only). i went to the library to borrow tons of books in order to save on entertainment. it feels great. i always love reading. i almost never buy my own reading materials bcoz i tend to only read a book once. and books r really ex actually.. i threw away too much stuffs when i moved house so now i am v conscious about buying things mindlessly bcoz most of them will just end up somewhere in the house, unused and forgotten. waste of money and space (and also an extra area where dust can settle and accumulate on). also been maximising my broadband by watching shows on it, thus saving more money on entertainment. (hmm.. actually i am kinda good at this huh) and also playing tomb raider on ps2 (both sponsored by e bf). ya i know i very out le. even the kids dun play ps2 now, do they? it must be the generation of xbox, psp and the likes of these games now. but i am the kind of, aiya, can play jiu play lo, nv mind de la... the bf looks down on me for relying on walkthroughs for my lara croft though. he said that's not playing game at all. but hello, how am i suppose to know where all the freaking rewards are located if i am without my walkthrough?!!

yup! anyway, have fun everybody. it is the start of a new yr once again so make good use of it to improve the quality of your life and the ones around u in the next 12 mths.

will have dinner with my ex colleagues tonight at clarke quay. hope i can get some pix with them to post it up in the next blog. here's one with my ex boss and colleague though and one i took with the little she-demon last yr. hope it is still ok to post them up ^_^"