Calling a Close

My new nails.

It is that time of year again where people make lame jokes like "See you next year!" -_-

I get it. But we don't actually have to say it right? I have gotten this joke told to me for the past three days. Personally I feel sad when I hear it. I am no sentimental person, but I feel pensive when time passes by so swiftly. Before you know it, you will be sitting in an old rattan rocking chair facing the fading sunset, wondering how life passed you by, and wishing that you did more to make a bigger impact on the world. Be it to disrupt the lives of the nurses in the old folks home or redesigning the health care system to make podiatry services available worldwide. Okay, maybe inventing teleporting would be fun too.

The girls were wondering what to do for New Year's Eve, and both managed to get someone to take them in and feed them. I am not so lucky. Hong Kong people are not so friendly. So I am left to feed myself and have no friends to have supper with. I still have yet to get my phone. Maybe I should go find one soon. I like to think that people are frantically trying to reach me but cannot do so as I don't have a phone to be reached. Don't spoil my fantasy. My mum was not a bit worried when I could not be contacted and was nonchalant when I called her in case she was worried why I cannot be reached. But I did get a going for not zipping up my handbag. Mothers and bankers are alike *wrinkles nose in disgust*.

I shall have to make up a list of resolutions. This year has given rise to massive change. This time last year I only had to worry about my dissertation. My family was around me, I was warm and well fed. I never dreamed I would be in Hong Kong by year end. We moved back to Malaysia, with Osbert still left in Newcastle. Oswald is in boarding school, Olivia rules the roost and my dad wants to be a loanshark. The family is scattered all over the place. I am not the only one feeling the loss of not having my mum's cooking in the freezer. Yet, given the choice, I would still make the same decisions and take the same path. I can't begin to imagine where the end of 2008 will land me.

My resolutions for 2007 were simple. I figured I managed most of them.
1. Eat 3 times a day - check (at least 60% of the time)
2. Watch tv - check
3. Eat 5 portions of fruit and vege a day - not checked
4. Fit into a prom dress - check (I fitted into a size 8, go me!)
5. Do 3 minutes of exercise a day - check (if walking the stairs counts)
6. Eat cake - double check

I can't remember what else was on the list I put up the wall. I should make another list and pin this up the wall to remind me of my priorities.