Into 2008

Resolutions are meant to be broken, so I won't make terribly difficult ones so that if I break them I won't feel to bad. And I will add a nice contra-indication at the end for breaking a resolution. Something like eat two egg tarts instead of one.

I was going to spend New Year's being a bore and telling you how sad my life is. It is sad anyways, but I will dwell on the nice things. It is always good to think positive at the begining of the year! :)

We went to Tsim Sha Tsui for the countdown fireworks. Now, TST is supposed to be the best place to be on New Year's eve, or any public display of fire for that matter. I was excited to go have some fun and usher in 2008 with a whole host of characters. I couldn't have been further from the truth. People were sober, solemn faced and walked in straight lines. :( They were also staring at the few drunk tourists who were having a good time. The fireworks were lacklustre at best. They had occasional spurts of fireworks akin to impotence, and gullibule crowds were oohing and ahhing over every spurt. How sad is life? The actual 30 second display when the clock struck 12 was pretty good tho. Personally I would not want to be working in the International Financial Centre from where the main display was lit. The poor banker must have had a wonderful time at work knowing hundreds of kilos of explosives were strapped outside his window. Hahaha... I should have reminded him earlier! :)

So for 2008, I have made up my mind to do certain things:-
1. Visit China properly and eat nice local food.
2. Sleep in another bed other than my own, perferably in a 5* hotel in Macau!
3. Earn enough money to at least pay one term of my sister's school fees.
4. Eat the best egg tarts in Hong Kong.
5. Grow thin. The dietician has this chart on her wall and a BMI of 23 is considered overweight. I am on the brink of overweight, and I don't know where to start losing.
6. Marry a rich man.

Okay, so item 6 is impossible. So I should punish myself by eating two egg tarts.

Life is tough.