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GoodBye to 2008 and a new blank sheet to start up 2009..

Is it too late to welcome 2009 or is it too early? Since it is the 8th of January.. but .. it's still 2008 for the Chinese lunar calendar with a few more weeks to go before I get a year older ^-^ Anyway, Happy 2009 to Everyone!

Finally, I'm starting one of my 2009 resolution.. Something which I always wanted to do.. Srating up a new blog about Food, Travel and those exciting stuffs that I see/do in my Life. With the limited time that I always have (Excuse? Too lazy? haha :p), I've decided to add this task to me 2009 New Year ToDo List to make myself do it :) It wasn’t easy at all to start learning to use a new tool for a “dumb dumb” like me ^-^ eventhough it is a user friendly tool but being a demanding newbie like me who wanted to add in all those fancy fancy stuffs things got complicated. Haha.. >.<

First, I tried to add in the HappyOMeter and the ad from NuffNang. By following through the steps provided by NuffNang to add in the ad was easy but there was an error when I copied the script and paste it to my template.. “If u r the admin of the page, please check the link if it is correct..” bla bla.. so I thought that the link I provided was wrong. “Dumb dumb” me redo the whole thing again and got the same error, then I thought the name of the blog I provided was wrong since i use "@" for the blog name. After a few redo-ing n trying all kinda stupid things I decided to leave it as it is and try adding in the HappyOMeter Script to check if it works.. Pheww…. it came out well and the ad came out well too when the template was saved and viewed in the actual mode instead of the preview mode. >.<>

Luckily I was smart enough to click on the Help button at the top right corder and lead me in the forum to seek help. After slightly 1minute, someone with the name ‘TheBlogDoctor’ replied me with a link that have the steps to follow through.. TAddddddAaaaa……….. I managed to remove the picture away together with the header but there was no link for me to add back the header and I switched my template to get it all back.. GeeEeezZzz.. What a long process to get my 1st New Year task done! By the way, I did not upload any pictures to the header yet since I was not able to find one which I think is suitable at this moment. Lesson learned from a demanding newbie : Get things done step by step, nothing can be done perfectly in a time ^-^

FlashBacks of 2008
2008 was quite a tuff and adventurous year for me..
· Moving far away from home and a dramatic change in my lifestyle from a person who seldom/never cook a 3 course meal to someone who needs to..
· Searching for job in a different country with no knowledge of how or even what their normal resume would look like and when I finally found a job, I was not able to accept the new environment due to a culture shock.. :( I had never ever imagine that the working environment there is sooo much different from where I was.. Then another job which I thought was such a good opportunity to excel in what I studied, but the company was some sorta “Con” (mayb not that bad, just that I wasn’t able to accept the way they are going to outsource us). Finally I ended up somewhere not too far and not too near from where I currently stay. The people here are real real good without giving me any “heartattack” (due to the culture shock I had b4 haha.. ). Thanks a lot for all the patience, understanding and of course not leaving me out on all the activities. (Thanks to my Big boss for the Christmas card and the ColdStone gift card ^-^)
· I was so excited for the first few month living in a different country trying out new stuffs.. until I started to get bored of the limited variety of foods and stuffs here and start missing the Hawker foods, Pasar malam, Ramadan bazaar, Mamak stalls, Seafood, Sushi buffets, Bakeries, Shopping malls.. etc.. Sometimes I even smell those home delicacies while I’m working in the office haha… (*Day Dreaming*)..
· A year which I saw and learned the most out of experience
· A year which I bought the most NIKE brand stuffs (haha… ^-^)
· A year which I traveled the most ^-^
1. Seattle
2. San Diego
3. Vancouver
4. San Francisco
5. NewYork
6. Washington D.C
7. Toronto
8. Montreal etc.

So Loonngg 2008...