I miss those days..
Posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 by pelf and filed in Personal Stuff

You know, I miss those days when I could blog about anything I wanted to.

I wanted to write about my frustration with certain politicians for saying certain things and with certain groups of people for doing whatever they are doing that disrupts racial harmony in the country. In MY country. But then, who are we kidding, politics isn’t exactly my cup of tea.

I wanted to write about the mounting excitement in the current project that I am working on (yes, it’s related to terrapins), and the kind of project-related activities that I am really looking forward to, but I guess all that is more appropriate in the Terrapin Conservation Centre website. Plus, I don’t want to jump the gun. So I guess I will be writing more about that stuff there later.

I wanted to write about my frustration with certain people in a certain administration because they are making things unnecessarily difficult for me. But I thought, what’s the point? Ranting about it will not solve the problem, but actively and tirelessly pursuing it will. And I am known to have tonnes of patience, so let’s see to that.

I wanted to write about how I am looking forward to the overseas trips that I will be making this year but I do not want to come out as being arrogant. I have learned that 2D communications, without the facial expressions, can be misconstrued and read the wrong way.

Did you ever feel this way? That there’s so much you wanted to write about but can’t because, you know, somewhere around the corner, somebody might be waiting to pounce on you? I can’t wait for this phase to be over so that I can be myself again, here on my blog.

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Nine days into the new year…
Posted on Saturday, January 09th, 2010 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it

… and I already have an idea of what my 2010 would be like! I envision it to be filled with a lot of turtle-related research and conservation projects and campaigns, some work-related trips overseas, some traveling and hopefully, lots of fun :)

I enjoyed myself very much in the past 10 days I realized that I haven’t felt the same way in a very loooong time. Perhaps it’s time to really set aside some time in my schedule for this category of people I call “friends” :)

So, New Year’s eve was spent flying to Subang and getting “caught” in the torrentious rain in the plane. For a second, I thought we were skipping 2010 and moving straight towards 2012. But all was well after about an hour or so, and I met up with my pen-pal of, let’s see, 20 years. Back then, we were two curious 10-year-olds looking forward to developing some kind of long distance relationship by exchanging letters whenever we could. I remember waiting anxiously for Angela’s letters and hurriedly sending her my replies. It was so exciting :)

Now, fast forward 20 years later and I was spending New Year’s Eve with Angela for the first time, rolling our eyes at funnily-dressed people, ogling at cute guys, counting down at The Curve, and trying our best to avoid being foam-sprayed on by underaged kids. It was also my first countdown and apart from the excessive spraying of foam, I enjoyed every minute of it :)

Besides Angela, I also met up with a friend I have only met once in the past 3 years. Besides restaurant-hopping and non-stop eating, Jeremy and I had a lot of fun combing the streets in Bangsar. Oh, and guess who we ran into while having Indian rice (yeah, with our fingers) for dinner?! Kevin the Mozilla Monster! Who would have guessed that you could run into a friend on New Year’s Day in KL, right? The world is small like that, huh?

The other two days were spent shopping and window-shopping and meeting a few friends and a cousin who shares my birthdate and catching a (really) late-night movie. My bestie and I went shopping for baby stuff because she’s going to pop in 2 months. She already has pretty much all that she needs and might possibly need and now I guess she’s just waiting for the baby to arrive :)

So, what about the resolutions, heh? Only two this year:

  • to go out more often and meet more people, and
  • to learn to put my family first, before anything else, because after all, they’re the ones who matter the most to me.
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Happy New Year!
Posted on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 by pelf and filed in Life as I see it

Can you believe that this year, I actually get to spend New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in KL, a place where New Year’s Day is declared a public holiday? LOL. I know, I have been spending too many New Year’s Day in Kuala Terengganu that I have gotten so used to the fact that New Year’s Day is a working day, just like any other Sundays :)

Anyway, I will be in KL for 3 days — haven’t really developed a concrete set of plans yet but who needs a plan when you will be meeting some friends and chatting the hours away?

I’d like to wish YOU, my friends, a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you for being such great friends — you know who you are :) Thank you for standing by me, for listening to me talk non-stop, for the shoulders and the hugs and the kisses, for the love, for the continuous support, for the friendship and most importantly, thank you for coming into my life :)

*cling glasses*

Here’s to more of those GREAT STUFF in the new year :)

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