Sylvia's World...

As we are really afraid that we may missed our flight back home, we woke up really early and drove down to Christchurch to return the car and catched our flight back home.

We reached the airport quite early and as I was really sick of western food, we had japanese food for lunch.

While waiting for boarding, I saw the Kea bird puppet and because TFB really love the Kea bird, I brought that for him as a honeymoon pressie to remember the trip.

There was a slight delay and we boarded the plane at about 2.10pm NZ time. I did not drink this time, so no incident of me blacking out onboard the flight again. However, I did find the long flight really suffering and used up all my willpower to stay in my seat and not go crazy.

We finally reached Singapore at 10.30pm SG time and after a round of purchasing stuff at the duty free shops, we were on our way back home to see the dog.

You cannot imagine our happiness (both ours and the dog's) when we reached home.

It has been a enjoyable holiday as we get to admire the beauty of nature and we chose NZ as our honeymoon destination, because we wanted a place where we could enjoy each others company instead of just sight-seeing or going to the country to purchase stuff.

We really learnt to endure and cherish each other better during this trip and although it can get abit bored after a while (shops closed at 5pm, and we were quite lucky that we brought our lappie to watch show at night), we really enojoyed this honeymoon holiday.

Although I scared TFB by blacking out onboard, I was truly touched by him when I woke up and saw him having a really worried look on his face. Of course there everybody will have worried look on their face when somebody black out, but TFB's different because he look as if his own life has left him when I black out and he held onto me as if he is afraid that I will fade away anything.

I have only seen this expression once on Old Man's face when I told him that Grandma is in a critical condition. That is how I know that there is no other person who is more suitable for me as a life long spouse than TFB.

Went for our hermal pool session today and after the thermal session, we rented a double bicycle which was really cute from this kiosk and rode around the tour for one hour. At least we managed to exercise again in Hanmer Spring.

After the cycling, we set off to Kaikoura which was about 2 hours away from Hanmer Spring and we reached Kaikoura at about 2plus.

Checked into the hotel and we ended up watching kungfu panda 2 as it was showing on the TV before going out.

We went to visit the seal colony which was along the road and saw seal fight and many many cute seal pups

Discovered that there is a lavender farm nearby and we decide to pop by to see if the farm is still open. Luckily, the owner was still waiting for his guest to arrive and we could walk around his shop to see and buy things.

We tried lavender ice cream, lavender chocolate (which was really thick and when I bite in, I felt sleepy due to the lavender smell) and lavender butter cookies.

After spending about 1 hour there, we set off to look for crayfish in the town and realised that crayfish in NZ is actually lobster and we had a really good dinner to end our long holiday in NZ.

Set off really early today as we are travelling to Hanmer Spring which is about 7 hours away.

After enjoying the really delicious brekkie in Fox Glacier prepared by our host, we set off at about 8plus so that we can include breaks in between to avoid a long and tedious drive.

On the way there, we stopped at Hokitika for lunch and a bit of sight seeing and Ross for some gold filtering fun before heading straight to Hanmer Spring.

Reached Hanmer Spring at about 4ish and check in to the hotel. As we brought a package (includes a massage, one thermal pool session, one sauna session and hotel stay), we were allocated the hotel and cannot chose. We were pleasantly surprised that the hotel allocated to us is a really nice hotel and has a jacuzzi pool in the bathroom too.

Went for the sauna session and massage session but have to arrange for the thermal pool session tomorrow as it was already too late and the spa place was closing.

Was really glad that we arranged to stop over Hanmer Spring as the long drive and travelling is really tiring for TFB and the massage and sauna was good for him to relax abit from the long drive before going back to Singapore.

Believe it or not, I tone my fatty legs quite alot by the trek up and down the mountain to see Fox Glacier. No, it is not a figment of my imagination, I DID tone up my muscle... q=

However, that also indicate that my legs was really sore and day 2 at Fox Glacier was spent whining abit about my painful legs and unfortunately, sunburnt face. It was not a very bad sunburn, but a very mild one, but I still dont like it.

Despite my whining about not going out because of the sore legs and sunburn, our host, Karen encouraged us to go for a walk at one of the route at Franz Josef to see the Franz Josef glacier. We went for that and spent about 20 minutes trekking up the pretty steep forest walk to get to the point to see the glacier (from afar). Spent a good 10 to 15 minutes there going touristy thing like taking photographs and reading about the story of Franz Josef Glacier. There is a very romantic Maori legend for the glacier (this is taken from Wikipedia):

The Maori name for the glacier is Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere ("The tears of Hinehukatere), arising from a local legend: Hinehukatere loved climbing in the mountain and persuaded her lover, Wawe to climb with her. Wawe was a less experienced climber than Hinehukatere but loved to accompany her until an avalanche swept Wawe from the peaks to his death. Hinehukatere was broken hearted and her many, many tears flowed down the mountain and froze to form the glacier.

After sight seeing at Franz Josef Glacier, we went to the West Coast Wildlife Centre to see the Kiwis! We realised that Kiwis are in a quite bad situation now as they are being hunted by Stoat which was originally introduced to hunt and curb the problem of rabbit multiplying in NZ, but stoat decides that kiwis are easier preys since they do not run as fast as rabbit and ended up preying on kiwis instead.

After seeing the kiwis, we took at break at the cafe before roaming around the town and explored the town abit before heading back to our B&B for a rest in the afternoon. Was initially planning on going to a salmon farm to see the salmons and have them for dinner, but we set off at about 4pm and our host told us that we are really late to head to the farm since they will be closed.

We decide to head to Lake Matheson which was recomended by the host to view the very beautiful Reflection Lake during sunset.

That is when I realised that I am either Ariel or I am none of the Walt Disney princess. Simply because, I cannot run thru a dark forest to save my life, instead, I may end up killing myself before any of the evil creatures that are trying to harm me get to me. And for the part about Ariel, it is a belief now and will only be validated once I go into the sea, but since I dont think I will ever go into the sea, we will just stick with the possibility that I maybe Ariel. Hahahahah!

The hike in the forest took about 45 minutes to reach the lake where the husband was fortunate enough to capture a really still shot of the lake when the wind stop for a split second. The hike out was about another 45 minutes and the whole place was REALLY beautiful. Okay, it look like Macritchie Reservoir for a moment, but Macritchie Reservoir dont have natural mini waterfall and is definitely not cold and pleasant to walk in. This mini exercise further tone my already painful legs further more... =D

After the hike, we had dinner at a really nice cafe, which I have forgotten the name (haha!) before heading back.

The sun set at about 8ish daily and we wanted to go and see the glow worm there. Therefore, we headed out at about 9pm and unfortunately, we went to the wrong place to see the glow worm, we sort of chicken out because the forest was really dark by then as the night sets in and we got out quickly and headed back to our B&B.

Rested quite early as we prepare ourselves for a 7 hours drive the Hanmer Spring the next day for a good massage and soak in the thermal pool!

Started our day quite early today as we needed to travel down to Fox Glacier and wish to avoid the mistake that we made in Lake Tekapo by starting out late and ended up in Te Anau late, tired and miserable.

The night before in Queenstown, we were checking out Fox Glacier and realized that we need to book the guided tour if we wish to explore Fox Glacier and decides to book the latest schedule available at 2.45pm.

It was a relatively pleasant drive from Queenstown to Fox Glacier as we took the scenic route. Although the route is winding, the sceneries was really good and as we gets closer to Fox Glacier, the dense forest on the side of the road made the drive a really pleasant one. The forest felt like Jurassic Park forest, but in a cold climate.

Reached Fox Glacier at 2pm, but got lost abit as we could not locate our B&B location and end up reaching our very nice B&B at about 2.20pm. After a very fast briefing by our host on what to wear and bring to the Fox Glacier, we reached the tour station at 2.35pm just in time to gear up (wearing their boots and jacket) and head to Fox Glacier.

There are two packages offered in the Fox Glacier website and the one that we chose, mentioned that the tour is family friendly. Therefore, we conclude that it is a relatively relaxing and easy walk… we are SO WRONG. We forgot that being family friendly does not mean that the tour is Sylvia friendly.

We had to trek through rocks and climb on top of rocks to ascend upwards towards the top of the mountain so that the group can descend down to the glacier top and hike on the glacier top and explore the glacier.

I got to the point just before the descent, on top of the mountain and looking at the descend route, which has not visible steps, I chicken out. I told the group to go ahead with the glacier hike while I wait there at the mountain top for them.

I may have sounded abit harsh on the trekking part, but the whole glacier itself is really beautiful. It is an overwhelming feeling when you realized that these glacier that you are staring at is unfinished pieces right from Ice Age and you are actually seeing a real piece of artifact right from Ice Age where you can get so close to. The feeling is really awesome!

Although I did not travel with them to the glacier, it was wonderful sitting on the mountain top, looking at the surrounding and admiring the glacier. To me, I do not have to touch nature, step on nature or conquer it; I am content to live alongside nature and live together with it.

However, the weather at the area is indeed cold and after a short while sitting there, I found myself feeling sleepy. Not a good sign as it may indicate that my body is trying to shut down to conserve energy since it is really cold. I forced myself to stand up and started jogging on the spot to get warm. So, it is quite a experience for me because I trekked to the top of the mountain, next to the ancient glacier.

Initially, we wanted to book trekking at Fox Glacier for one day and Franz Josef for the other day, but decide to book the Fox Glacier first and we are so glad that we did not book the Franz Josef one too, because I will never want to go on the trek again after knowing how difficult it was for Fox Glacier trek.  

By the time we got to the tour station, we were really tired and hungry and stopped by one of the place that our host recommended for dinner.

Since  we had a long and tiring day, we decide to have an early night to prepare for our walking around tomorrow.

As TSS Earnslaw is celebrating her centenary in the month of October, we brought tickets on the second day of our stay at Queenstown to take the cruise and visit Walter’s Peak Farm.

It started raining before we started our cruise and we stayed in throughout the cruise as the wind was really strong and cold!

However, we managed to catch a rainbow on the sea and was really happy, especially LGD who started dancing (because he said that at the end of every rainbow, there are many carebears dancing there, so he’s joining in too).

We are spending both day 6 and 7 in NZ in Queenstown and woke up pretty early to start early and reach the town early. So that we do not spend the whole day driving and reached the town in the evening, just in time to see these shops frantically pull their posters and everything into the shops and close the shops on time.

We woke up super duper early to prepare our breakkie to bring to Milford Sound today to eat on-board the cruise.  

Started day 3 in NZ with a brisk walk to the main town of Lake Tekapo by the lakeside where we admired the lake, passed by the Shetland Monument (this monument was erected to thank all the Shetland who helped in the herding of sheep.. meehhhh meeehhhh) and Church of the Good Shepherd. 

Decide to have an early night the day before due to the insufficient sleep we got from the flight to NZ.

Woke up at about 3ish as the heater was getting really warm and the rashes (sustained from speed drinking) was acting up and getting really itchy. Forced myself back to sleep till 10ish the next day.

Woke up fresh eyed and well rested and proceed to the Akaroa town to get breakkie and stopped by this cafe which serves one of the bestest poached eggs I have ever tasted. As the food serving in NZ was pretty huge, we decide to share one meal with poached eggs on muffin, bacon and a cup of hot coffee and chocolate respectively.

This coffee place that we went to, is an extremely geeky place because it is a cafe that offers internet and generally just a geeky place and I was pleasantly pleased with myself because I found the perfect gift in that shop for my equally geeky nephews..... World's smallest kite. Was telling myself that I will get something really cultural for them (no.. not kiwis nor sheeps) but when I saw these kites in a GEEKY shop, I told myself that I HAD to get these for the two fellows because it is just THE perfect gift for them.

After breakkie, we check out of Akaroa cottage and headed down to Barry's Bay cheese and saw the people making cheese while sampling some nice cheese before heading down to Little River Town where I tasted one of the bestest ice cream from their local brand Kapiti. I told TFB that it is very likely that I will fall into depression when I get back to Singapore because breakkie and ice cream in SG is no longer anywhere near good anymore as I have tasted really nice ones here done by people who take pride in their work.

After these sight seeing, we are off on our way to Lake Tekapo where we saw more sheeps, horses, cows, hares, birds, lamas and PIGS! Which got TFB and LGD arguing because insist on the other party as a pig.

Did a pit stop at Ashburton where we had lunch and purchased food products from the local supermaket for dinner as we heard that Lake Tekapo was really ulu. Stop by again at a quaint nice town call Geraldine where we were just in time to see people closing shops. At least we still did managed to shop abit with TFB getting his gloves and us getting some chocolates.

Reached Lake Tekapo at about 6ish where we checked into this really nice place call The Chalet where the couple upgraded our studio apartment to a full apartment with really nice lakeview after knowing that we are a honeymoon couple (yes! we shamelessly wrote on every single of our booking that we are honeymooning).

We woud highly recommend this place to every single person who tell us that they are going to NZ because it is such a nice place with breath-taking scenaries! The owner was really nice in advising us on what to lookout for, which way to drive and even offered their internet to us FOC.

So far, we have bursted our budget on accommodation at every single place, but these first two places that we stayed in was really nice and I hope that for the next few days, we will meet up with nice folks with equally nice accomodation place too!

Next stop... Te Anau where we still stay for two days (include a day trip to Milford sound where LGD was supposed to post as Wolverine) before moving over to Queenstown.

Since our flight was a night flight, beginning of Day 2 was spent in the plane, still feeling really miserable from all the evil alcohol in my body.

We touched down at Christchurch at about 12.30pm and rested for a while at the Long White Cafe because TFB felt that I looked really really really sickly and felt that I will feel better after a cup of hot chocolate. While purchasing the drinks (funny right? TFB felt that I was about to faint, yet he sent me off to purchase the stuff while he went toilet. What to do? Tofu Brain mah.. you dont really know what's going on in his brain.. hahaha!)

Rested at the airport for about 1 hour I think. I am really feeling sickly lah, so must take a break on firm ground. Called Omega (rental car company) for the courtesy transfer which will sent us to the car company to collect our rental car.

New Zealand is SUPPOSED to be in spring going to summer now, but the weather was cold, gloomy and raining too. When we went out to wait for the ride, we realised that we could blow out cold air that was visible (like those 90s Taiwanese soup drama that you watched where the people kept blowing visible cold air?) and the two of us stood there like idiots entertaining ourselves with blowing cold air for a good five minutes while waiting for the ride.

We collected our car at about 1pm and because it was freeeezing cold, we asked for direction to the nearest mall to purchase gloves for me as I felt that my fingers are going to break soon. After purchasing the gloves, water and some snacks, we were on our way to Akaroa as that was our first stop.

Before Akaroa, we stop by a lavendar farm where the boss told us that we came in the wrong season as the lavendar do not bloom now but still entertained us abit by letting us into the shop to purchase stuff.

It was really funny because we wanted to purchase a bottle of lavendar freshen up spray and asked the boss how much was it. He told us he dont know and we asked is there anybody else that he can ask and he told us there is nobody around. Then we asked him how about the in-charge or anybody like that and he told us... he is the boss.. followed by a very embarressed "hur hur hur" because he dont know the price of his own products.

He just hamtum-ed a price and since we felt it was a reasonable price, we brought the spray from him and continued our journey to Akaroa.

On the way to Akaroa, we saw many many sheeps and many cows with some horses, lama, hares, birds and a few deers. We reached our breath-taking logging for the night known as Akaroa, The Cottage which offers a really good lake view and it was a five minutes drive from Akaroa which was a little quaint french looking town.

Unfortuntely the system hang moments at the airport, the walking around mall looking for gloves (hey... it is supposed to be spring going summer you know? The mall was selling straw hats, bikinis and shorts rather than gloves, scarfs and wooly hats) and driving around took longer than expected and when we reached Akaroa, all the shops were closed.

Still managed to have dinner at this not nice place in Akaroa where the waitress refused to accept the fact that we are sharing a main.

That concludes day 2 where I had my first encounter with NZ and although the dinner was not really nice, I am still grateful that I am here and enjoyed day 2 very much.

After two years of "should we go for our honeymoon or not?", we decide that we should just go for it now that we are young with no attachments (e.g. smelly kids)... there are a few places that we have shortlisted but we decide on New Zealand because TFB went there once when he was really young and had really good impression of the place. Since we go together, he's been telling me many times that he would love to bring me to New Zealand one day as the place is really nice and I would really enjoy myself. For a very forgetful person to mention this consistently so many times, I guess he is really keen in bringing me to New Zealand.

Fast forward to 21 October, we embarked on our journey to New Zealand via a night flight that has a transit over at Sydney.

It was by far, the worse flight I ever had.. Not due to the long flight hours, but due to my trying to be funny... - -"'

Since it is a night flight and me being such a troublesome and light sleeper, I thot that some alcohol would help me sleep thru the whole flight without any problem. BIG mistake and BIG problem..

The problem rise because I forgot that I am a uber lousy drinker and definitely shouldnt gulp down a can of volka plus ginger beer within 5 minutes. It was 11pm and we had to transit at Sydney at 4pm and I was anxious to get some sleep before the grouchy monster takes over you see.

My stomach started churning and I told TFB that I need to puke.. which I did into the paper bag provided and tried to sleep. However, the stomach was still churnig and I was feeling miserable with a bad hangover type of headache plus the headache sustained from not sleeping and the churning stomach. So I told TFB that I needed to puke again and this time, I decide to go to the toilet.

When I got up from my seat and walk out to the aisle, my vision darken and before I knew it, there was a moment where I couldnt hear anything. When I could finally hear and see things, I was sitting on the floor and TFB was holding onto me, asking me am I alright. I realised I blacked out.

I assured him that I am fine, although I am really not fine and attempt to walk towards the toilet. I remember telling myself that everything is gonna be alright although the vision around me darken once again and before I knew it, everything went black and silent again. When I regain my vision and hearing, I am once again, seated on the floor with TFB screaming at my face asking me to wake up.

I assured him that I am alright, but he told me afterwards that I look as pale as white paper and my eyes were rolled up showing only whites while telling him that I am alright.

Several kind hearted souls stepped forward to help TFB, went to alert the air stewardess and helped me onto the chair at the back of the plane.

The chief steward came and told me to lie on the floor with my legs up on the chair. We guess they suspected that all my blood was at my legs area (yes.. thank you big butt and big feets) and by lying on the floor, the blood will flow back into my tiny head.

I felt better instantly and they gave me oxygen mask to make me feel better. The people in front of my seat look really shock when they saw me with the oxygen mask. Hahaha!

I had the oxygen with me for the last 30 minutes of the trip as we were doing the landing and TFB was instructed to hold onto the oxygen tank to prevent it from sliding down when the plane is doing its landing.

It was really drama and we slept for only 2 hours for the whole journey.

Drama did not end there as I was singled out for security check at the Sydney transit security point. The guy was not too friendly (not that I expect him to be friendly, but I mean be nicer lah), and I was feeling really unjust because another chinese couple was with us and the girl was not singled out for check. I kept telling TFB... do they think I look like terrorist?!

Lesson learnt from this whole episode? Dont drink and fly... okay change that... dont EVER drink..

You know? Just because you dont want to celebrate father's day with tour father because you are stupid enough to not see ur father's contribution towards the family or the mere fact that you own him a big debt for bringing u into this world and not abandon you.

Doesn't mean that the rest of the world are as stupid or as unfilial as you.

I still very much and very willingly wants to celebrate father's day, thank you.

My goal yesterday was to da bao back a sumptuous meal and get everybody (by that I meant my father's wife, my father's kids, my father's daughter/son-in-law, my father's grandkids) to sit around the table and have a quiet meal together.

Thanks for destroying all that by extending your unpleasant company to us by dropping by unannounced and overstaying your welcome.

Only you all are capable of making it an even worse experience by going away to enjoy urself while you left your never been disciplined and do not allow people to discipline offspring at my house for us to look after.

Thanks but no thanks for everything.

When u are constantly told that ur really special and talented in doing something... And then being told during argument time that what ur doing us actually not special and most people can do it, emptying ur whole pride instantaneously.. The feeling is like.. Ur sitting on a cloud in one moment and then got pushed down the cloud and free fall all the way till u crashed on the surface of earth..

Feeling is nasty, unpleasant and definitely not nice. I have been the underdog for ten thousand years. If u don't find what I'm doing special, don't feed my ego. The worse thing is to feed my underdog ego and making it feel that finally I'm good at something just to be told casually in argument that it is nothing special, slamming my ego to death immediately.

I don't need ur assurance, never in the past, struggled with it in the present and feels that I'm more comfortable without it in the future. If ur haywire and cannot control ur emotion or trail of thots, please don't get me involved and spin out if control with you.

Ur ego is ego... It's meant to be respected and loved... No matter what fucking thots it has... My ego is meant to be trample on, insulted and thrown away..

Sorry is not enough, $10 is not enough either.. Fuck it, I don't even know what can appease me now...

If I keep quiet, don't try and bitchfit on me... I cannot tell you what will happen, but I can guarantee that it will be ugly.

That is the question that I get all the time now that half of the department knows that I've resigned....

Well.. What do u expect me to tell them?... It is very obvious that I'm not happy right?... So difficult to see meh?

Whenever anybody ask me this question, I would have the urge to ask them back this question.. "well, how do u expect somebody who has no lunch kaki, goes to lunch herself, has nobody to talk to during department lunch and gets boycotted by her own team mates just because she is a few years older than them to be happy?"

But because my zodiac forecast asked me to stay calm and watch what I say this year, I decides to let it pass by just smiling politely at them and tell them that I'm leaving to pursue my happily ever after...

Good bye 2011!

I dont think I will ever miss you...

Just like antibiotics that you need when you are sick, you need antibiotics to get well, but you definitely dont miss it, or even love it.

That is how I view 2011. It's a nasty year, left a nasty taste in the mouth, it's a year that I dont want to go through again. Yet, I chose to view it as a year necessary for me to grow up.

Loads happened in 2011 and I dont want to go into details, just as what people always like to tell me and I always dont like to listen to them, let bygones be bygones.

However, I am still thankfu to all the life lesson that 2011 has given me.

It taught me to

1) Love myself more - You use your money to buy people birthday present, when it is your birthday, you hope that the person will do the same. Love is abou the same. You spend that amount of love on other people during their birthday to make them feel loved and hoep that these people will return the favour and make you feel loved on your birthday too. But why do you have to give up your love and hope that you will be loved back? If the person truly love you, there is no need to hope for them to love you. You know they love you. The rest of the population who doesnt love you just simply dont deserve your love. Stop buying pressie for others and start loving yourself.

2) Ignore Others - There is no need to prove to these people that I am smart, capable or peaceful. Why? Because I do not get money out of proving myself to them. Will their accusation of me being stupid and bitchy kills me? No, it wouldnt, unless I let it affect me (which sadly, happened many times). Result of letting these fools affect me with their mindless content? Quicken aging, dull skin and not beautiful anymore. So why comproise my health and beauty for fools?

3) Love the parents.. UNCONDITIONALLY - I have said it many time, never done it before. At the end of 2011, I found peace with myself. For the first time in my life, I am no longer angry with mumzillan for giving too much to her relatives, or her relatives coming to show off all the tie. Mumzilla is mumzilla, those idiots are those idiots. They are not associated to mumzilla in anyway. End of story...

After some reflection, foolish me realised that 'whoever upstairs' did not let me go... Never!

2011 was hard and 'whoever upstairs' knew it, and sent Cottony to me. There is absolutely no reason why I would buy a dog suddently, after being afraid of dogs for my whole life.

This dog is the reason that I managed to get thru 2011 alive. Many times, during the multiple quarrels with the husband, Cotton will come to me with the "Are you alright?" look. I will get reminded that even if the whole world does notlove me, this little white dog here loves me and if i die, he will be very poor thing.. even if it is for a while, his heart will be broken.

I have always believe that Cotton is fated to appear in my life to be my pet at a point of my life, but "whoever upstairs" chose to send him down before the dark period of my life to accompany me.

I am really thankful for that. Cotton is a good dog who has done a good job in accompanying his owners, I beg "whoever upstairs" to let him lead a good ripe old age life and ides off peacefully in his sleep with no pain. By ripe old age, I mean 10 years and above okay?

Okay, in the year 2012, I wish to fulfil a few things and I am SERIOUS about fulfilling them...

1) Empower myself with more authority and not be treated as second class citizen and feel that it is alright anymore. For many years, I have gone with the flow of things and not question anything because I leave everything to life. However, I realised that to fully taste life, you have to take things into hand sometimes and not just go with the flow and accept life without even trying another alternative right? So I shall try and ask and question so that I am given full rights as equal as any other humans and If I am not given and reasons are provided, I wil treat it as the good or bad of life.

2) Be healthy and beautiful. I am serious about this. Perhaps the slimming down even more made me realised that there is a whole lot more stuff that I could do to myself to ensure that I stay healthy and beautiful instead of just relying on my own body to make things happen and maintain itself. Dont be lazy, be more hardworking.

3) Lead a happy life. As mentioned in the above two wishes, you know, to live for 26 years as a ugly second class citizen is no fun and I am definitely not happy. After trying to apply the above mentioned two goals for a while, I realised that I can actually be happy (of course this is inclusive of the changes that I have learnt in 2011) and I am really in a pretty happy state of mind now. I promise not to think too much because thinking will not prevent it and nothing will happen since iti s just thinking. As part of my to lead a happy life project, I am very very very determined to get my degree by this Oct too!

All in all, lets just say that I want to lead a carefree and beautiful life...

Lets work towards a carefree, beautiful and good 2012!