the obligatory post to welcome the new year...
for some weird reason, it feels rather incomplete to begin my rants for 2009 without the customary salute to the year that has passed...

but first...

OMG! i can't believe it's almost 10 years into the new millennium!!! aaaaa......

trust me, it's not cos i dont want to....it's sheer procrastination...:)

alrite then...some of the 2008 highs...

• PASSING 5th year med!!!....alhamdulillah....
• my best friends...
  
• the US holiday!
• ORL
  
• the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing 2008
• michael phelps!
• david cook!
• etc...
  

now, for some of the 2008 lows...

• paeds...
• 5th yr
• people...
• blubber...:(
• etc...

oh heck, 2008 was...well, let's juz say, "interesting"....definatety had it's share of highs and lows...i wouldnt necessarily call it a terrible year, nor would i call it a great year...
what i would call it is a challenging year....cos i do believe, EVERYTHING - LIFE in itself - was nothing short of a challenge....

i am grateful for 2008...grateful i survived it - barely! - and eternally grateful i had my family and brilliant friends - you ALL knw who u are - ppl to whom i can cry and moan and bitch to and celebrate and rejoice with no matter wht...:)

as for 2009, none of the so-called "resolutions" tht is common practice....this time around, my only aspiration is to finally be able to live it fully - to work hard and play hard...:)

so here's a toast to 2008: the past, the challenges tht make us stronger, tht help shape us and teach us...and to 2009: the future - GOD only knws wht the year will hold for us....cheers...:)