the essential lookback post

Granted we're almost two weeks into the new year but in the grander scheme of things that's only the second out of 52 so it's really not too late for a recollection post right okay alright so ANYHOO.

They say how you spend new year's eve symbolizes how you're going to spend the rest of the year -

In that case.. 2008 is going to be all sorts of wonderful.
With any luck, my year will be filled with the same fantastic foolery that NYE was made of:
Family, friends, popiah and durian cake and Thai electropop music. Annd cheesy ABBA karaoke songs paired with equally corny disco moves, naps on velvet upholstered sofas, comfortable chit chat and early morning dimsum.
And flash photography gone wild.

2007 had it's ups and boy did it have some particularly downey downs.. But looking back at the past 12 months I think I've grown up - even if it's just a smidgen. I hope I've become a little more appreciative because even with all my (occasional) post-teenage angst & dreary woe-is-me attitude, I know i'm blessed and I don't thank the powers that be enough for all that i've been given.

Because the people in/of my life are nothing short of incredible. I cry buckets with them, I laugh like hell with them, and I am my truest, most deranged, insane self with them.

• For Family -- People I think I've forgotten over the years but realized over this holiday season how important they really are. There ain't nothin' like some good ol' familia lovin'. (And the over-usage of apostrophes.)
  

• For Old Friends -- sam, dith, huis, mike, vern, pau, j, wyn, marnkie, clar, domi, angel, jane, tingting, yvonne, helen, sah.

• And for New(ish) ones -- kaew, cole, drake, bao, shan, jerry h.
  

I hope this year is at least a step up from the last for all of us.. Another new year, more new (potentially life-changing) beginnings for everyone. 2008 is going to be such an eventful, not to mention exciting year - especially for my family (can't let the cat out of the bag yet, though) :] I just cannot wait to see how everything pans out. Bienvenido 2008, Bienvenido.