Year 2007 is a bittersweet year.

It started off very very well. But towards the end, there were a few..unpleasantaries. But 2007 was one of my favourite yr. In fact, it's my fav.I have grown stronger as a person from all that i have went through in that yr. Many many things. Like the experience garnered from being 'retained', to making new friends.

One thing that reiterates itself every single yr in my life: To pick myself up after i've tripped. This yr was special in a way, because many things happened which required me to survive. There was an incident not too long ago that left me broken. But then i realised, what the heck, this thing's not even WORTH being broken for. Sometimes, u just have to live and let live...let go and move forward. Accept whatever has happened...no 'if's, only next time. I love my family. Because they forgive and accept me for who i am. Even when i got retained, they stuck by me and gave me encouragement to do well. Especially my mom. This yr, i can't play the fool anymore. Yep, that's me. Always playing the fool. That's why i keep blundering on this and on that. I feel that i'm not working at my potential. That's coz i'm fooling around in lala land: Thinking that life will always be like this, free and easy. One day i would have to support myself and not rely on my parents.

Sighs, sometimes, i feel like a harlequin. Speaking of harlequins, neil gaiman writes the best fiction, man!!

Ok, what did i do during the hols? Not much, study and play. The whole of dec was spent playing, by the way.It's a way of destressing from stressful academia and to get my mind off this person who robbed me most of my time and energy, which in the end was wasted, so in conclusion, i hate that person, but inside, i know the fault is mine, however, i can't hate myself coz that's my taboo, so i'm going to pass it off as a fiasco. I'm actually fine now, really. I've recovered. Actually, i recovered pretty fast. Huh.

Oh, went to batam. Of all places, batam? Was what i said to my mom. She said it's just to eat there and spend the night at the hotel there. Oh, and the ferry ride (think POTC). Dad also sponsored my 2 bestest bestie best cousins, Fiqah and Shasha along, and my grandma. The bus ride to vivo was loooong ( I think i've went to vivo a dozen times already during the hols). We have to be at the ferry terminal by 8.45, so we woke up at 5 plus, ciao at 6.30 to catch bus 188 to vivo. The previous night, me and my sis slept at around 1, then we didn't have breakfast before we ciao. I think i looked like one of the walking dead. But what the hell! It was FUN! I love travelling with my cousins!

It's a pity that we couldn't go for one bug family outing, like in 2006, where we went to A Famosa. But mom says that this yr, during dec, we'll go for another one! AHH!! I CAN"T WAIT! But before that..there's the a lvl to clear. Damn.

Some photos from batam.

Wow.
Hear no evil, see no evil , speak no evil..and a psycho. Actually this was taken with the camera's timer. Not bad aiming, huh. We shared one room together, and there was a tv in our room! My parents room had no tv. Bwahahaha. The living room had a tv, but the ch 5 was a bit hazy.

The Jap restaurant in the hotel. The hotel we went to was Holiday Inn Hotel..and it was FABULOUS. The services and food and quality...all of them are deserving of their 5 star status. The BEST hotel i've ever been to! So far. In either Malaysia or Indonesia.