Once Upon a December

One month has vanished now where have I been? For now I've returned from my accidental hiatus. Hola!

December was a beautiful end to the year :)

Prom was surprisingly enjoyable albeit being a total ripoff with substandard food. I still congratulate myself for spending on nothing more than the neckless I wore :) I snapped 99 shots this time compared to the 300+ at the rgs prom. People generally become more apathetic as they grow older. Or maybe it was the guys ha.

I've had projects coming my way even though minglee.biz wasn't and still isn't anywhere near completion. And while everybody else was looking for a job I was offered a design attachment which also means that I get more say in terms of remuneration and length of contract. I need more creativity I need flash8 I need to learn scripting I need upgrading...

And driving is fun! First lesson and I was already hitting the roads around ubi. Still rather unfamiliar with the clutch-accelerator tango. I swear my instructor modelled his hair after phuachukang. But he's a nice guy.

The novelty of being around children wears out after you've done the same thing over and over for 6 years. I was helping out in the usual school holiday camps out of obligation and ohboy, kids these days are monsters. There was this 6yrold kid who spoke as if the fword was the first word he ever learnt and peeped at girls from under the table. The worse thing ever about peeping is proclaiming what you had seen and that was exactly what the little brat did. Geez little pervert. Then there was this other boy who knew how to run before he learnt how to walk he just kept zooming everywhere and was unstoppable.

Oh and handbell carolling this year wasn't that bad. Our esplanade performance has been recorded in their archives :)

But what made the month all so gratifying were the little gatherings with family and friends. It's like your whole life in summary meeting everybody in succession and recalling the old times and laughing and drinking along with it. And then the month ended with a bang. With many bangs in fact.. the fireworks were magical.
As I always say it's never the place or event, but it's the company that matters :)

And so that's december in a nutshell.

Have a great 2006 everybody!l