2012 - A year of celebration and reflection

I know I have not updated for a long, long while...so here comes the time which I know I must update again - because it is the time for pause and reflection for what has been the most momentous year possibly in my whole life. Really.

And to say that it is the most momentous year in my life does not even do it justice. It is THE Year for me - period.

Just to highlight key incidents that have shaped 2012 for me personally:

Reorganisation of work...

I cannot say too much here - just that work wise I am being forced to change job scopes again similar to my previous one. I cannot say that I am too happy by that because I was just starting to get comfortable with my current responsibilities so therefore I have to admit I did not take it very nicely. After all - it was supposedly seamless with the rest as it meant a continuation of what they did or not too alien transformation - but for me I have to add a new dimension and drop another to my work. I have to admit changing my mindset is not easy - but I am trying my best.

The only I know is that either I adapt fast enough or I will probably get the boot soon enough - period.
Tying the Knot =D

This is what makes 2012 the year for me personally. For it to come to fruition in April 2012 encapsulates the preparation me and my fiance (now wife) undertook for a year - from the time we got engaged we had literally spent one year to formulate on finalising and carrying out the traditional procedures in declaring us husband and wife for the rest of our lives. Although I would have liked to invite all that I know to my wedding, it was tempered that some of my best friends could not attend because of other commitments - I find that the only disappointment otherwise. Of course everything went well and on schedule - for a time control freak like me it sure all went to perfection as nothing was left to chance. And I am sure happy that everything at the dinner went well - bar one slide for my 'special segment' to surprise my wife...but the song which I rehearsed for the past fortnight by singing myself on the road from her home to mine worked fine.

At the end, I just want to thank Thomas, Yong Keong, Eddy, Jianwu, Shennon and Kelvin for giving me their greatest support and assistance for my wedding  - without you guys it would never have worked out the way me and my wife would have wanted...

The journey of a lifetime (very likely)

I can only say that I had not planned for a vacation with my wife for this long - obviously such a vacation for a long time can only be done once - so it was a trip for the ages :)

The trip round Central Europe was quite a trip - considering that me and my wife toured several cities within a month - 10 cities in 7 countries to be exact. It was quite the backpackers trip as we travelled light and saved quite a lot - most of what we brought back were gone as they were all food and sweets...but we sure have a lot of wonderful memories as we spent invaluable time with the just the two of us at a place which we probably may not return again...So that kind of experience is hard to replicate essentially.

Searching myself - to study again

Still I have wondered about my own goals in life and what I really wanted to do - and one of the goals I had was to study again. Knowing that my career is about set now unless I can make a drastic change, I decided to pursue the one other option that I can do - which is to study again. However, after attending a briefing at the instutiton and meeting up with one of my cohort mates which was totally unexpected, I have to comment that trying to do that has now come into direct conflict with my job as it is just impossible to sacrifice time from work to study. That is something that no employer can compromise on - which is totally reasonable.

As of now I am still submitting my application but I have not decided on what to do yet - the most likely option is to appeal for a delay in entry while I try to work out approval on this - otherwise I may resign and take the risk to try for a better career elsewhere - but that is a tricky proposition.

At the same time, I am also trying to do simple things which I liked to do which I find less time to do for various reasons - watching a movie, singing at KTV, having lunch with friends... some of them which I manage to do, but some of which I could not. But the key lesson is this - sometimes its doing the simple things again which bring the most fun - one does not need to travel far and do something extreme to refresh himself, but more of doing things that were done before again can help to change the perspective of life's priorities. At least I know what my priorities are and what I want to do...

At least for next year I know that there are more things to come - personally for me there will be something big, but not sure for work wise though - but as the world continues to revolve amidst new political developments, some of which are not so good. Still, the least we can do is to stay optimistic, do what we can and hope for the best - and take whatever comes our way.

All the best for 2013 =D