Happy New Year 2013!

Happy New Year 2013! I hope everyone had a wonderful time last night celebrating and ushering the new year. As for me and my family, we had leftovers for dinner in the house. We didn’t want to go out as the streets will be too crowded plus finding a parking space in the City would be a real challenge. Besides that, my schoolmate, CS Yip was over at my place with his workmen doing some work. Since it was getting to dinner time, I suggested to Yip to get some takeaway food for his workmen.

We decided to take a short drive to The Mall which is a stone throwaway from our Condominium in Kuala Lumpur. As some of you who are staying in KL will know, The Mall will be closing down soon for massive renovation. Even though there were still retailers and shops operating in the Mall but the place was unusually quiet, especially on a New Year eve. We got some chicken rice for the workmen and made our way back to the Condominium. After Yip and his workmen left our place, Jennifer and I did some massive cleaning - mopping and sweeping the floor. By the time we finished, it was almost 10.30pm. All of us went to bed at 11.00pm. We heard the fireworks but were just too tired to wake up to have a peep. Turning back the clock, I remembered how excited I got whenever New Year eve comes around but as I grow older, it just became another day in my life. A positive day I might add as a lot was accomplished on 31st December 2012. Finally, I wish all of you a healthy, productive and a wonderful 2013!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Hello everyone, I am back!!!! It has been a while since I posted. For the last one month, I have been extremely busy. I have to look for movers to pack and move our big items to Sydney. We got a 40 foot container to ship those items to Sydney - door to door. Apart from that, I have to pack and sort out a lot of things which I have kept over the years. It was time like this when we began to wonder, “why on earth did i buy all these things when in reality I didn’t even use half of it?” I guess it is human nature to just “buy and own it”, thinking that we may use it one day or the “thing” may become handy someday. I suppose the greatest draw is the sense of having to “own it” that makes a person buy it.

We have also sold our old family home in Klang and the premises where my office is located has been rented out. So, there you have it - we have to sort and clear all of our things in 3 different places. Jennifer and I had a massive headache of what to keep and what to throw away. Somehow, for me, I have form certain emotional attachment to some of the items. For example, a particular pen that was given to me by a close friend seem to find an emotional attachment to me. The pen was no longer usable. The practical thing is to throw it away but the emotional part of me says to keep it. However, at the end of the day, the practical side of things won. The best compromise I did was to take a photo of the pen and it became part of the history in my life.

The packers were very good and efficient in their job. I will be writing more about the packers later in the blog. But for now, my family and I would like to wish everyone a very “Merry Christmas” and all the very best.