I turned 23, started a food blog, got OG the car, quit equity research, joined a sovereign wealth fund, traded painful 7 am starts to the working day for more bearable 9 am starts which helped to make the case for my career change being one of the best decisions of my life, bought Hermes the beloved iPhone, sold Hermes the beloved iPhone, took possession of Samson the BlackBerry, read more than 20 books, missed and then didn't and then missed Faten when she came back and went away again because plus ca change, sister, bid a teary goodbye to Nazzybutt who left all of us to study abroad, came to terms with the fact that Zahirah is at 14 years old taller than me, saw Ali lose his two front teeth and the baby fat on his cheeks, cried as Splotch the Kitten died a slow overnight death, made people vote in the March elections and in that way affected my change onto the political landscape of Malaysia although I didn't register in time to vote, took an IQ test, got 4 points below the cut off IQ test level, swore off IQ tests forever, held a snake, caressed an iguana, had arm used as a parrot perch, watched Spain become the champions of Europe!, went to Hong Kong, went to Macau, went to New York, went to Singapore, went to Malacca, went home to Brunei several times but not nearly enough to satiate my homesickness, watched as the financial world panicked and imploded in the face of an economic recession tsunami, watched friends fall in and out of and in and out of love, welcomed a niece to the family... and world, became eerily fascinated by Sarah Palin and what she represents as a republican mother and career woman, was relieved when Obama won despite said fascination, discovered Jeopardy archives online which almost singlehandedly made my year, spent too much money on coffee, spent too much time on the wrong guy, spent too little time with my closest friends because none of them are even in the same country as me, wrote too much, slept too little, got heart broken, got over it, fell in love again anyway, ate a lot of food.
So here's to you, 2008. You brought the good, the bad, and a lot of drama. May 2009 bring more ups and downs and the proverbial it.
