WHAT HAPPENED TO THE YEARS???????

So, it IS obvious that I failed to maintain my blog in a structured way as I now wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020! LOL

It's been nearly 11 years since the last blog and so much has happened during that time. Just a quick recap about what has happened so far, put them aside and then blog on as if nothing happened. Not even that 11 year gap...................*sound of tumbleweed blowing across the empty dry desert*

2009 - Trip to Hong Kong

                                                          Me in Hong Kong at the IFC

2010 - Got married (I prefer to leave my wife anonymous. We'll just call her JY). No photos there....

2011 - Honeymoon - Switzerland, Paris & London! & Changed company and got to work in Stockholm.

Me in London @ Big Ben

Me in Paris @ Pont Neuf

Me in Zurich @ Rhinefalls

                                                                  Me in Stockholm

2012 - Birth of my lovely daughter HY, a trip to Japan.

My daughter, HY

Me in Tokyo @ Imperial Palace

2013 - Got to travel to Los Angeles

Me in Los Angeles @ Getty Center

2014 - A 2 month stay in Los Angeles and a 1/2 month stay in Stockholm (where I got the message from my wife that she was pregnant!)

2015 - Birth of my lovely son AY.

My son, AY

2016 - Nothing significant on the personal side. Internationally, US citizens elected Donald Trump as the 45th US President....Photo not required. His face is all over, and I mean all over :)

2017 - Trip to Turkey with my family sans AY who we felt was too young for tour travel.

Me & a good cup of tea somewhere on the road in Turkey

2018 - Return to Hong Kong (before the current mess it is in) with the family including AY.

Locally, Malaysians elected a new coalition government called Pakatan Harapan with our dear old ex-Prime Minister at the helm.

Me, AY and HY at Disneyland Hong Kong

2019 - Nothing significant that year as well, though I have to put it in that my aunt, matriarch of the family on my maternal side celebrated her 100th Birthday.

2020 - Let us see what the year brings!

I hope that in 2020 -

a) My children and my wife are healthy and happy.

b) I have a good time working for the company I work for.

c) I go back to reading books, spending time blogging & improving my 한국어.

d) Increasing my net worth.

And so, that's a recap of 1 decade of happenings! And off we go!

Gong Xi Fa Cai...

Well, here is the 2nd blog of January 2009...

GONG XI FA CAI! KEONG HEE HUAT CHYE!! KONG HEI FATT CHOY!!

It's been really hectic over the last few weeks leading up to CNY.

I think I will just blog what I think I will blog. :P

11th January - I am officially hitched. I am off the singles list. After having twice asked two different girls to be my girlfriend before, I still do not know how to do it without feeling anxious, nervous, stuttering and blank. Yes, I became a total wreck trying to ask my gf to be my gf. The first time was over the phone (soooooo unromantic) and I think I sucked at it.....And the second time took me an entire evening to brave myself up, so much so that it was almost 1.30am before I finally asked her.....Yes very inconsiderate of me to keep her up till so late when she could already have her sleep.

2oth January - Finally the world has seen the last of George W. Bush....I hope. He's been there for 8 years, soooo long, sooooooo controversial and sooooooooooo dragged that I believe Barack Obama will breathe new life...yes "Its ALIVE", into the White House. I hope he sorts out this ridiculous economic mess we are in.

21st January - Because of the economic mess, i have had to refinance my housing loan to pay for my car loan and free up some cash....Why?? Because I did not get any increment and have a 10% pay reduction. WTF. I loss a further RM2k trying to guess which direction the stupid market would go with a stupid stock just to get more money. WTF.

The Bosses of all Bosses of my company came....I wasn't there. I'd wish someone just asked him how he felt being one of the top paid tech CEOs in America. And why he took so much compensation....and why he didn initiate a structure pay cut for the company....CEO - 25% (just like the Motorola guy), Senior VPs - 20%, VPs - 15%, Snr Managment - 10%, Middle and Lower Management - 5%....And safe the engineers and assembly line folks from suffering.

I am already dying trying to be living....

26th January - Finally, Chinese New Year. The Year of the Ox....I think it will be an exciting year, whether the economy improves or not. It is the Earth Ox year. So either he will dig up lots of dirt on those dirty American companies while working the fields to get back a Bull market or the Bear is going to run rampant while the Ox just lies in the fields. I think the world leaders need to be farmers this year.

Someone wrote that Years of the Ox have traditionally resulted in lots of economic turmoil - perhaps we should change reporting cycles to 12 year cycles and use Chinese calendars for fiscal years instead. 2009 - SubPrime Mortgage Fallout; 1997 - Asian Financial Crisis; 1985 - Recession; 1973 - Oil Crisis.

Finally I hope to continue having a job this year, walk well with my girlfriend and hope all things work out, successful investments, wish my parents good health and enjoyment of their days together and my brother all the best in his upcoming marriage.

HAPPY CNY.

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