Welcome 2010!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Okay, so I know I’m 4 days off track from the actual New Year. But I was crazy flocked with work and things to do. Any time I had in between was rest time. Seriously. I actually had 3 hours of sleep, woke up, shot some pics, drove home, slept an hour, woke up again, hurried back to the same event and shot more pics. What the hey hey? Right?

Currently, my eye bags and I are at odds with each other. We are no longer talking. It’s quite disturbing but I think they may have recruited my skin and my youth into their mob too. Even more upsetting, I suspect that my hair may be their ring leader.

Nevertheless, I wouldn’t trade anything for this feeling. I can’t believe I’m so in love with something non-human this much. I really really actually do love photography.

Who would’ve thought that pig-tailed girl from primary school who had never gotten an A in arts or even a B minus for that matter, would be doing something so…artful? Well, I didn’t. In fact, I hated taking pictures or even getting my pictures taken. So in a way, I had beaten all odds and ventured into something out of the blue for me.

And in light of 2010, I would like to venture into another 10 unforeseen things, if I could.

1. Safely perform Hajj with Raja.

2. Get my scuba diving license. And dive in at least 3 different islands.

3. Exercise. Like seriously develop an exercise regime that actually works. Or learn to except my weight. No matter how “surprising” it may be.

4. Get a full frame FX camera body (Check! Did this last year).

5. Read more. So I can stop pretending to know what others are talking about and actually know it.

6. Continue to cook horrible food. In hopes of getting to eat takeouts.

7. Attempt another 2 actuarial papers. And PASSING them. Without passing out.

8. Learn to understand and speak in a third language. Not just the foul ones. And yes, in proper sentences, slang, and all that.

9. To lessen the time to think, decide, and order drinks from a Mamak shop from 2.5 minutes to 0.5 minutes.

10. Remember to continue enjoying life, love, fun, people, and photography. Even if my eye bags and its gang members feel otherwise.

I would’ve added have a baby or something but my list of 10 things are full. Sorry dad. Maybe next year then. Here’s a pic of me holding a piece of an engraved shell by the shores of Mataking island in Tawau Sabah. One of the places I want to scuba dive. Sabah!