Happy New Year

This post is slightly belated as I spent my new year's eve baking a cheesecake for the New Year's Eve party at a friend's place. I also went on a cleaning spree - doing lots of laundry post vacation and slowly but surely reorganizing things in the apartment. I spent the 1st of January slightly bumming around, watching some old Tamil movies and cleaning even more.

So..how was 2008? I'd say it was a rollercoaster. I had days when I was exuberant, jubilant, and very happy; I also had days when I was really depressed and contemplating lots of problems with very few solutions. All in all, it was a good year, though. Here's a quick recap:

2008 Events Unordered

• Got a new employer


• Developed my writing skills


• Got a small promotion


• Visited Germany (Konstanz and Ueberlingen) for Easter
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• Spent 40 minutes in Kreuzlingen, a small town in Switzerland


• Actually visited Zurich


• Moved to a beautiful new apartment


• Visited Berlin for work - 3 full weeks of being an expatriate and shopping a lot


• Vacationed in Malaysia for 3 weeks


• The birth of my extremely cute niece


• My younger sister graduating and becoming a real lawyer - not that she needed any training ;)


• Bought a MacBook with my own earnings - my previous laptop was a gift from my Dad


• Saw real snow


• Got back to reading


• Learned to make delicious tomato soup


• Bought a macro lens

There are tons of things I want to do in 2009. I hope to achieve at least half of them.

So, here's to 2009 *clinks glass with apple juice*!

Note: Those of you who know me well will know where I work but my employer will not be mentioned here as I like maintaining a barrier between who I am and where I work. I do not want to be searched one fine day just to have my personal blog appear in relation to my employer.