what a difference a day makes.

it's officially 2009 now but quite honestly it still feels just like 2008.

on and off over the past year, people close to me have asked what happened to this blog. it's always been here i guess, just not recording the things that go through my mind each and everyday. perhaps because there are somethings you just don't feel like sharing with the world but only with a few certain people.

a word is a thought brought to life. i do try to be careful with words because they cannot be taken back once uttered, once posted.

i think there must be something in the water back home. maybe the government released pheromones or something because in the past few weeks 3 of my friends have gotten engaged!ever astute, The Girl suggests that it's probably due to the end of the year jewellery sales. hmmm... possible.  

still, i guess i shouldn't be too surprised although i guess it's always easy to forget that while i've been busy living my life here, they've been busy living their lives too. haven't had a chance to catch up with many of them in a while especially given that i'm not back home much. perhaps year i might just actually get to attend one of these weddings, would be a nice time to meet up with my friends since it would be the perfect reason for all of them to be at the same place at the same time. heh. otherwise it's impossible to coordinate everyone's timetables. since when did everyone become so crazy busy??? haven't seen a lot of them in a while, always miss out on all the big events usually around the holidays.

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i live in a house with 3 Liverpool supporters, so obviously i derive some delight from seeing them miserable after being dumped out of the FA Cup (3-1) and League Cup (6-3!!!) by the team i support, Arsenal. heh. to be fair, i'd expect nothing less from them if the results had been reversed.

actually "stumbled" back across my blog today after almost 6 months of not updating at all. good job on keeping a travel blog... =( 

i always end up giving the excuse that the picture i take act both as my souvenirs as well as my own pictorial diary of the things we've done. perhaps that's why usually take way more pictures than most people would. at the same time, you can't quite always trust yourself to remember all the details behind the picture. sometimes you need the words to help you out, to fill in the blanks. it's a pity when good memories are lost like that due to poor "archiving". life is tough enough as it is and we really need all the good memories we can remember to help us through sometimes.

i checked the "footprints" stats for this page. AMAZINGLY people actually still come here. i'm guessing first timers who stumble upon this page after being linked (somehow) to it. i'd like to think some people i know perhaps check here in the vain hope that i might have updated some little morsel of my life/thoughts. i guess in essence that is part of the vanity of all blogs. that for at least one moment in someone's day, they were thinking of you and what you were up to. i'm not sure who these people are and perhaps it's not really that important to me.

what is important to me though, is the ability to see how i've changed with time, to appreciate life in the details that matter to me, to preserve my thoughts and emotions for more than just the instant at which they are born in me.