early new year message

In about a week’s time we will be ushering the new year! Time to celebrate. And what better way to celebrate but to celebrate the people in your life! Yeay! Cheers to all these amazing people and may they still be in my life for many, many years to come. Ushering a new year has always been triple fun and blissful knowing that I still have my support system.

1. My family
Awesomest maximus. To my mom who will always be my (secret) best friend. I look forward to go back after work because I know you’d be there to listen to ALL my stories, even the really silly ones. Sundays are dedicated to you, because it’s our time to go shopping! Even in the midst of my exams, you used to bug me to get out of the house and be your maid-in-waiting. I can never thank you enough for all the great, big, small, expensive, cheap things you’ve bought for me and would most probably continue buying because I am after all, the one and only girl *insert angel face here* You are the only one who will entertain my antics, including my very annoying and nerdy requests. My gossip partner, my lunch partner. There will always be moments when we couldn’t see eye to eye on certain issues and I will make you angry and you will scold me and all that but that’s why you’re my mom and I’m your daughter. You’re supposed to tell me off. And I promise to try not to retaliate. To my dad who will always be my (secret) hero. Thank you for not, or at least pretending not to be hurt by all our criticisms and comments. Don’t you know, we all teringin nak jadi juri AF. Plus point for being very sporting, cool and kind. Andddd, no matter how hard it is you make me try to get the things I want, thank you for getting it for me in the end. Even though sometimes you’d put me through a tough hurdle before I can get it. Hehe. By a hurdle I mean listening to your lecture on how manusia should never lupa diri. No matter what you two are the best and I would always put my parents above anyone else. I’d rather spend time and hang out with them than my friends.(erkkkk). I swear. I can be so happy with them. I cannot imagine life without them. And to my siblings, I don’t need to write because siblings are siblings. You love ‘em, you hate ‘em, they’re still in your blood. But my siblings are great, I have absolutely no reason to hate them. All in all, without them too I will not survive. After all, they are the reason my parents are thankful they have me. Haha.

2. My friends
To Meq, for showing me that there is life after our identical purple bicycles, that we will eventually have our own boyfriends(and you, a husband) so that we won’t ever have to play our ‘you jadi boyfriend, I jadi girlfriend’ game, that with a little make-up and different hair-dos no idiot would call us the Siamese twins anymore, that no matter what, some things will remain unchanged (like your handwriting for example). I am who I am because of what we ate when we were teenagers, what we watched in the cinemas, who we were/are friends with and what we talked about on the phone. And come February (insya Allah) you will teach me the meaning of life by introducing baby ***** to the world. You are going to be a wonderful mummy (but don’t keep him waiting for his milk ok?)
To the rest, Kak Tinie – for teaching me the ‘sexy’ cool dance moves (serious please girls find the video), for being the first to introduce me to boys because you were the first among us to have a boyfriend, for being daring and brave to try new, weird and even unacceptable things. We all know you’re one of a kind. :) Kak Anis – you’re my (secret) idol. In 2008, you’ve taken a big and I would consider it brave, step. I am so happy for you and I hope all your plans for 2009 will come true. And Ayu – you’re just you. The small-time gangster of pinkgincu. Treat Acip nicely will you, he’s such a good boy. :)
The ones Neesa would call ‘kesayangans’ – everyone is doing their own thing now as 2008 marked an ‘end’ to our many blissful years together. Of course it is inevitable that we’d be too busy with our careers (haha!Dah lama nak guna that word, give me a chance please) but hopefully we will remain close, in our own way. I’m glad that at least I have my two favourites here with me in AGC. Knowing that you girls are just a block or a floor away really makes me feel secured. Next year, hopefully this self-appointed senior partner of the group would plan more get-togethers. This year I admit I have been pretty lazy and busy building my career (one more time please..) Please shoot me. Hehe.

3. The special one
Uhhhhh where do I start? 2008 has been very kind to us and I dare say that I (personally) feel this year is better than the last. And hopefully next year would be just as wonderful. I think I’ve always made it a point to remind myself and others, if I may, that nothing is ever smooth-sailing. Be it friendships or relationships. Initially, I didn’t understand a thing about falling into a steady pace in a relationship, and ‘settling down’ in that sense. I’ve always thought that if you love somebody there shouldn’t be that famous ‘one-year itch’. And sparks would continue to fly whenever we’re together, a second apart would feel like a year and no day is ever complete without a long, fulfilling telephone conversation. But then I’ve learned that being in a comfort zone is not that bad either. I think that over the years, and especially now, I am more sure of my feelings than ever. I still have butterflies in my stomach whenever we go out, efforts are still made, missing him is still a routine but all the while keeping in mind that there is no need to expect the relationship to be fairytale-like all the time. No high expectations and I’m a happy bird. And the funny thing is, the moment you relax a little and just go with the flow, that’s when everything will be turn out to be perfect. I don’t know, I can’t even explain it properly in writing and everything’s all jumbled up here but I do know that I have the deepest love for him and this year, it grew even deeper and stronger. There you go.

And to everyone else – friends, acquaintances, anyone who has crossed my path before and touched my heart in various ways, I’m wishing you a very happy new year and may God bless you always. :)

Yes, love all around is a cause for celebration and combined with a feeling of utter gratefulness, it is worth more than a million fireworks. Not that I don’t appreciate a good display of fireworks (I am a fan!) but honestly, I don’t mind a ‘spiritual’ celebration. I have been blessed and loved for all these years and I’d like to end this year with a great big thank you to the Almighty. I want to be a better person next year. In all aspects. That’s my one and only resolution. :)

‘Til then, goodbye Kuala Lumpur and hello Jakarta!