2009 is just another chapter of my book called life and I’d like to share with you what happened throughout the year.  It may not be as exciting as what others have but I thank God for everything that happened.   

January – Family

I started the year with a bad bout of cold and cough.  I remember trying to barely keep myself awake to toast the new year.  Good thing though, I spent it with my second family here in Beijing, the Camposagrado’s.  I met the Camposagrado family through Marco and bowling.  They’re a loving family who keep me grounded here in this mad world that I’m living. 

This month also brought me to my ancestral home of Fujian.  It’s my first visit and I didn’t know what to expect.  As my family was never that into the Chinese New Year tradition, I don’t really know what to expect.  One thing I know is to be equipped with lots of red envelope.  It was quite a different Chinese New Year for me.  My direct relatives were warm, accommodating and attentive.  They were too attentive that I can’t seem to go around the place by myself.  I feel like a kid who’s out in the big world for the first time.  One thing I’m sure, I don’t want to go back there unless I’m staying at a hotel and no worries of somebody looking over my shoulder.

February – Love

I was in love or I thought I were.  Every year at work, I saw my colleagues get flowers during Valentines Day.  If your boyfriend gives you one rose, it means “You’re the Only ONE”.  If he gives you three roses, it means “He Loves You”.  However, if he gives you ninety-nine roses, it means “He loves you forever”.  Well.. Valentines came and gone but I didn’t receive any rose nor went out to any date.  I’m a romantic but somehow the person that I was going out with wasn’t romantic at all.  Hmm.. maybe I’m setting my standards too high.

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