Boy, looking back at my post history, I took a six-month sabbatical from casual blogging, and probably a one year break from regular blogging. Tracking the post frequency, I can pinpoint when the slacking off began: right after I finished school. It's funny how you swear to yourself when you're 16 that you won't be another one of those cubicle warriors. Fast forward ten years down the road (god I'm old) and guess what? Surprise!

First it was a brief stint as an intern (which seriously sucked). Then it was the Hong Kong attachment, which was quite the experience. Next came approximately one year of work in a local project team. At times, this project made the black hole that is the Hong Kong project seem like a friendly purple dinosaur named Barney. In between transitory periods of insanity, moving from eye to eye of multiple storms, I've re-experienced army life, gone vacationing in China, bought a HDB flat, gotten engaged to the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with, returned to church, ushered in the new year from a location unimaginable just a year ago.

So, what's next? So many dreams, so many hopes, so many wants, so little time. Write more, practice playing the piano, go on a city excursion with a camera, take a road trip, see the sun set in Greece, make that scallop dish from No Reservations, outlive the current project, replicate the citrus dressing from Checkers, learn to dance (try anyway), refamiliarize myself with the good book, aimlessly traipse down a busy street with her, get something resembling a figure, connect more with the family, meet the gang for a karaoke session, visit Tibet and see Lhasa from behind the viewfinder, tune up this old PC, sit in the sun with the dog.

May 2008 be the start of it all for everybody. Happy new year.