Auf Wiedersehen to the year of rooster

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wheres my ang bao? But then, most pple reading my blog prob would not be eligible to give out one, yet (unless u are keeping a deep secret that I don't know of). Would be spending this CNY here in Sg, seems like a long time since I have done. Actually, I just only missed last yr when I was stuck in Brissy doing my hons. Though its not the first time that I was spending CNY in a foreign place, it was the first time that I was without my family. Fortunately, we had a gp of friend (n of course JJ) who didn't mind spending a little more for our 'renuion' dinner, what with already being so pitiful as to spend CNY downunder. That was definitely an experience. So this yr, having failed to 'pi nian' becos my sis could not cfm if she could take leave till it was too late, we are stuck in Sg for CNY. I know I just make it sound so 'exciting', but then for me new yr is quite a boring thing. Most of my ang bao are collected within the first day of CNY. First day going to my grandfather's place and 2nd going to my dad's friend's place. Thats it! So I guess I would just take it as a time to rest and catch up on my VCDs then.
Well, in welcoming the yr of the dog, we leave the yr of the rooster (which was the zodiac yr I was born in... err .. I just unknowingly revealed my age). It seems to be a good thing as the pple born under the sign of rooster were 'fan tai shui'. So its seems like we were supposed to be kinda unlucky. Well, I can't say that its been all bad this past yr. Other than the fact that my hons results wasn't very ideal, made some 'screwed up' 'friends' who only look for u when help is required, got messed up with some sales rep (and their finance dept, which shouldn't concern me to begin with) and had bad karma in the lab (expt not working from my hons to work), it has overall been a pretty good yr. I did end up knowing some really good friends, who are missing me there in Brissy (haha u know who u r), reacquainting myself with old ones (thank you for making the effort to include me in ur lifes again), realised that a lot of pple actually miss me in the time that I was away (see how impt an entertainment I am for my friends), found a job in quite a short time, have really good colleagues, work in a fun lab and also started going to the gym frequently, I would say it really was quite a good yr. All I need now is for Prince Charming to drop from the sky, along with a million dollars and also a PhD. Sigh ....
So while we say Auf Wiedersehen to the yr of rooster, I also look forward to the new yr ahead, leaving all the bad karma behind. Hopefully, it would be as good as the last one if not better. Not sure what I would be doing or how I would be doing or even where I would be the next time I see this sign again (now thats a scary thought).