As 2005 Comes to a Close...

As 2005 Comes to a Close...
I promise this is the last questionnaire for the year...


1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
I consulted a fortune teller.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Apart from several falls from the wagon, for the most part, I did keep them.
I don't think I will make more resolutions but will modify existing ones.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. My long lost friend (errr, his wife did) Oh, and my cousin (errr, again, his wife).

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Sort of...

5. What countries did you visit?
Singapore, Thailand, HK (all in two short weeks - see previous blog entries)

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
More money and a bf. (one or the other, but preferably both!)

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
December 31, 2005 because that will be the last day.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I ran 10K in the Nike RunTO thingie.

9. What was your biggest failure?
...hmmm...

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
nothing serious, thank goodness...

11. What was the best thing you bought?
iPod Photo! woohoo!

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
The Thai people for their resilience and grace.
All the relief workers (MSF, Unicef, Red Cross, etc...)
All those who not only survived the disasters but helped others in their most desparate time of need.

I have to throw this one in as well:
Martha for her grace and the way she has protected her image after being dragged through the mud.


13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Michael Jackson
Tom Cruise

14. Where did most of your money go?
The usual expenses (dam u, evil banks!) If we mean disposable income, lord knows...

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
My vacation! I'm still suffering withdrawal...

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
It's too hard to pick one song but probably these ones:
We Belong Together - Mimi
Hung Up - Her Madgeness,
X & Y - Coldplay (the whole CD)
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson (the whole CD)

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
Happier.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Exercise (gym, cardio, yoga). I admit i fell off the wagon more than a few times...
Sex.


19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
...hmmm...


20. How will you be spending Christmas?
With family, chillin'

21. Did you fall in love in 2005?
...hmmm... no...

23. How many one-night stands?
see #18. hahaha...

24. What was your favourite TV program?
For 2005, Martha's Apprentice and Prison Break (hot!).

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
I don't hate anyone.

26. What was the best book you read?
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I seem to be developing a taste for new-agey ambient music.
Oh, despite my dislike of country music, Keith Urban is a really good singer. (gags!)

28. What did you want and get?
An item of Lululemon clothing. I bought it myself (does that count??)

29. What did you want and not get?
Sony PSP.
A new car.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Brokeback Mountain.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
This was the year I decided not to celebrate my birthday. From now on, I think I will celebrate only even number birthdays. teehee

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably satisfying?
Group sex with the three hottest men I met this year and keeping them all as regular FBs!
(hehehe, a complete fantasy, but dam that would have been immeasurably satisfying!)

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
slick and sophisticated. I'm not sure how closely I met it but I keep trying. Where is Carson when I need him?!?!?
That reminds me, it's time to purge the wardrobe again.

34. What kept you sane?
yoga

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Wentworth Miller - the dood on Prison Break
Steve Nash - (I dont really fancy him in a sexual way but I really admire him)

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Disaster relief.

37. Who did you miss?
The friends I made overseas.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
"K"

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
If you will it, it will happen.


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
"This shit is bananas, b - a - na - nas!"

White Christmas * * ** ** * * * *

 
 

GAPaholic strikes again

My name is ..... and I have a mild addiction (OK, a full on addiction) to the GAP. I cant ever seem to walk in to that store and walk out empty handed. I have been avoiding the GAP for a while now in hopes of curing my addiction and also so that my closet doesnt entirely look like a mini version of a GAP outlet. Who wants to be a walking GAP ad anyway??

Anyway, after staying away for months and years, I went in today and my gawd, everything is on sale! I found these nice suede gloves for half price (I really do need gloves cuz I don’t have any...) and this woman was standing next to me eyeing MY GLOVES. They were the last ones in Small! So I took my time trying them on, and admired them. Felt the warm fuzziness against my cheeks. The entire time, this woman was leering at me, hoping that I would put them back. So.... I held on to them and took my own sweet time. I tried on different colours and then the touques above them. I pawed the scarves and even tried to find a match. She kept looking at my gloves. Well, I wasn't about to let these nice gloves drop for her to swoop in like a predatory hyaena waiting for her chance at the kill. Fat chance lady! Hahahahaha!! I kept them and then went to pay them.

I left the GAP feeling somewhat guilty having fallen off the wagon but oh so satisfied at frustrating that woman. hahahaha! Take that, lady!! Now I'm just waiting for karma to come back and bite me in the ass.

My favourite tunes 2005

In no particular order, these are my music picks for 2005 (some songs, some CDs)

Coldplay - X & Y
U2 - Atomic Bomb
50 Cent - Outta Control
Madonna - Hung Up (remixes)
Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor
Michael Buble - It's Time
Rihanna - Pon The Replay
Kanye West - Late Registration
Ciara - 1,2 Step
Mariah - Emancipation of Mimi
Gwen - L.A.M.B.
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Pink Martini - Hang On Lil Tomato
Pussycat Dolls - Don' cha (remix)

Aussie man hanged

In approximately one hour, Singapore will hang convicted drug smuggler Nguyen Tuong Van. I can't help but feel sorry for the poor chap. I don't think he is that bad of a person but I wouldn't be so quick to honour him with a national moment of silence. He is guilty of making an incredibly stupid choice in a country where draconian law presides and for this he is paying the ulitmate price. I am certain that Mr. Nguyen was fully aware of the penalities for smuggling drugs but he chose to do it anyway. How desparate was his circumstance that drove him to commit this crime?
Australia asked for clemency. Singapore denied. In a last minute effort, Australia asked for extradition in order for him to be tried under Australian law (thereby saving his life but maybe locking him up in jail for a long time). I don't think Singapore should spare Mr. Nguyen on the basis that he is a foreigner but should give serious consideration to circumstances of the crime before administration of the death penalty.
Drugs are a very, very serious issue in Singapore and other countries in South East Asia and never to be taken lightly. Now if only these countries would treat child molesters and child sex-tourists with equal harshness...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4487366.stm