A year gone by...yet another
So, like everyone else I'm falling into the rat race and commenting on 2007...which died two days back (died....maybe I haven't learnt my lessons in euphemism).

It was like all other years, with somethings lost and others found..2007...the year of the pig has given way to 2008, the year of the rat...As you can very well make out, I'm into Chinese astrology (any astrology actually) and the prediction for tiger babies (I'm a fire tiger) aren't very blessed this year.

Changes are in store, as I complete my diploma and move on with further education and probably a job...I frankly don't know what the future holds for me and I'm just gonna take a break from all the gancheong-ness of further education, growing up, plans etc. period. At the risk of sounding repetitive, "I don't make plans beyond tommorrow".

There was a time in my life when I loved making New Year resolutions and felt that I could plan my life and my relationships with people. But the past two decades of life, as I now know it, have shown me the futility in it all. It has educated me through experience (the best teacher ever) that one should trust god, trust oneself and keep ones options open.

Gerry Spence once said: "I rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief"...how much truth have I found in this simple line. I know my potential, and I know what I'm capable of, I push myself and keep it open....but tommorrow is beyond the scope of my sphere of influence.

So I'm the least bit aware of what 2008 holds for me. I know that someone up there has been most kind to me in many ways and I've much to thank him/her for. I just hope it's another year of wonderful surprises, of meeting wonderful people, forging meaningful friendships and learning a bit more about myself and what I'm meant to become.

As always: Have a great year ahead, and if it's a bummer..never mind, every dog has its day!