last one for 2009

I have always try to avoid writing cheesy and cliché subjects but this time I am just going to write one of those cheesy and cliché end-of-year-look-back entries so do bear with me. 2009 has been nerve-wreaking, challenging and exciting - in simple words.

In reality, there are so much ups and downs that it's difficult to honestly and accurately describe my year. The relocation to Geneva has a huge impact on our lives and sometimes I think if I look back at this year I might actually forget the fact that this is also the year that my son turned one, took his first steps, head-butted me with love for the first time, said his first words mama (tearing me up), crawled, smiled consciously etc - well, you get what I mean.

In 2009 I learnt relearnt about laughter, compassion, tolerant, patient, love, anger, anxiety and trust. In 2009, I think I have laughed on a daily basis in my daily life. I was grateful at the end of each day and I looked forward to the start of the next day. I am grateful for my husband, my son, my health, my families, my friends and the opportunities that were placed on my path. I hope that with the coming year, I will be a better person. A person who can truly love and give - yet stay true and not boring .....hahaha - in another word I hope that 2010 will be a year that I start to love and give with no reservation and no expectation. I also strive in 2010  to become a person who is neither optimistic nor pessimitic but a realist. To go with the flow and not give up when the ride gets rough.  I look forward to the new year to a new life and I am ready to march into the parades of life.

“ The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful. ”



— Chapter 49, Tao Teh Ching

Dearest friends and families, I wish you all the happiness, goodness and love for 2010. May all your resolutions, wishes, plans and ambitions come true.