2009 has been a year of many ups and downs for me. Here’s a toast to a successful 2010 with some good and bad memories of 2009 that I will never forget.
Hasta la vista 2009
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Celebrating The Chinese New Year
So for the Chinese, today is the new year. The year of the Ox. Apparently this is the sign of prosperity through hard work. People born in this year are said to be born leaders and quite dependable. They also need peace and quiet in order to work through their ideas. When their mind has been set it is very difficult to convince them otherwise. In other words they are stubborn!
I’m born in the year of the Dragon. Please note that the dragon is the only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac. The dragon symbolises strength, health, harmony, wealth and good luck. People that are born in the year of the dragon are flamboyant, attractive and full of vitality and strength. They also have a natural charisma and it is unlikely for them to escape unnoticed from a party or to take second place in a competition. These people have an extremely active mind and show an interest in the world around them. They are also self-confident and because they are larger than life, dragon people like to do everything on a grand scale
I like the sound of the dragon more and more. I think I’ll want to have a kid born in this year, then they will surely have success in the world right?
Well I’m sure that all the different years have their ups and downs. For now though I have some pictures from our celebration of the Chinese New Year at the Buddhist Temple.
The Entrance To The Temple
The Main Shrine
Dancing Lions
Goddess of Fertility
Chinese Calligraphy Artist
The Final Product - My Name
Matt
Routine?
New Year. New Ways. Routine?
It’s around this time every year that people are just starting to get back into their old routines or into new ones. It’s a really fun part of the year as there are many unpredictable things that can happen and many things that can go wrong too.
Part of my Yearly routine is university classes and dance classes. This is the time of year when I easily get confused and find myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Usually, or at least last year I seemed to find myself in the rite place at the wrong time. That’s the correct lecture hall but in a statistics class. EEK! Stats are not for me…we have never and will never be friends. This happened twice. I was starting to believe that the universe wanted me to take stats or study something that includes stats….NOOOOOO!
This is also the time when everyone starts to go back to work after the holidays. Work is normally something that people are not too used to after a good restful break of doing nothing. This means that people tire easily and become moody very quickly. I don’t like that part of routine.
Honestly I’m not into a routine yet. The next two weeks I will be spending my time getting into that routine but for now (while I still have a short bit of holiday left) I will try to finish my book and make sure I fit some “me” time in.
A good example of how much I’m still in holiday mode is when I took my cousins daughter to school this morning (pre-kindergarten) as a favour. Please note: School starts at 8am. She arrived at my house around 6am (as her mom had to go to work early and her dad is on a business trip) and crawled into bed with me. At 7.45am I realised we had overslept. I jumped out of bed, got her dressed, Made breakfast – which she had to eat in the car – and got her to school by 8.15am. In all this rush we forgot her school bag…GREAT! So I made my way back home to fetch the bag for her. Maybe it’s not just routine and still being stuck in my holiday ways. Maybe it’s just the fact that I am not close to ready to have kids any time soon. For now I think I’ll stick to teaching them and not having them.
For everyone else that is back at work and back into routine, I would love to hear about any funny things that went wrong, or any unexpected things that might have happened. I know these things don’t just happen to me, so please share.
Now It’s My Turn For New Years Resolutions
It’s been a long long 2008 with many ups and downs. My hope for 2009 is better health and, well, a better year overall. I make resolutions pretty much every year, some of them I stick to and some of them I don’t. So I’m going to try again this year and to make it more possible for myself i’m going to make them as realistic as possible. I already know what I will and will not do, so I’m not even going to try and lie or trick myself into thinking that I will do something I know I wont.
1. Read all the books prescribed in my English modules. This is sometimes very difficult, so please if I ask for any help or info on the book (try be kind and tell me what you know).
2. Write notes on all my English books while I’m still reading them.
3. Finish my 3rd year of University.
4. Exercise every day. I really wanted to say do Pilate’s, Yoga, or Jog every day but I know as I dance most days (which is already exercise) I will be too exhausted to do any more and then I will only be left feeling guilty. This all includes stretching.
5. Get my Pilate’s teaching qualification. Please Please Please hold thumbs for funding…
6. Start up dance classes at a few new Nursery schools (aiming for 5, but to be honest I know how difficult it is to get them so any will do).
7. Save, Save, Save…save save save save save (I want to save enough to go to Europe and move into a nice little place with Matt).
8. Try to join Matt in his Water Only thing. Ok, No. I no I can’t go without coffee and my winter warmers but I will drink MAINLY water.
9. Eat breakfast every morning or a fruit or meal supplement…I need brain food.
10. I need to read more Books and watch more Movies (any suggestions are welcome).
11. I need to keep my new years resolutions.
Well that’s done now. Pretty much all I can think of and I think it’s more than enough too. If I do come across any other crazy things to ad to my list I might do so, but for now I have to go do my stretching as I can’t break my resolutions on the first day of the year.