Reflections

2011 has been a rather fruitful year for me. Baby J is born, I attained MBA, bought a 3000cc BMW 125i coupe and hubby found a new job. On the other hand, my beloved Sai Baba passed away this year, so my wish of bringing my hubby and baby to see him in India will not be fulfilled. Nevertheless, HE will still be in my heart and life. I will continue to live my life following his teachings as much as I can.

While 2011 has been good for me, it has not been a very good year for many around the globe. The tsunami and radiation crisis in Japan, the earthquake in New Zealand, the floods in Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand...The company that I have been working in for the last 10 years has been badly affected too! The March tsunami destroyed one of our factories in Miyagi Prefecture and then the Thailand floods destroyed our factory in Navanakorn Industrial Park which is one of the most important oversea factories and threw our distribution and logistics into chaos. I was deployed to help evacuate all the stocks at our sales office's warehouse in Navanakorn right before the flood water entered the area and saved the company of approximately US$5,000,000 worth of stocks. The weeks after the evacuation of the stocks into Singapore were tough, my staff and I had to work really hard to stock them in as well as to deliver them to our customers. The efforts were all worth it though as I think our bonus for the year was unexpectedly good. We were, or rather I was expecting the company to pay only the minimum but it turned out good despite the losses the company made for the first time in its history in Singapore....So, 2011 ended really well for me.

Regrets...Hmm...let me see...that I could not lose all the pregnancy weight that I have gained in 2011? I am still weighing a hefty 61kg and my waist is 31 inches! But to be truly honest, I have not put in my best efforts really as I have not tried dieting which is too depressing for me. I have resorted to Cool Sculpting instead. I don't see any results yet as it has been just 2 weeks after the procedure...I should expect to see the effect in 1~2 months. By the way, although it was stated as a non-invasive and painless way to lose fats, it was rather painful for 1 week after the procedure! It was not exactly unbearable but it was definitely painful, not just discomfort! Anyway, I would rather bear with the pain than to diet...I may just do a 3~5 days of detoxifying diet though after Chinese New Year.
  

16 down and 2 more to go

Over the weekend, I have taken the final exams to the 16th subject of my MBA while hubby took his last 2 final exams in school. Hubby is done, completed his MSc in ISM and he is ready to embark on another new chapter of his career life, which is to come back to Singapore and try to find another job and/or do his own business. Meanwhile, I have 1 more final exams and 1 final project to complete my MBA in Jan 2011.

Well, all on schedule and I am happy that hubby is coming back to join me here in Singapore soon. We will also be welcoming our baby boy into this world in Mar 2011! And in 2 days, D will be getting his secondary school posting results and I am really anxious for him. Come 2011, D will be a full fledged teenager and I will also be reaching the big 40! N will also be sitting for her GCE 'O' levels exams end of 2011 which will more or less determine her future path. The past decade has gone by so fast! I wonder if the next decade will be faster...

Anyway in just 10 more days, we will be counting down to 2011 and a brand new start to our lives together as a complete family in Singapore. Thank God!