Goals for 2009
Oh, it’s the time of the year again where we make goals and hope to goodness that we’re going to do it.
In 2008, I managed to meet my financial goal of saving “a whole lot of money”. I’m pretty happy about my financial situation now, and I got a buzz when one of my financial managers (yes, I have two) says that I’m very responsible with my money. I now have a cash inflow rather than outflow.
So, here’s what I hope to do this year:
♥ Build a RM10,000 emergency fund
I’m a little weird that I work backwards when it comes to finances - I have plenty of money in investment vehicles, but do not have much of an emergency fund which I can dip into when I have emergencies! So, from now on, I’ll be transferring about RM200 a month to a savings account which I can’t easily get to. How do I reach RM10k you say? By doing extra work, something which my company enables me to do, thank God.
♥ Get healthier and fitter
I say that every year, but I believe in 2008 I really did make headway - in my mental preparation. A lot of exercise gurus say that you must be mentally prepared first before you embark on a slimming down, get healthier, programme. I usually ignore that to my detriment.
After my dad was diagnosed borderline diabetic, I realised that it was time to get serious about being healthy, since it now seems obvious that I have the genes to develop the disease (my mum is a diabetic). I read up on how to be healthier and now have gained valuable information on how to achieve my goals. I really believe 2009 is the year I can shed those stubborn pounds. Goal: 10kg, which is about 1kg or less per month.
♥ Learn to read and write in Chinese and speak Mandarin
It’s something I realise I have to do, now. I can fool people when I speak Mandarin as I apparently have a nice accent. (Benefit of growing up next to Singapore) but my vocabulary is that of a four-year-old’s! I’m not much of a self-study gal. I suck at it, so it looks like I’ll be enrolling in a class. Anyone knows a good language school? Some language schools even have a “study in China for a while” programme, and I’m thinking of participating in those.
♥ Learn to speak Japanese
Wow, am I ambitious or something? Well, my best pal Chris and I plan to visit Japan in 2010 or 2011. She’s already learning how to do so. Agh, I need to catch up.

Happy New Year everyone!
<-- Foreign tourists watch as smoke billows out of the historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai which was attacked on November 27. The United States and Britain have led global condemnation of the attacks in India’s financial capital, where blasts and shootings targeted at foreigners left up to 100 people dead.
Why do you think it necessary to force people to believe in what you do with murder and terror? Why do you think God honours your murder of innocents? Why do you sneer and snigger in glee as you pump that fatal round into a person’s head? I hate you for your twisted assurance that you will be blessed by God for your heinious acts of cruelty.
Well, in a few hours I’ll be flying off to the land of my ancestors for a week-long assignment. I have seriously overpacked for this assignment, and I have literally brought an arsenal of make-up to make myself presentable to the hoi poloi of the fashion world.
Obama won. I’m happy.
There are probably 1001 ways the Bible can be “repackaged” and remarketed and then sold at a premium by publishers. Personally, I think the Bible should be free or priced at cost price so that everyone can read it, but hey, that’s just me.



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