In 2007:

• Big moved in. At first it was staying over for one night. Then a few nights. Then he brought more and more clothes and now he is permanently stationed here. He also still refuses to let me do any housework. A man who does not think doing some chores compromises masculinity is such a gem.
• We celebrated our FIRST anniversary!!!
• Broke into fashion industry. Got to know a lot of taitais, fashion people and even more airkissing. Enjoyed so many insider sales to the point I might be getting fashion fatigue………………………….NOT.
• Got plagiarized by “Xiaxue”.
• Did a PLAYBOY Cover.
• Discovered ping.sg
• Survived a year under the tutelage of “Miranda“. This supposedly gets me a job anywhere in the fashion industry; I did get a call from a headhunter who in turn got my contact from someone at LVMH…
• I did make a decision to leave due to health reasons. I went back to work on 2 January thinking of quitting the rat race to bake cookies at home and play Martha Stewart (as shared with Shelly) But I got a letter from the boss and I changed my mind. How do you throw in the towel after you get rewarded well? It seems so… ungrateful. And an ingrate I am not. The clincher is probably when I opened my departure speech with “Sorry.. I know I have cause so much inconvenience when I am not around dot dot dot (the dot dot dot supposedly being: “and so I am tendering my resignation to rest at home” etc etc). But the genuine befuddled look he had at my first word “sorry” and his admonishing me for being silly and that nursing me back to health was more important and all thoughts of baking cookies went out the window. Capital L is I. Sigh.
• Ger seemed to have eased out of her “angsty” period, probably caused by the witnessing of many a ugly fights between the ex and myself. I will not say more but I will say this. A man who will not shut up despite his wife telling him that fighting in front of the kids is not healthy for the kids, who will use physical violence on his wife does not deserve to be a husband or a father. At least not mine. In any case, with love, patience and perserverance from us, her teachers in school and student care, her counsellor and her church leaders, she is becoming a very relaxed and cool girl.
• Gean remains close to her father, who was not as close to Ger. No surprise as Ger witnessed too much of his ugliness, and Ger was still very young to know anything. As a mother I try to be as objective as I can and tell them that he is their father no matter what and to be respectful and to love him. Believe me, it takes a huge chunk out of me to do this. I am not such a big person.
• Learnt many things about blogging.
• 2007 is a year where no man laid a hand on me, except with love and tenderness, and not a harsh word was said to me. I enjoyed a good year, both at work and in my love life. It’s all good.
• 2007 is also a year of extreme poor health for me. The worst so far. The diagnosis form doctor said that two discs at my back are permanently damaged and there is no way to repair them but to operate and replace them with metal discs. I am very resistant and so is the doctor. He says I am still very young and these metal discs will degenerate over time. If I do operate, I am looking at replacement (another major surgery) within the next 10 - 15 years. Nothing to do now except physiotherapy, yoga and swimming. Taking each day at a time. No more high heels. No more Louboutins. Even with flats, I feel the pain if I walk or sit for more than 30 minutes.
• 2007 is a year where I am generally very happy in life, despite my health issue. My kids are good kids, Big is fantastic to me, my boss treats me well, I enjoy my job (discounting all the heart attacks), got good increments and bonuses, my parents are happy and proud of my achievements. What more can a girl want?
• 2007 is the year I turn 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo hoo!! Good times!!
• 2007 is the year where I travelled quite a bit, but my most enjoyable tour has got to be the bus tour to KL/Cameron/Genting/Malacca with the kids and Big. The kids were very well behaved (there were two other kids on the bus and they were quite another story. I was GRATEFUL for my kids) and we really, like REALLY enjoyed ourselves, even though it’s just to Malaysia. I find myself mildly surprised that very simple things can make me happy. Pictures coming up in later posts!

I guess that’s all that happened in 2007 for me. I am ashamed I did not do anything like running a marathon (well, I can’t anyway..) or  doing something really meaningful like going for community trips (I can’t. I will end up crying and being useless. So I go the cowardly route of monetary donation..) Too busy being in love with Big, the kids and myself. I resolve to do more in 2008. Goal list coming up!