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Hello! Hope you still remember me. :)

2012 has been a packed year! I'm not lying. Coming back from South Africa at the end of last year, it's been celebrations all along. From Christmas to celebrating my 22nd birthday, to New Year's Countdown to Chinese New Year non-stop until end of January.

I had a blast the whole time.

Christmas eve - the first celebration was already crazy. Walked out from a restaurant because there's no food left to order, and ended up buying roadside burger and enjoyed them in Straits Quay.

w/ tg bungah burger

We did managed to go to Full of Beans to have a cuppa coffee & macaroons later on to compensate our pitiful dinner.

our orders

That was the first time I tasted macaroons! Very sweet! Not to my favourite liking. Chocolate still win them anytime! :)

Walked around and took some pictures. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Then 30th December - yearly date that reminds me I'm getting old and hopefully wiser. Already blogged about it so I'm not gonna write anymore here.

Then it's New Year's Eve! Well to be honest, NYE is only interesting because of the fireworks! Everywhere, the prices will be ridiculously increased!

Luckily we managed to find one restaurant that is not so expensive and the prices doesnt increase even during festive season - Mizi Bistro @ Tesco Tanjung Pinang.

dinner @ 8.30pm

After dinner, we walked on foot to SQ for the countdown. The magnificent Christmas tree was still around so we took a group pic.

Many activities were held that day. Slides for kids, lots of mascots walking around, live band performances... and the place was packed like sardines!

w/ a fairy mascot

That's how i bid farewell to 2011 and ushered the 2012 with a bang (fireworks)!

After that, it was a lot of job-applying for me. Cleaning up my resumes, looking at jobstreet and news for job openings etc.. Of course, met up with friends in between to clear away the stress!

peishing . ranjini . karenp . me

with karenc at Starbucks SQ

Then comes CNY! The weather was torturing hot as usual especially the house-visiting sessions, but it's always nice to meet up with relatives and friends! and the food are always, always good! :)

reunion dinner

house visiting @ lean's

thru the magnifying glass

cny joy = wheeeeee!

with childhood friend - mayyee

games session in ivy's

Twister time!

and more twister!

after round 2 of games session in karenc's

Also celebrated my big sis's birthday!

Then right in the middle of CNY, I found a job in an accounting department and started in February. So hello back to working life!

Overall, so far so good la my new working environment. Definitely less hectic as compared to audit life!

In my current working place, I get free lunch at work. A meal where I can choose western or asian.

Above is an example of my choice for last Friday - Pasta vs Tomyam. Free flow of salad + fruits provided too. Anyway that day, I took both pasta and tomyam because I wanted to try both and so does my colleague so we shared! ngek ngek ngek

See! It's been a crazy 2012 so far. Yet, overall it has been fun I would say. Here's to hoping another 10 months of fun! :)