2009 - 2000 = 9

The demotivated syndrome that i picked up eversince the workshop early of Dec 2008 has not subsided, maybe a little. Last week, out of 3 working days (Mon and Thu were public holidays), which was equivalent to 3x8=24 hours that i needed to complete, only 8 hours were spent at the office (Tue 10am-4pm, Wed 10-12pm), another 8 hours were spent working from home doing real office work (Wed 2-4pm, Fri 10-4pm) while another 8 hours were used to "unglue" myself from bed, detach myself from erina in the morning, travel to and fro the office, extra hours for lunch, facebooking, evening time with erina and completing the other "project" that my bro assigned to me. i could die from office super boringness if i were to commit any more than that. it's not that i don't have work to do. in fact, i have a dateline to catch at the end of the month. 31st Jan is the date given by Hans, a little too ambitious i would say, but i do hope i can give it the best i can. actually, i was hoping the tight dateline could push me to work harder and be more serious toward the work. but, so far, it hasn't done a good job.

how did i spend the new year? that new year's eve, i disconnect from VPN at 4pm, went swimming with Erina from 5-6pm, then we went out for some shopping and had a good dinner. later that night as erina fell asleep, i was in front of the desktop, squeezing my brain to its fullest trying to come up with a super canggih design for my bro, kononnya la.. the countdown, the fireworks, the concert, the tv so on and so on were not in my head, at all! i only realized 2009 has arrived when i saw a friend's status in FB, welcoming the new year. I am NOT such a LOSER for not having any "celebration" plan for the new year, am I? am I turning into some geeky nerd working on the keyframes, the layers and whatnot, while others were enjoying their new year's party, hanging out with friends and putting themselves in road traffic statistics? well, who cares.

as far as i could remember, the very last real "celebration" i had for new year was way back in 2000. it's the new millennium, ppl!! being as young as 20 years old, my darling boyfriend and i couldn't resist to be part of the "millenium" crowd! and 2000 was also supposedly our year of FREEDOM, reaching 21 years of age!! hahaha! (little that we know what awaits us after 21.. if only i knew, i would have prayed hard to stay 18!!) we were joined by his bro who happened to be in KL at that time. our choice was KLCC! It was Ramadhan. We had our break fast at KLCC food court, then headed to Masjid KLCC for Maghrib, Isyak and Terawih.. baik tuh.. still tak lupa nak terawih ok! We "witnessed" the millenium fireworks (though i honestly couldn't tell the difference with any other fireworks show, and i believe it wasn't that special enough otherwise i would have remembered the special formation displayed..huhu) Before other ppl dismissed themselves, the three of us were already on our way to our car, parked at the open area near the mosque. and if you've been to KLCC and parked your car there, you must know how long it normally takes you to get into Jln Tun Razak again. guess how long it took us that night? 3 bloody hours ok!!! even more! and eversince that day, we made a vow never ever get ourselves into any new year's celebration again!ever! if the new year celebration or the fireworks is a fun not to be missed or an experience to tell, then we don't mind to have a "shrink" version of "fun list", we don't mind telling ppl how we slept soundly at home at the strike of new year, and we know being a part of the "history in the making" like new millenium doesn't keep us from paying taxes!! if there's one reason why i still remember that night, it's because he was there right beside me, and it's all that matters..

anyway, it's already 3rd, or perhaps 4th day of 2009. i crossed the 12 am new year not equipped with any new year's resolution like most people do. i just couldn't be bothered. i set one whenever i feel like needing one.. right now i'm all excited for next week!! wooohoooo!!!

p/s: notice the new header?? :-) i like it very much!! excuse me for being helplessly still so much in love with a dead man..