At Last Christmas Vacation...

This has been a very trying year for me.

Many things did not go according to plan. Many plans did not even push through. And I am looking forward to the conclusion of year 2006. Good bye old year and welcome a brand new year full of promise and hope.

Now, I am not one who really believes in the New Year, New beginning philosophy in life but this time I just might make an exception. Heck, I am even starting to believe the Chinese horoscope that my friends have been mouthing for the last year, that "this year was not a good luck year for dragons".

Although there have been a some improvements and achievements this last 12 months, it always pale with the death of my Dad last May. I thought I had recovered but there really is some truth to the saying that it's always a little worse in December.

I often believe that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Then I hope that the coming year has made me tougher than this one.