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2006, In retrospect
I admit I've been mulling over lazily with my blog the last few weeks. Inspiration doesn't come easily while freezing my arse off in Sydney's cold summer. Believe me, the 16°-21°C weather is not quite the summer I've been expecting. Then again, neither has anything that's happened last year been anything I've expected.
Career blasts
January found me finishing up the last TV show I directed thus far. Then leading me into a whirlwind year of producing and moving countries for subsequent next ten months. Shifting from the foray of Malaysian entertainment into the television industry in Jakarta, Indonesia with a huge travel project in tow, I attempted my first move out of my comfort zone in March when my company transferred me over. The idea of leaving the entertainment industry had already been in my mind for a few months prior, and the move felt like a chance to rejuvenate myself. Unfortunately, I didn't survive long in the Big Durian. I quit my comfortable full time job in June and moved back into the uncertain freelance world.
Not long after quitting, I got a bigger break. A day of disappointment quickly became a week of excitement when I was offered to work on Sumolah. I was going to work on an Afdlin Shauki film! I was going to Japan! Working on a film became thoroughly challenging, and was the slighly different environment I was looking for. Things seem to brighten further, when after the film wrapped in September I was offered a job in Singapore. The prospects were tempting, but intuition told me it wasn't going to be enough to keep me hooked on my nearly seven years engagement with this career. I turned it down.
Love before work
Because in between those career whirlwinds, I was beginning to ask myself what was it I wanted from my personal life. After being in singledom for off and on almost two years, I met someone online in April. Lee & I met in person for the first time in August. And when late November came, Sydney became my third attempted move out from my comfort zone, for love.
Blogging attention
In the blogsphere of things, I didn't think my little online love story would fascinate anyone else but me. My blog's evolved so far this past five years, it's practically become an extension of myself. From depressing emotional releases to loss of friendships, from employer attention to blogsphere retaliation... My words and thoughts have evolved from inner personal emotions to outer opinionated passions. From self-discovery to further discovery of social circles.
How else can I put it? It's definitely been a mad year for me in every sense. I don't know how '007 will fare up to it.
Happy New Year.
Comments
Happy New Year to both you and Lee. You've certainly come far. Three cheers for you! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray!
Lisa Y | January 2, 2007 10:59 PM
*^_^* hee.. tks Lisa! 'apppy new year to u & N too!
midnite lily | January 3, 2007 3:09 PM
Happy New Year!!!!
simmie | January 3, 2007 4:21 PM
That's quite an eventful year. And a warm happy new year to you :)
BawangMerah | January 4, 2007 3:10 AM
lovely recap. :) not sure if this happened to you, but with me, i didn't realize what a crazy year it's been until i listed everything down... and the stuff i've done just pales in comparison to yours. not sure what i'm trying to say here, but erm, you rock my socks all the same! all the best for 2007 babe.
disco-very | January 4, 2007 2:46 PM
simmie: happy 2007!
redonion: & to u too!
disco-very: i knew it was mad as i listed it out. yours is very contemplative too. urs ended on a very happy & enlightening note, doll. *HUGS* can't compare to mine. you're just as uniquely accomplished! ^_^
midnite lily | January 4, 2007 5:32 PM
Happy New Year and kudos for going out of your comfort zone to explore professional and personal adventures...and for rolling with the unexpected! A shame it's chilly in Sydney. I'm sure you're finding ways to enjoy yourself and your honey!
queenkv | January 6, 2007 11:27 PM