Happy Goat Year ...

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Happy Lunar New Year everyone!

To be exact, Happy Goat Year friends!

On this auspicious occasion, I would like to wish all of you ... Happy Goat Year!

May you all be blessed with good health, great wealth, loads of love and happiness!

And to the young billy-goat in the house...

 A New Year, 

A New Start, 

A New Chapter, 

A New Beginning,

Forget the bad, 

Bring the Goat.

I wish you a very blessed New Goat Year ahead, Bro!

Sophyta

2013

Today, January 1, 2013.
It's the first day of the year.
It's the first day of work too.

While the rest of the world population are ushering the new year, we, teachers on this side of the world are busy with tasks at hand since today is the first day of school.

Though heaps of workloads are waiting to be cleared, all of us go to school with a happy heart. Everyone knows too well that we have all the support needed from our beloved Boss.

My girl enters secondary school and it means my apron string is severed. I won't be seeing my own flesh and blood at my workplace. No more kid would come to me during break. No more kid would be looking for her mom because of her stomach upset. I feel a keen sense of everything is different now. I feel blessed and terrified.

My teen-age boy would be sitting for the 'biggest' exam in his life this year; the exam that would shape his future. It means more work and of course less play for him. I'm sure he's well aware of this and his dream would be realised.

My one and only new year wish for my love ones - to be freed of any obstacles!

And, to you, my dear readers...Happy New Year...with lots of love and blessing!

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40 ThingsTo Do Before I'm 40 ...

I'm looking 40 in the eye.

Yes, I'm moving in the direction of the big 4-0.

Here is a list of things I wish to do before I turn 40. 

1. Driving- accomplished
2. Buy a car - bought
3. Start a blog - done
4. Earn a degree - done
5. Earn a masters degree – graduating soon
6. Stop whining
7. Lose 30 pounds
8. Think outside the box
9. Bring something back to life
10. Get into the best shape of my entire life
11. Learn how to meditate
12. Visit a new country 
13. Plant trees - in progress
14. Go on a pilgrimage to India
15. Create my own website
16. Write a short story and get published
17. Get my posse to love English - in progress
18. Become a GC
19. Drive around Penang Island
20. Read Sutta Pitaka
21. Read Vinaya Pitaka
22. Read Abhidhamma Pitaka
23. Practise the sutras - practising
24. Become fluent in Mandarin
25. Discover what makes me truly happy
26. Release any feelings of inadequacy
27. Allow myself to make mistakes
28. Become an early riser
29. Kick negative habits
30. Become a better public speaker
31. Learn to say "no" without feeling guilty
32. Maintain a positive attitude
33. Learn how to take criticism
34. Learn how to take compliments
35. Acquire persuasion skills
36. Release negative emotions and limiting beliefs
37. Develop greater self-esteem and self-confidence
38. Learn not to take what others do or say personally
39. Reflect on my greatest weakness, and realize how it is my greatest strength
40. Learn to act within my sphere of influence and stop worrying about things which are not within my control 

My dear readers,

Some of these things you may have done, some you'll want to do, and others you'll never do. And that's all good! 

Please share your list of things that you wish to accomplish, say before you turn 20, 30, 40 or .... (fill in the gap). 

It'll be fun to compare lists of things one's wish to do.