When was the last time you received an actual letter or a post card (not bills, okay?) from the mail? As for me, it has been ages! I don’t actually remember who was the last person who sent me one!

While growing up, I remember writing letters to friends even overseas. I would feel so excited waiting for the mailman to come to our house handing me these letters. I can’t explain the joy but long before computers and cell phones were a hit, I was enjoying writing, going to the post office, then waiting for this person’s response. Then you gotta write them back! What a vicious cycle!

The truth is, I just miss getting letters of this kind. One which is more personalized because this person actually took time to write a letter and going to the post office.

So when B* told me about the series of travelling plans starting last April, a deal was made:  Must send me a post card for each city.

So after noting my address, I prayed B will remember the post card project.

B’s first destination was Dubai but after spending about 6 days there, B didn’t have time to write me one post card (grrrrrr!). Then after few days, B flew to Zagreb in Croatia which is by the way in Europe . Then one day, I got this from the mail.

Post Card all the way from Zagreb!

I had a very fruitful 2011 to say the least. I had too many discoveries and a number of realizations. I guess when one is getting older, you only care about what matters most and forget about the ones which/ who do not.

To have courage takes a lot of practice. And even if sometimes you know you can do something you also sometimes doubt yourself. Being afraid is natural; we are always afraid of the unknown.

When I said I should throw myself in the wind more often, you do know it is just a figure of speech right? In simple terms, one must be more willing to take risks, think about what you can achieve more if you don't throw much caution to the wind, be crazy sometimes, and not thinking too much for the first time.

I am my own master of my fate and God guides me through it. I believe in making my own destiny and not rely on HIM too much. If there are billions of people in the world, we should spare Him with the littlest of our own  troubles and do things that we can very well take care of. I'd say we should only be bothering him for the huge ones but not with the most stupid ones. Have respect for His time, because He is probably needed by more people than us.

So what have I accomplished the past year?

1. I am now a freelance make artist (weeee, oh my I can't believe it too)
2. I made it to Bali, Indonesia (at least Liz of Eat, Pray Love were on the same sands at once), Singapore, Malaysia and again to Beijing.
3. I got healed from a 2-year heartache!
4. Made so much friends and learning from them
5. Lost a little weight (ehem... don't mind me, sometimes I am hallucinating haha)