Bye Bye 2009
Ah! I just found my favourite redundant news headline for the year 2009.
“Teaching of Chinese language must match students’ ability”, says Education Minister
And my award to the most intelligence-insulting one goes to:
“THE property tax of HDB flats is being raised next year partly to avoid having to introduce a bigger increase later should home prices continue to rise, said Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew.”
Yes. 2009 is coming to an end and boy am I glad that the end of 2009 looks nothing like the beginning. I should have seen a bad year coming when my climbing boots broke at Island Peak base camp, ruining my attempt to scale the 6189m Himalayan peak in record time. Bad omen? I’m not superstitious, but I certainly want 2010 to start off well. Maybe I should set another goal on my Chinese New Year trip to Vietnam and Guangxi.
Business wise, 2009 has been one of the worst years in recent history. Thankfully, it’s coming to an end and business over the last couple of weeks has been exceptionally good. I don’t think I can survive another 2009. An old friend of mine gave me a timely reminder.
She said: “If you are in a valley, it just means there must a peak somewhere, right? That’s my limited mountain-climbing theory for you. 
Climb on, Adventurer..”
Yes, I’ll climb on.
