welcome 2009

Taipei where my heart starts.
Where the new year has started.
Welcome, 2009. It's gonna be happy.

Bye bye, 2008, which was a happy blue year as I had wished!
However, certain wishes did not come true and remained being just wishes:

10. To sort out the entire car thing with little effort (well... much effort has been taken for the past two months actually)
>>>>> The car thing was sorted. Case closed. It was pretty bad and depressing, but at least I was not beat up. Depression is not in my system.

9. To lose weight (haha.... it's always on my wish list. I want my face to lose weight especially. Ask me again about my email address? You may if you don't laugh.)
>>>>> Now I have Superstar's support. I will do my best, my dear.

8. To be involved in the HR department (this is not very likely to happen, but I still want to make a wish to hire some real cool and smart geek into the IT department)
>>>>> IT has not become more popular and actually become even more annoying (yes, their disability of being helpful is helpless). But at least I found more and more coworkers on my side: the disliking-IT side. I give it the stamp of "Case Closed".

7. To receive an award (I have been working hard and I think I may deserve something)
>>>>> I did not receive an award. Alright, guess I need to work harder.

6. To write people who rarely reply (there are two people particular in my mind)
>>>>> There is one person I have not got in touch. One day, I will. This year, I will be ready to do so.

5. To meet dear best Taiwan friends and Mika in March (yes, girls, I am talking about you. If my budget is not eaten up by the car fixing, this wish should be able to come true.)
>>>>> Case closed and will open again :) Mika was very cute in March and still very cute now. I had a great happy birthday meeting all dear Taiwan friends and Mika.

4. To know that mama is in great health and happiness (she prefers me to be physically closer to her, which is only thing I cannot promise her. But other than that, I will do anything possible to make her happy.)
>>>>> Case closed. She looks fine and happy as now I am writing and she is watching a movie by my side.

3. To see a/the sunny boy again (I need sunshine in my life.)
>>>>> Case closed. Superstar walked in.

2. To get a real job, not a fellowship ("real" means an H-1 visa)
>>>>> Case will be closed soon. I am about to get a real job for sure in 2009!

1. To move into the city (anywhere with a great tango community and a great public transportation and diverse cultures)
>>>>> Not gonna happen in a couple of years. But I'm gonna move out of South Orange and move to Hoboken.

Welcome, 2009. A few wishes can be added:
1. My effort of fixing up friends pays off nicely.
2. Things settle down as they should, settle down into peaceful happy places.
3. I re-find my all-time favorite life style.

Let's wait and see. Actively wait and spontaneously see.
Be an activist. This is not a wish. This is what I am and will be. Wish you be so too. Happy 2009. Keep tangoing on and on and on and on.