Goodbye 2009

Ok, the year end is fast approaching and what have we all done to say we had a good year??. Did we win the nobel prize? Did we save a child? Did we help a deserving family? Did we do a good deed without being asked? Did we achieve all our resolutions set at the beginning of the year?. Did you increase your waistline?...woah!!! ..well at least something got bigger!

Well, if you can answer yes to all of the above, kudos to you, but if you can say yes to some of the above, congratulations you tried ! However if your answer is no to all of the above said questions then,....sorry lah you have just wasted 1 year of your precious life doing nothing, achieving nothing and worst of all learning nothing from all your past failures.....doom and gloom awaits you at the gates of heaven !!!! Go drown yourself at the gates of KFC.

As for me, at least I can say yes to some. No nobel prize for me but I did achieve some of the goals I set and more, thanks to my friends in my Ladies Sharing Group. I have learnt alot about God, the bible, and about sharing and caring. I am a better person for it but there is still a mega size room for improvement. As the lord is my shepherd I will be OK.

My family is doing well. My son Morgan will be graduating in December. My son Jordan did very well in his foundation. My son Sheldon brought back a glowing report card . My son Noel is happy working at BMW. We are happy cos our kids are all OK. Praise the lord for these many blessings upon the Tsen family.

I have gone religious this year cos I have found God again. I found that by allowing him to lead me and take over my life I am less stressful, more forgiving and less petty, but I still have to work at my temper. That seems to be getting shorter and hotter as I age. Blame it on the menopause. What is the use of having it if I cant blame it for something.....hahahah.

Exercising more also helps. I am now so into yoga that I go without fail 3/4 times a week. It helps me to relax inspite of the aches and pains due to not breathing correctly....so says the teacher. Exercising the mouth after yoga class also helps to relax...hahahaha, (more then the actual yoga itself.)

Life and romance doesnt end at 50. In fact it starts at 50. I think its because I know exactly who I am and where I am going. I dont have to take a year off to look for myself, like the american kids nowadays ! I have self confidence, I have fine lines, I have wrinkles, I have eye bags, I have loose skin on my arms, other unmentionables have gravitated down, I have white hair all over my head and eyebrows, I have deteriorating shortsightedness and I am hard of hearing at times.

The grand prize : I have attained maturity that only comes with age. Its a prize worth waiting 52 years for.So if some one says growing old sucks, then he or she hasnt found God and hasnt walked the walk and hasnt lived life as God intends. Be happy, live today, who knows what will happen tomorrow.

This will be my last blog for 2009, what a smashing year it has been for me and my family. So we wish you all a very merry christmas and a very happy new year.