i celebrated 2010 in a hotel room, mariott manila to be exact. don't think otherwiseeee.. with julia. :) some of the pictures are already on facebook.. i'm just too lazy to post the remaining ones. i'll update the philippines trip real soon.

2010, a new beginning. there were so many unexpected incidents which happened last year, the countless times of stepping into the hospital. it's really saddening to watch their health worsen day by day.. these are the people whom i've grown up with.. cycling to buy us ice cream every cny, driving us to school almost every morning, cooking for us every festive. it's not one person i'm talking about.. more than one, so can you imagine how bad it is?

my grand uncle, yee gong, is what we(cousins and i) usually address him. we hardly talk, we only greet him whenever we enter his house almost every festive. chinese new year, dumpling festival, mooncake festival, dong zhi, you name it. we always greet him with a smile and enter the house. as far as i know, he had really bad eyesight and can't really hear well anymore. an operation he went for just recently, improved his eyesight. today morning, he collapsed and it was so early that nobody realized it immediately. before he was sent to the hospital, his body was already cold. he has left us for 2-3 hours by the time he arrived the nearest hospital, pantai. we attended his funeral after dinner. we paid our respects and saw him for the last time. he's no longer the man who sits by the door every festive day, waiting for us to arrive and greet us with a smile. he left us just like that, to a better world we call heaven. rest in peace, yee gong.

also in year 2010, i'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone best of luck, health and wealth.