It’s been awhile, I know.
What have I done, you asked. Well, let me count the days.
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Holidays spent.
We went around Auckland suburbs to look at houses that participated in the annual Christmas Lights Spectacular contest in December 2007. There are some amazing displays every year! These people spent months and months planning for the competition to keep the Christmas spirit up! The lightings are usually up for over a month and you’d see people queuing outside with kids getting candies from the host. Very festive indeed!
Family rejoiced.
Both my parents and in-laws visited from November 2007 through to January 2008. We had a delightful time enjoying the company of our parents. What magical times!
Places revisited.
We took a trip to the beautiful garden city Christchurch again in November 2007. The serenity of the Cathedral never seizes to amaze me. Since we’re already in the area, someone proposed to go to the nearby small town of Kaikoura, which is famous for whale watching. Did we see any whales you ask. Well, let’s just say at the end of the day, there were 4 very seasick people and leave it at that. Heh.
Dream concert realised.
On 9 Jan 2008, Auckland witnessed the powerhouse of the Asian superstar, Jacky Cheung. After a logistical delay, we finally got to enjoy what could only be described as the sound of an angel. It was a dream come true for me as I’ve always wanted to go to his concert after having grown up listening to his songs. It was totally mind-boggling and heart-warming. We were simply overwhelmed. A great night to remember.
Places visited.
Mr K and I visited Taiwan for the first time in February 2008 and spent 11 days in Tainan, Hualian and Taipei. We celebrated Chinese New Year there with my parents for the first time in about 7 years. It was a great trip filled with little surprises. I’ll write about the trip in a separate post.
Festival celebrated.
Friends cherished.
In March 2008, a dear friend from Malaysia visited and brought along such warm and fond memories. Love you SY! Looking forward to your next visit! 
Seasons changed. Blog kaki missed. 
Time goes by so quickly, almost half of 2008 has gone by before you could say ‘boo’. I’ve been doing great. Well, at least I try to. How have you been? My dear friends. Yes, I am back and ready to share snippets of my life with you again.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:16 am
CC!
You finally come back! I sure miss you lots here!:D
I also wanna go NZ. But seems like need some time for me to save $. hehe.
Hope you have a great time for the rest of 2008!:)
CC: Yeah!!! I miss you too! Thanks for still coming back and read my blog after such a long absent. You take care too!
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June 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I thought I I ‘lost’ you out there in blogsphere so yeah, it’s great that you are back and thanks for the update.
Quite alot of happenings isn’t it
CC: Thank YOU! ;D
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June 9th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
YAYNESS! You’re back!!! Hey my family and I might be heading to NZ (South) this Dec!!
Can’t wait!!
CC: WOOHOO! Let me know if you have any questions, Dec is a great month to travel down south, warmer weather and longer daylight. Have fun!
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June 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
FINALLY!!! CC!! Remember Me??? I’m Alex from Bytesofme now already “rebranded” to SimpleAlex.. =P Wah.. finally i get to read ur post again lo….
CC: Hello Alex, ofcourse I remember you! i see you’ve ‘moved’ already!
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June 9th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Such beautiful pictures!!! Welcome back! I was thinking where have you been!
CC: Thanks gina!
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June 9th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Wah lao.. so many happenings.
Don’t tell me your next post will be dated in January 2009 ah…
CC: Nonono, it won’t be, hehe. ;P
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June 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Finally!!! U R BEK!!! bee nages since the last time you updated!!!
btw, nice pictures you have there…
and please keep updating okie???
CC: OkOk guilty as charged! heh. ;P
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June 10th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Welcome back, CC! So nice to hear from u. So that’s where you have been missing in blogging action.
CC: Thank you Alice, hope everything is well with you.
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June 10th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Yes NZ is Downunder too cc and oneday, someday I’ll visit you
Thanks for the lovely comments!
CC: Looking forward to that Shionge!
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June 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
YOU BETTER! Welcome back to the blogging world
CC: Thank you!
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Time flies, and you had a lot of fun!
CC: Yea I sure did! And you have a new baby, congratulations!
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