good end to the year of the snake

i thought that january was really a mundane month and that i wouldn't have anything interesting to update that i would have to be forced to update on some chinese new year cookies mom baked,

a dvd of sammi's movie 'romancing in thin air' which a colleague had so kindly bought for me when he went to get his own dvds,

or talking about the new scent in my rented room now- rose. my room does smell like a rose garden now.

i won't mind talking a bit more about this haha......just couldn't get my mind off this scented oil from france when i first smelt it few weeks ago and ever since then, had made up my mind to get it. so when isetan had promotion, buy 2 and free one, i got 2 and gave one to my sister. she din get the rose one though, she got herself another flower scent. this is one of my favourite purchases to start the year.

and now to 2 interesting things which sort of popped out of nowhere and which will mark a great end to the year of the snake, my own horoscope. i totally feel wonderful because of them and i still feel in a daze and like floating on a puffy cloud.

the first one was meeting my favourite malaysian author, mr tan twan eng when i went for my knee treatment yesterday. well, i don't read that many malaysian writers to be frank, so i guess his place is easily sealed. haha. his book- the garden of the evening mist meant so much to me and i remember writing about it and how it made me remind me of beloved grandma. and i guess now when i think of my knee, i will think of my meeting with him? lol. he is such a humble man and i am glad that i braved myself to go say hi. i really pushed away all my fear and made a go for it. phew! it was the best 15 minutes of my friday morning. i wonder if i gibbered like a fool because we did have so many things to talk about.....anyway, he din make me feel like one. i even got an autograph. yeah!

the second good thing came today. see....wonderful 2 days in a row! i was preparing myself to face the boss and tell him that i had forgotten to get an MC due to my excitement of meeting the author, but before i could say a word, he congratulated me. i was like 'huh'? then he asked me whether i had got my letter. and of course my reaction was 'what letter'? well, i have got what i applied for! another post in the ministry but i will still be with the same district. it would be a change from my current job now and instead of dealing with teenagers, i will be dealing with adults soon. i am looking at this change in a positive light. frankly, i had kept the hope of me getting the position after not being called for the first round of training in december. i did not give up inside me and i knew that one day, i would get the offer letter. i am glad that i did that and the letter finally came on my lucky friday, 24th january.

i have not told the kids about this yet because i really do not know when my new job will start and when i will leave the current job now. these are all unanswered questions which hopefully will be answered when i go to ipoh this coming wednesday for my briefing. will i miss the kids? of course i will miss those smiling faces but in life, there are many junctions that we  will have to branch into in order to find greater heights. dad is quite apprehensive about this new job, but i won't be deterred by that. i need to have faith in myself and believe that it is for the better to make the path easier. my fingers will be crossed all the time so that i will have a good year of the horse and will be 'galloping' my way to greener pasture.....but not with my weakening knees of course. sob. sad story about the knee......not to be shared in this happy post.