Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Passing of 2008 . . . in a nutshell

2008 flew past ... literally.
I recall my chinese tuition teacher telling me that when I feel that time is passing too quickly, it means I'm getting old. *chuckles*

In a nutshell ...

2008 was a year where too many things happened in my life. Mostly good, I assure you.
No doubt life inevitably hurls me into the dumps once in a while, but I must say it's all been well and fine.

The end of 2008 also marks the start of my 7 month countdown to age 28.
Age 28 terrifies me. The thought of it at least. And I do have unfinished business that I have aimed to finish before hitting Age 28. Yes, the Panic Button has been hit.


Aside the rest of 2008, I must say 2009 hit me like a snowball hurled in my face.
Christmas & New Year's went by so quickly, I didn't feel a thing. Which also gets me to wondering if I'm truly numb or just immune or . . . I'm not so sure??!

I spent Christmas on a Boeing 777-300ER to Milan, then Barcelona. I guess I can say I spent Christmas in 4 countries - in the airspace of Singapore, an hour on the tarmac of Milan's International Airport, and a couple of hours in Barcelona before spending the rest of Christmas Day in Valencia.

Whoa, typing it now seems overwhelming & amazing, ironically making me feel special just spending Christmas in soooooo many countries in a short span of time. *Chuckles*

Valencia, Granada, Costa Del Sol, Seville, Lisbon, Fatima, Salamanca, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Zaragoza (Aragon), Barcelona.

That sums up my 2 week holiday in Spain & Portugal.
Love Spain & portugal ... amazing plains / mountains ... beautiful world heritage old town sites ... churches upon churches upon churches that were jawdropping ...

New Year's Eve, I visited Fatima (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fatima) where The Virgin Mary appeared 6 times over the course of 6 months in 1917 to thousands of people but first to 3 children and gave 3 messages:

1) World War II was coming.
2) Communism would fall.
3) A secret known only to the Pope.

Lit a candle, like most who visit, & prayed for Happiness & Peace.

New Year's was a quiet affair spent in a hotel room in Salamanca, a university town, where they filmed Vantage Point at its square.

Not that I didn't enjoy it. It was just quiet/peaceful.

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