Greetings 2011.

As I am typing this, i am watching the New Year celebrations happening in New York on my TV screen. Thanks to Foxtel. My source of the outer world.

Sydney started the New Year with a blast. However when it comes to which major city had the best firework presentation, I'm always a little bit bias. Call me a proud Sydney-sider, i guess.

For me, New Years was a quiet one with the family. The champagne glasses filled with my favourite, Verdi. And to add some spunk to it, those flower things that you supposedly add to the bottom of the champagne glass. My surprise was that you can actually eat them.

It was one of those 'Do you think I'm stupid?' moments with Mother.

They reminded my tastebuds of dried apricots. Its the only way I can describe it.

One reporter said something as I watched the countdown in New York that made me relfect. To think about the events that has happened in the past year and to look forward to a new year of the unknown.

Well looking forward to the unknown - as exciting as it seems, is not exactly what I am feeling on this fine first day of the year. Yeah, that's right. I'm not feeling adeventurous this year.

I look back on the past year and there are many things i would change...but I know I can't. What's this? Is it regret? No...maybe...yes. I've always lived (I'm not that old) by the saying of having no regrets but I find myself having this one regret.

Am I doing the 'growing up' ? Who knows.

Now I start 2011 with no certainty in the academic and social aspects of my life.

But I have to ask myself:

Are there other people in the world who are worst off than me?

Yes there are.

A reality check is in order for those who think they got it bad when really its trivial.

So for me, I pray for those who are way more worst off than me because my problems are simply trivial in comparision to theirs.

Well I'm out. 2011, the start of a new decade.

All I want for Christmas is not really what I'm getting

It's always the thought that counts when given a present for your birhtday or Christmas, right?

My mother recently bought me tickets to go to a Bon Jovi's concert for the 19th December. The other two tickets are for my parents. I don't mind going with my parents, I'm not embarrassed. And its not because I don't like Bon Jovi...I'm an AVID FAN of Bon Jovi. And I'm grateful for the tickets, as it would be my first time to see Bon Jovi.

The real reason behind my slight disappointment was that it wasn't exactly what i wanted for Christmas. (what i really wanted was the new nintendo wii pack with the super mario game, to celebrate their 25th anniversary) I'm not sulking. I'm over it now. But it made me wonder...

Just how hard is it for people to find the perfect present for someone you love?

All i can say is, thank God for gift cards.