Goodbye 2008

This is my 368th post since my first blog post, and my 166th for 2008.



Some Silly Stats:

• 22,681 visits by 18,933 unique visitors
• 40% traffic referred by websites, of which tsulin.com & melissalai.com contributed with 12% (thanks ladies!)
• 70% search traffic came from Google
• Top 3 keyword searches: streamyx dns, how to hack friendster, hacking friendster
• 51% readers used Firefox, higher than the industry average of 30%
• 44% readers from Malaysia
• Most viewed articles: How I hacked Friendster with CoComment, Streamyx DNS sucks - switch to OpenDNS, How to hack WAP portals (it's confirmed, I'm a hacker wannabe!)
• Most comments: 12 comments on Long meetings. Short fuse.
• Best day: May 22, 2008 (107 visitors, 123 visits, 241 page views) - Ranga was the star on this one - Let me see your booty shake!

Summing up 2008:

• January 2008: getting featured on Jeff Ooi's blog for TwoSen.com & your two sens worth
• February 2008: Finally standing up for consumer rights (Tune Money, Standard Chartered)
• March 2008: discovered Yut Kee, and voted for change in Malaysia
• April 08: more time with the family, settled in at work, and structured my LifeLogger bad debt "ghosts"
• May 08: dropped my glasses into a drain, which was the start of a fashion revolution
• June 2008: got to know more people, and traveled to Pangkor for the first time (how "ulu" is that!)
• July 2008: Mel & I explored Bangkok (and loved it!)
• August 2008: turbulent times for Mel (and her episodes with the boss from hell!) - lots of traveling to Singapore
• September 2008: Mel's back in KL, and I stopped blogging for a month - obviously glad that she was back lah!
• October 2008: MNP goes live after many months of slogging - DiGi the only one winning now, great milestone
• November 2008: witnessing the Obama milestone, and hitting the big three-oh
• December 2008: Scooter, Mel launches TheNewColour, and running the Singapore Marathon with my buddies

It's been a good year, and I thank you for making it real.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

30

34 Facebook shout outs, lots of SMS, the consistently fabulous blueberry cheesecake, (ful)filling meals all day long, a nap during office hours, booze with my buddies, a 30-things-I-love-about-you card from you-know-who, Ranga's German jokes and a Saturday to look forward to.

Yes, I've turned 30.

Thank you everyone!

It's been a great weekend, and one to remember (I didn't throw up - cue the big applause!)

Hello 2008!

First post of 2008 =)

Good luck and cheers to all the very best in 2008.

For a list of 2008 public holidays, point to http://HolidayCal.com.

Goodbye 2007

My dear friends & family,

It's difficult to quantify my gratitude for all the support, friendship and good times I've been fortunate enough to receive in 2007.

But one thing is for sure: it's real, and I truly appreciate it.

THANK YOU, ONE & ALL.

tsulin.com makes its debut!

Tsu Lin just switched to using tsulin.com as her primary blog URL. Point to http://tsulin.com from now on.

*p/s: Happy Belated Birthday, babe!

Related links:

• Read this if you own a personal blog

Happy Birthday, Double D!

It's Double D's birthday today.

DD - hope you have a splendid birthday. Looking forward to the string of parties this weekend. KL's gonna rock. Can't wait to see everyone.

This one's of us at The Ivy last year posing for a Darlie ad. (Darlie's on Wikipedia too!)

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

May the year of the Fire Boar usher in happiness and prosperity for everyone.

I just spent some time clearing up my digital photos, and came across these random shots taken in Penang back in 2004. "Journeys to the Underworld" sounds like an exciting piece of literature!





Related links:

• Wikipedia: About the Chinese New Year
• Wikipedia: About the Hanyu Pinyin

Hello 2007!

Happy New Year!

Hope you had good time ushering in 2007. I spent my New Year's eve with my best friends -- booze, laughter, and lots of fun -- thanks guys!

Here's to wishing all my friends, family, and YOU, all the very best of health, wealth and happiness in 2007. Remember: fate loves the fearless, so go out and make it happen!

Merry Christmas!

Sorry for the blogging absence -- the excess turkey and booze got to my senses over the past week.

Merry Christmas; especially to my friends and fellow associates. Hope you had a good one!