"1. Stop assuming that somebody's gonna take care of me financially. I'm a big girl. I'll be earning soon. Juz because I have well-to-do family and a boyfriend, doesnt mean that they'll always have my back. I need to stop thinking like a [MALAY] GIRL. so there."

[I just received my FIRST PAY yesterday! yeyeyeyeye! 29/12/2006 - hari bersejarah. i bought my very first branded handbag at sogo yesterday. and i bought pizza for lunch today. this afternoon will stop by an ATM to settle a part of my debts to mak and ayah. tengah rasa sangat terer. i'm taking care of hanizah. hanizah will be okay. so i guess i can strike No. 1 off. Strike it off!!]

"2. Stop saying words / phrases that have no meaning, eg. "like"/"macam", "you know", "and stuff/things like that". the world is so driven with the 'im so dumb it's cute' trend that even the most powerful woman is caught [shame on you, Oprah]"

[uhh.. No. 2 still needs some work la, especially "like/macam". but i'm 80% cured! i'm sure i'm less dumb, but still cute muahahahahaaa! with this teeth?]

"3. Stop dreaming of long luscious hair. My hair is dry and brittle, extremely poufy and i have absolutely no tolerance if my hair is past my shoulders. I need to embrace that. [my mantra: at least i have hair. at least i have hair.]"

[as if i can! as if any woman can! No. 3 stays.]

"4. Start on my anti-wrinkling regime."

[oh this one, haven't started yet la. mainly cuz i juz received my first pay just yesterday. will get hold of some eye serum and flaxseed oil really soon]

5. Smile more. I love how contagious it is!

[i believe that i am entitled to strike No. 5 off too. it's mainly because of my office culture and most lawyers' culture of smiling at everyone who wears a black jacket around Court]

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so I have yet to fulfill ALL of my 2006 resolution. same ol', same 'ol la. but so what? i'm not disappointed. i'll still make more resolutions and break it if i feel like it.

so people, behold my 2007 Resolution!

1. Continue to (at least try to) commit to Numbers 1 to 5 above.

2. Commit to at least one charitable organization and make bigger donations whenever I can from time to time, because since i'm still in the midst of balancing my budget, i can't really opt for one of those monthly debit schemes like Ayah. my choices so far - WWF or WAO or any of those tabungs u see at McDonalds or Jusco counters. "Giving makes you richer". Yes... great minds think alike.

3. Try to work my hardest and be less sickly this year. And no more avoidable stupid stupid mistakes.

4. Stress less. Like what my favourite Glamour magazine preaches: Categorize your worries into: (1) Productive worry; and (2) Unproductive worry. Get to know the difference and you'll eliminate half your stress. [amboi.. senangnye cakap...]

5. EAT! EAT! EAT! AND THEN EAT SOME MORE! I want to be meatier this year [oh please please please!]. I'm sick of being sick and losing weight and not being able to regain them. I'm sick of people telling me how skinny i am [i know already la! u think i can't afford mirrors?]. I'm sick of uncles pinching my cheek and telling me "Kurusnyee...". I'm so sick of shopping for clothes that are always a little too big. Even size "3" is like size "L" to my body. And it's impossible to look for a size "0"!

6. Save money for whatever my deserving heart and brain want to indulge in [both think differently. susah gak.] - holidays, shopping, marriage, house, car, etc. Yes, I'm seriously planning to follow my Mak's footsteps and buy my own house, however rich or giving my future husband will be. Maybe it's the Negeri Sembilan girl-power atitude running through our veins. InsyaAllah, Amin.

[On that note, dear people from other Negeris, why do you have a negative feeling against Negeri Sembilan people? "Eee, kitorang tak suka orang Negeri Sembilan, pasal harta distribution sume-sume tu". It's always from friends from this particular state. And it's usually straight to my face, from another female [traitor!]. People, if you don't understand it, how could you "tak suka"? Just because we put women on a higher pedestal? Just because your wife's land (which she inherit from her mother) will still be hers when you get divorced? You should be proud of us! It's what women all this while are fighting for in suffrages! When women in the west were burning their bras, we achieved that already! In some particularized aspects, maybe, but we got there first. HA!]

So there goes another so-called resolution that Nijoh will try to commit to [beetullll kkkee? Hahahahahahaa!]. Wish me luck!