Happy Birthday to ME ME ME !!!

I have decided to screen my past year, the way CNN and BBC do on the 31st of december every year!!
so, these are the highlights of my 24th year on planet Earth my fellow earthlings...

27-07-2005 --- 27-07-2006

was
exciting, interesting, invigorating, life-altering, confidence-enhancing, woth-determining, and definitely character moulding....

24 was the age that i think that i've "FOUND MYSELF" ... so, hopefully, ive averted the quater life crisis then hey...

It has been a wonderful yr, filled with more joy than sorrow (thankfully) , laughter and a realisation that u cannot control your future, but when the future sneaks up on you, you should embrace it, and not run scared into the night!!! (i may be turning philosophical in my old age )

contrary to popular belief, i DONT use a microscope in my lab,but i do have a pH meter, so i thought id give a scientific analogy:

When changing the pH of a solution, the pH rangees from 1-14, 1 being acidic and 14 very basic, neutral is 7 (you all should remeber this this from grade 7/8 science anyway) so, in order to adjust to an acid, one uses a stronger acid (eg. hydrochloric acid , drop at a time,) and to make a bsic solution, sodium hydroxide or the like) but, in both cases, there is a fine point whereby just a half a drop in excess may cause the pH to change drastically.

in the same way, (yes, there was a reason for the science lesson) our reactions to certain situations should be withheld, and the results will be in less catastrophic if we just take the time, and do things slowly, drop by drop !!!

A few stats from my yr:
weddings attended: 7
engagements : 3
Baby showers : 2
bridal Showers : 4
Birthday bashes : 6
Family do's : too many to count
Blind dates / set-ups : 6
Almost set-up's: 2
Awkward refusals to set -ups : 2 (esp when the guy i kinda had a crush on, wanted to set me up with a friend of his )...
AND, the second one was a fairy-tale viewing, Rupunzel style... I was on the 4th floor balcony at our apartment, and this guy was on the ground floor, it was after sunset, (so i couldnt see properly) and it was meant to be a "viewing" of sorts !!!

experiments that have worked for my Msc : approx. 12 (not enough)
conferences attended : 3 local, 1 national
car accidents involved in: 1 - my fault (bumper bash)
2 - recipient of a bumper bash (bashee not basher)
3 - bumper got ripped off, I wasnt in the car at the time, was standing on the sidewalk, staring in disbelief!!!
Holidays: 2 (durban and Cape Town both really awesome)
and most importantly
Amount of hrs spent shopping: approx 208 hrs (52 weeks , with average of 4 hrs a wk)
therefore, more tahn enough calories burnt walking the shopping malls (esp with bags) and no additional exercise needed !!!

therefore, its been a fruitful year... hopeful 25 will be just as wonderful!!!