Merry Christmas 2006 & Happy New Year 2007

Dear friends,

Here we are again at the end of 2006.How was the year for you?

I had another eventful year but I will always remember this year as the year my Mother passed-on on 11 August 2006.

You can see my love and thoughts for her at this link here.

The 2nd best thing that happen was the day me and me wife completed the renovation for our own 3 room Apartment at Millenium Apartment, off Jalan Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Of course, Labuan is great to be in and I had started with the Guitar Jam Session at Veteran's Cafe.The Cafe will introduce more food and drinks besides beer from January 2007.

I spent Christmas with my dad, brother and sister in Sibu.It was another durian season and had a lot of durian.Bought 5 durians for only RM20 !!! For those who do not know what is a durian, do visit this huge infosite about durian.

Me and my sis joined the Rajang Park Catholic Family Group for Christmas Carolling.Did it just to put some closure for my late mom.She joined these group every year.Her friends miss her a lot.

Me and my sis went to Sibu Catholic Cathederal for Mass on Christmas Eve.There were lots of people and being in a church reminds me of my old days as altar servers.

On Christmas day, dad and I went to his fruit orchard to pick some rambutans.The orchard was partly flooded since it was raining heavily during the week.

Dad with his Fruit Orchard behind him.We have to cross it on a floating tree trunk behind him.That is not a river behind him.It is a natural drain that was flooded!

Just got the news that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad early Saturday morning 30 December 2006 by hanging. Several witnesses were present when the Iraqi dictator, who ruled between 1979 and 2003, took his last breath shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) Saturday. Saddam’s half brother and Intelligence Head Barzan al-Tikriti, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, a senior judge belonging to the Iraqi Baath Party, were also executed alongside Saddam.An official source within the Iraqi prime minister’s office told CNN that Saddam’s body was laid out in front of him. He also said that employees of the prime minister’s office cheered and danced around the body.Saddam was convicted of crimes against humanity for his part in the execution of 148 Shiite residents of Dujail, a town north of Baghdad, in June 1982, which took place following his attempted assassination during a visit to the town.May his soul deserve its fate.

Well, that was the year for me and I feel next year will be another eventful year.Life has been good to me and hope it will continue to get better.

'Be happy with the grounds on your feet because happiness is not about chasing rainbows." - Anonymous