Well, I celebrated my birthday with a bang! More of a surprise actually. My students came to the house and brought a birthday cake.... had tears in my eyes.... hehehheh. I asked them to come to the house since it was still Hari Raya and I thought of treating my students with roti jala, nasi himpit and rojak was my way of saying thank you to them too. At least, this year they didn't give me too much headache. And also, I intend to be more charitable.

This coming Sunday, I will be flying off to Penang and then the next day to New Zealand. My ultimate vacation! I have it planned since the beginning of the year. And that was one of the reasons that made me go through some of the unprecedented mishaps this year. It's going to be a 2 week vacation, North-South Island backpacking. Hopefully, I won't break my back! Got the most expensive backpack, Deuter, so it won't pressure my back so much. Haven't packed my things yet, waiting for the last minute. Still got some office work to settle before I go off ... and some shopping to do like I need another cargo pants and track bottom, have enough t-shirts. I wish somebody would invent disposable clothing for backpackers.