My December

Was a hectic month. I landed in Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, caught helplessly by the heat in Malaysia as well as jet lag. I got fever immediately after that. The first thing I had to do was to put my baggage back in my room, did not even have time to unpack 'em all filthy clothes. I drove my lil' car all the way to the office and met the facilitators and my fellow MCs, all expecting me to bring of course souvenirs. I somehow managed to make everyone glad with packets of Stroopwaffles, but they are not so keen on the favorite of mine.......THE LIQUORICE!!

My favourite Liquorice!

I spent a couple of days and nights, and erm...midnights to plan and prepare for the largest AIESEC Malaysia's conference National Leadership Development Seminar (NLDS), with my nose sniffing, sore throat, cough, and fever. My laundry were still stuffs in my Deuter 80litre backpack, left idle in my room.

I then left for the conference, which took place in somewhere REALLY near this time around, oh man so happy! It was just a stone throw away from my house in Section 16! University of Malaya it is!! The conference took place for 5 days, very intense, enjoyable, and made so many new friends. Me and my team also motivated and inspired 500 youths throughout the whole conference, which was really nice! Some of them had already turned leaders today! How cool is that?

I also remember clearly how I felt right after the conference. It was a very physically demanding conference, you know, not enough food, not enough sleep, overworked, jet-lagged, and so on, I totally needed a long, deep sleep. I went to bed and slept off 16 hours straight, wonder how my body sustained itself lol, and the only thing I did was going to the loo in between. After my super long sleep, I woke up, sat still on my bed, and felt so empty. I've never felt so empty before in my life. All the great individuals I've met and worked very hard with in the conference, all the 500 delegates, the fun and quality conversation we've had. All these! Gone in just one night! I was missing everyone pretty badly!

The MCs and Facis!

My MCP gave us a 5 days off from office if I remember it right. I went home in southern state of Malaysia, spent quality time with my folks, watched some TV (yes, I am deprived from TV!). I also self-reflected what I should be doing next, as the conference made me think a lot about that.

As the days went by, it is time to head back to the capital city Kuala Lumpur, reporting to my duty as VP SI...still a lot of partnerships to sign, seal and deliver. As me and my team were busy completing respective tasks, the looming festive mood was obvious.

Jingle bell, Christmas trees, mistletoes, white snow (yes, we get fake white snow in malls lol!), lots of drinking and fun! The team met up at Sandy's home on Christmas day itself and we were all fed and stuffed with so much food, prepared by her and her mum. Jasper ate a lot, I mean, A LOT. We exchanged gifts, sang carols, played some games WITH drinks, and got pretty drunk. Jasper threw up, Nick slept with Mr.Spongebob, William spoke to God through toilet bowl, Geralynn left early with her love Alan, I pretended to be drunk, and many other happenings. We left at about 5 in the morning I think. So much alcohol consumption, hmm!




Then the next few days was all about shopping, Boxing Day sales is always good! Preparing for New Year's bash, receiving many invites to many of those bashes I was talking about. I showed up at Anand's apartment, we had a lil' pot luck dinner, took LOADS of pictures, had fun again, and lots and lots of whisky, vodka, beer, and alcohol-filled pudding (Rene made it, it was quite gross!).

Counting down....10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

That was how My December went......so much fun, friends, love, and alcohol!