2013 is going to be one of the most climatic years of my life. For one thing, I'm moving on to the next phase in life of being a married woman. I'll give my CNY angpaos for the first time (OH NOOOOO!!!), renovate and move into the first house I own in this lifetime, and take on all the additional responsibilities of being a wife. 

Marriage is, as expected, not romantic - more like a partnership, or merger of two organizations (or families, in this case). I will need to learn how to cook (though I've cooked before, like a million years ago), how to do household chores, and be less stubborn or 'xiao jie'. It's inevitably tough, like being stabbed in the eye every time I hear of yet another expectation of me, but like I said... it's inevitable, because I really want to be a good wife to my man. I'm not perfect (far from it) but at least I want to do my best. 

Next year will be tough. The husband will be overseas very often at least for the first half of the year due to work, so I might have to oversee the house renovation on my own. The next thing I need to do is get a driving license, at the ripe old age of 27 going 28, by next year... realized that I am actually quite handicapped without one.

I've given some serious thought to my future as well. What do I see myself doing after five years, and after ten years? Actually I've come to terms with the fact that it's more practical to earn money to invest in your passion than to work for passion - when it comes to the time you need to feed and be fed, life's a different story altogether. Everything's about money these days... houses, cars, education; everything is expensive and you'll have to compromise just because. I guess I'll take some kind of action next year. 

Change is scary, but most likely the only way to soar higher. We'll see.