Christmas Letters
2024 Christmas Letter
24/12/24 21:01
2023 Christmas Letter
24/12/23 15:23
2022 Christmas Letter
24/12/22 01:38
2021 Christmas Letter
24/12/21 23:21
Another short Christmas letter this year. Summarising my year in two words: “Delta” and “Omicron”.
If that doesn’t bore you already, read on.
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2020 Christmas Letter
24/12/20 17:24
2019 Christmas Letter
24/12/19 01:30
The year flew by very quickly and it’s Christmas Eve again. I was going to be early and was planning on writing this on the 22nd but, “other urgent matters” (aka “being slack”) took over and so here I am again, writing the letter on Christmas Eve.
My IT consulting business is still experiencing double-digit growth this year (remember that even one new client is double-digit growth for me). Read More…
2018 Christmas Letter
24/12/18 13:36
It’s Christmas Eve, 2018. Almost another year, another $357 - if the saying “Another Day, Another Dollar” is true.
This is probably going to be a short letter for me this year. I haven’t actually done a lot.
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2017 Christmas Letter
22/12/17 11:18
To sum up the year, it’s another mixed bag of happiness and sadness. There’s always changes and, thankfully, people helping me along, for which I’m always grateful.
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2016 Christmas Letter
21/12/16 22:51
To sum up 2016 in one word for me - “Discovery”.
This is the year where I “boldly go” where I’ve never gone before.
First discovery, I took up Uber driving. It became legal on 1st of January so I thought, “why not?” - it pays the bills.
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2015 Christmas Letter
20/12/15 22:31
The letter is a bit late this year because I've had to re-edit and cull the content. I wasn't aiming to write "War and Peace".
A lot had happened this year.
Firstly, let's talk about the "firsts" for me:
I learnt how to make pizza! It started because my sisters wanted to buy a food processor. As it's an electronic gadget, the IT guy in the family (me) needed to review and produce a feasibility study. I watched the online videos and when I saw that we could make pizza dough from the food processor, I was sold! I even went to negotiate the price and picked up the machine!
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2014 Christmas Letter
23/12/14 17:33
This is probably going to be the shortest Christmas letter from me, as the year 2014 can be summed up in two words - “family reunion”.
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2013 Christmas Letter
24/12/13 17:22
What can I say about this year? Well, it was a bit on the low side for most of the year but luckily, it picked up in the last quarter and looks like ending on a high.
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2012 Christmas Letter
19/12/12 17:11
For the Year of the Dragon, in which I was born, this was supposed to be a good year. OK, somebody forgot to tell the bloody dragon to be nice to me!
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2011 Christmas Letter
18/12/11 16:57
For the first time in 7 years, my travel photo folder for the year has only 2 albums and both albums are from personal holidays, none of them from work.
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Christmas 2010
18/12/10 16:42
From January, I received news that there would be changes to our Toastmasters Club’s meal costs and new rules on when we needed to vacate the premises.
I had a training course in China which was supposed to happen in May but changed to August. The location was to be Xiamen in China, which was my dad’s home town and would have suited me just fine, but changed to Dalian which is north east from Beijing (and I don’t have any relatives there)!
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Christmas 2009
23/12/09 16:30
The boring stuff first: Work. Work was so-so, ok, ho hum, nothing to write about. No business trips looked like coming up by first half of the year, so I thought I’d start taking holidays to try and keep up with my Qantas Frequent Flyer status.
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Christmas 2008
23/12/08 15:25
We continue to adjust to life without dad. It's been a year and a half since he left us. From time to time, it would occur to me that it's been a while since hearing dad's voice or talked to him. I would have loved to tell him what I've done since he left. I guess that's life. I have to tell you, this part of life sucks.
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Christmas 2007
24/01/08 14:59
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Christmas 2006
20/12/06 14:46
Firstly, let's get over the boring bits: same job, same car, same address, same computer, same old me, except one year older. Since I took up photography, I've been using photos of Christmas trees I took instead of stock photos. Well, I've been a little busy this year, so the best effort I can come up with at short notice is a picture of our Christmas tree at home, taken late last night.
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Christmas 2005
25/12/05 14:14
Well, what a turbulent year! Reviewing the year's events, 2005 was a bit rough. As if to reflect 'real life', this has also been an unusual year for me too. Read on... Read More…
Christmas 2004
25/12/04 13:48
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Christmas 2003
25/12/03 13:40
Christmas 2002
20/12/02 13:21
Christmas 2001
20/12/01 11:35
Christmas 2000
20/12/00 11:20
Well, it's that time of the year again. As usual, I'm running late. You might think that I have been extremely busy, that's why I'm late. Umm...well yes, I have been! I was going to write this X'mas letter early November, but the US election was on. We all know that it took 36 days to decide the winner, so for the last 5 weeks, I've been watching CNN, reading newspapers online, and arguing with my friend Ted over Al Gore! That's a pretty good excuse huh? Read More…
