Wishes

I'm penning this note in the last 30 minutes of 2005. 2005 has been quite a roller coaster ride for me
- firstly, in my old company, I did quite well by running and closing off the last project I was on with a higher margin of revenue for my firm
- I did join the Independent Software Architect's Council of Malaysia
- but some bizarre twists at work caused me to be betrayed by a close colleague of mine
- and with the high number of partners in financial services in my ex-firm, I felt that I didn't really have much avenue to move upwards in my ex-firm's up or out policies, thus I decided to leave
- went close to joining one of my friend's start up firms as a CTO, but ended up joining an end user company, with wider responsibilities (global) but with the times I don't travel, I get to stay at home and spend more time with the family

For 2006, I have a few simple wishes
- firstly, for good health for both my wife and son. Some of you may know how much I struggled this year juggling work and times where I had to stay home to help my wife and son out whenever one of them gets knocked out. I'm hoping that this year brings them more stability and better health
- secondly, some of you may know that my wife is expecting kid No. 2. Her first few months of pregnancy was tough, but so far, in her 4th month, things seem to be looking better and my simple wish here is for a good pregnancy for her.
- thirdly, my wish is for my 3rd maid to finally work out well for me and my wife.
- next, I'm also wishing for good health for myself. With all the travel and late nights working to catch my current company's US folks, it has been taxing on the health. I wish for good health for myself
- lastly, I wish for a good and stable career. I am enjoying myself currently, with all the travel and time I get to spend at home. I don't get to do much architecting work as I used to do in my previous consulting job. And I guess this is something I still yearn for, that's why I came close to taking up that CTO job. I wish for a good balance of what I like in the year 2006.

Have a good new year!