Bye Bye Noughties

We rang in Y2K with wedding bells and bid farewell to the Noughties with the addition of a new member of the family.

And in between, found our true calling as practioners of medicine. Relocated several times, only to find ourselves back at the same place which has given us such immense personal and professional satisfaction.

Mustered enough courage to drive, a consequence of circumstances - more than a decade after obtaining my driver’s license, through legitimate means of course. No untoward incident if you exclude the one where I blew a tyre running over the sharp edge of a curb. Oops.

Foolish enough to believe I was in that sort of physical condition called for in scaling 2 unrestored sections of The Great Wall in winter. But I did, all 45kg of me plus my camera gear.

Spent a large portion of my waking hours (and paycheck, no less!) in the glare of the silver screen. Will remember the Noughties as the decade one movie franchise ruled us all - LOTR. Haven’t tingled with excitement of this magnitude since Return Of The King played.

Created an online presence by blogging and made some friends along the way. Don’t always have interesting things to say but some of you keep coming back anyway. Thank you

Most of all, becoming a mother after years of nagging from concerned parties and unwanted speculation on my fertility! A most challenging role akin to an emotional roller coaster ride.

So long, Noughties. You’ve been good to us.