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On another note, the August 24th also marks my 1 year anniversary in Portland! Geeszz...how time flies! This time last year, i have just arrived fresh from Singapore and ready to start in my dream job. I wasn't able to do HTC because i was just moving here and had admin stuff to settle.

Fast forward 365 days later...i've made so many more friends...learnt so many new things...travelled to so many different places....and I am still in awe of everything. In fact, i've just attended shoe school and have in 2 days learn so much about the 101 of shoe making that i was trying to understand from conversation with my colleagues in the past 1 year!

I will also list some of the more significant places/things i've done since i moved here so that i can reflect about it maybe next year and see if i have done much more. So here it goes:

1. Travelled to europe twice for work, meeting professional football players such as Chicharito, Evra, Ashley Cole, Heitinga, almost the entire everton team, Lassoga,  speaking to academy players from Barcelona, Aletico Madrid, Juventus, QPR, Everton, etc,  watched premier league games, champions league games, german league games.

2. Travelled to various part of USA--> San Diego, Seattle to watch a Seattle Seahawks games, LA, Vegas, NYC, Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Sunriver, bought snowboarding gear and had a good winter season in the mountain.

3. Travelled to Ukraine to watch EC12...transiting Istanbul enroute and having a great story to tell!

4. Having had a professional male footballer as my wonderful mentor and colleague in Singapore, i now have am ex- female professional footballer as my colleague! Always enjoyed talking and listening to all their stories.

5. Went for my first Speed dating session. It was interesting..but not too sure if i will want to do it again. it was tiring trying to make conversation with people you don't know. I guess I am friendly and talkative to people i feel comfortable with...but totally the opposite with people i barely know.

6. Will be going to Brazil in October! Can't wait! I will also be doing my first overseas Marathon...NYC marathon in Nov! excited but so not prepared for it.

I can't wait for another awesome year..or years to come! And as point4 shows...theres already some things to look forward to! I also hope to visit more parts of USA such as Hawaii, Crater Lake, Miami, Florida and central america like mexico and the carribeans!

Going to rest and prepare for the race tomorrow...will share pictures and stories when i get back!

GOGOGO PAVEMENT KILLERS!