Inspired from Candace's blog... here is an analysis of 2006!

1. What did you do in 2006 that you had never done before?
Ran my first half marathon! :-D

2. Did you keep your New Years Resolution and will you make more next year?
I never make New Years Resolutions! I am pretty perfect as is haaaa ;-)

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No luckily!

5. Which countries did you visit?
Paris, London, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore... not bad for one year.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
More independence, more enthusiasm for life, more understanding of myself.

7. What dates in 2006 will remain etched upon your memory?
1st January - New Year with my two best friends
29th January - a lunchtime fenkata with friends with lots of wine and laughs!
22nd March - a night out at the Opera with Woll
28th May - ran my first 20km race with my sister Giulia
19th November - a grassy picnic with Woll, Letizia & my dog Pippo

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Getting fit and healthy... learning spanish (just basics..long way to go)... learning a bit about running a business.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not a failure per se... but obsessing too much about travelling and leaving home

10. Did you suffer illness for injury?
No thank God!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my ipod player (yes im a sucker for ipod accessories)

12. Where did most of your money go?
I saved a lot of it actually! haaa what a nerd!

13. What did you get really really excited for?
The day i left home for Malaysia.. i was so nervous my tummy ached and kept running to the loo! I was more nervous than the first time round..maybe because i had a better idea of what i was going in for.

14. What songs will remind you of 2006?
'You're Beautiful'..ad nauseum...Madonna's new album Confessions on a Dancefloor...'Let the Sunshine' ... 'From Paris to Berlin'.

15. Compared to this time last year are you...
happier or sadder? - happier
thinner or fatter? - more or less the same
richer or poorer? - maybe richer

16. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I wish i socialised more!

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
I wish i hadn't date so many hot guys... Yeah right hahahhaha

20. How did you spend Christmas?
I spent Christmas on an island in the north of Malaysia...lying on the beach and eating watermelon!

22. What was your favourite TV programme?
Desperate Housewives!! :-)

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didnt hate this time last year?
No..usually i'm the queen of arguments but i guess i had a pretty quiet year! :-P

24. What was the best book you read?
memoirs of a Geisha

25. What did you want and get?
I wanted to travel again... and i got it...

26. What did you want and not get?
A digital camera... been postponing it for years!!must get one this year!

27. What was your favourite film?
Hmmm... cant think of any...

28. What did you do on your birthday and old were you?
I turned 24 and i had a great night out clubbing with friends

29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
Nothing personal... but i loved patterned tights and badges!

30. Who/what kept you sane?
My parents, my sister, my closest friends and hard core workouts at the gym were my stress relievers.

31. Who did you miss?
My Hong Kong friends - Mark, Candace and Cassidy!

32. Who was the best new person you met?
Not completely new..but i hung out with my old school friend Sara who i hadnt seen probably since school! it was really great to get to know her better and i hope we'll be travelling together in a few months.

34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learnt in 2006?
The best things in life are not things.