Entries for December, 2007
December 3, 2007
Marbled Chocolate Honey Cake
Posted by eirene83 at 10:40 AM on December 3, 2007 in Recipes.

Ingredients:
185g butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup self-raising flour
2/3 cup milk
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp cocoa, sifted
1 tbsp drinking chocolate, sifted
- Cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Sift the flour and fold into the mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Divide the mixture evenly into two bowls. Add honey to one; sifted cocoa and drinking chocolate to the other; mix well.
- Spoon the 2 mixtures alternately into a greased tin and swirl mixture with a skewer.
- Bake for 35 minutes at 180oC.
Icing:
1 tbsp honey
2 tsp hot water
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
- Combine honey and water.
- Stir in sifted icing sugar and cocoa and blend well.
- Spread over the cake.
The icing was quite easy to do. At first, it seemed like there wasn't enough honey and water to blend smoothly but after some stirring, it all came together in one nice thick, gooey mass. And no matter how much I fussed with it, it still stayed really nice and glossy, possible due to the honey.

I got this recipe off a friend after she made it for her boyfriend's birthday. I liked the combination of chocolate and honey (especially since after Shaun got me this rather delicious chocolate from Australia of macadamia nut and honey enrobed in milk chocolate.)
The cake turned out quite nice and moist and not too crumbly. It wasn't really light despite my separating and beating the egg whites to stiff peaks but it wasn't dense and firm so that was good since it didn't feel like I had a cannonball in my stomach.
I'm not sure about other people, but like most other of my marbled cakes, I couldn't taste the individual flavour, rather the honey taste came more from the icing than anything else (Therefore no icing = no honey flavour). Everything about this cake was good: it's easy, no need to buy any special items and minimal wash-up. But that aside, it's not a cake I would repeat only because it's really well, normal. But for when you want cake and don't want too much work, this is good. 
Manic Monday
Posted by eirene83 at 02:17 PM on December 3, 2007.
I don't know what's wrong with me today. As I told a colleague jokingly, today was like my 'sorry' day... Right from the morning, the constant word from me was sorry, sorry, sorry. Nothing seemed to go right at all... And I wished that I never got up in the first place...
I got to the office and realised I left my mouse at home (the optical one, not the live one. More on that later)... Then I made so many boo-boos while xeroxing, I think I used up close to 1/3 of a ream of clean paper.
Then while refilling my water bottle in the pantry/library, a real live rat jumped out of the trashcan, ran past my feet and into hiding behind the bookshelves. Le eekk! I don't hate rats nor am I afraid of them (solitary ones that is. An army of rats is an entirely different equation.) but it was still a nasty surprise...
And to top it all off, someone grabbed my butt on the way home!!!
December 4, 2007
Longer Weekends
Posted by eirene83 at 12:28 PM on December 4, 2007.
I'm sure it can't be just me: I wish the weekends were longer!
I've noticed this time that more often than not, the one time I always have to pull OT is on Friday. As it is, Saturday and Sunday isn't enough to do everything I want to do and cram in enough rest... But I have to cut short my time on Friday on top of that.
So I was thinking, anyone wanna propose a 4.5 day week? Well, not really 4.5 day since I'm not thinking of leaving at lunch... But maybe around 3.30ish to 4 would be good. You get a couple hours headstart on the weekend and you feel like you've got more time to do things. You'd probably work more willingly too!
So anyone wanna petition for longer weekends by working an hour or so less on Friday? After all, I more than make up for it with all the time I had to stay late in the office on every other day!
Golden Compass: The Premiere
Posted by eirene83 at 02:57 PM on December 4, 2007 in Library.
Wow, this is the first time ever I've gone for a premiere! And the ticket is really so pretty; I like how you can flip open the compass to see all the details inside. (In fact, GSC is doing this limited edition combo where you can buy the compass watch for RM16 with purchase of a large popcorn combo. I may get it...)

Anyway I thought it was a really cool experience. We had to get there early to hand in our handphones (Premiere mah, so no recording devices allowed) and then those metal detector things that you see at the airport and then a hand bag check. And to top it all off, there was a double file of security guards to the hall. No joke! Hehehe, I almost felt like a celebrity!
Actually, I had just only finished reading the Dark Materials trilogy about a month or so ago so I was quite excited to see how the movie compared. (Remember Stardust? Well, as much as I'm a book purist, if the movie was actually pretty good, I wouldn't mind so much.)
Well, overall from a purist point of view, I suppose they did keep true to the plot... Though as usual, things didn't quite happen the way it did in the book and I suppose it would be ridiculous to expect them to follow the book rigidly, so quite a number of things got altered. Small things really, like the people's daemon, or how characters were introduced into the plot, nothing major.
But even so... as just a regular cinema-goer, I felt a bit disappointed. I kept waiting for something to happen which well... It didn't really. Remember PoTC: Dead Man's Chest? It felt like just like a patch between The Black Pearl and At World's End? Ditto for the Golden Compass. There wasn't an emphasis on anything, particularly the alethiometer, which played quite an important part in the books.
Frankly, it felt like the whole movie was just a buildup to the next. And if it depended on that, well, I didn't feel any attraction to watch the next installment. It had so much potential, which frankly, I thought they wasted. No mention on Dust, the Northern Lights (which incidentally was the original name of the book)... Heck, it didn't even really explain why the daemons were so important, why it was forbidden to touch another's daemon or even show how truly painful it is to be separated from your daemon (Best shown in the book when Lyra meets with Iorek Byrnison.)
Well, that's my 2 cents worth... Anyone else who watched it wanna trade opinions?
December 5, 2007
Intermission II
Posted by eirene83 at 10:19 AM on December 5, 2007.
Sorry, no proper updates these few days. Am too busy at firm.
Will upload photos over the weekend if possible.
Much love.
[P/s: I'm exhausted; I left the office at 04.45am, along with 3 of my colleagues. God only knows how I'll survive Friday... So much for TGIF!]
December 6, 2007
Intermission: Dance With Me Tonight
Posted by eirene83 at 11:47 AM on December 6, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.
It’s been so long
Since I’ve known right from wrong
Got no job, sometimes I just sit down and sob
Wondering if anything will go right
Oh will you dance with me tonight?
When the sun departs
I feel a hole down in my heart
Put on some shoes
Come down here and listen to the blues
Wondering if anything will go right
Oh will you dance with me tonight?
I’m looking at you, you’re looking at me
We’re the only two off the dance floor
Do you see what I see?
Two broken lives working in harmony
Might make for a decent time
So get up and dance with me
I know that it seems that the grass will grow
Better on the other side of the barbwire fence
But that other side is not in sight
So I’m fine with what I have now
If you’ll dance with me tonight
What’s the point of life if Risk is just a board game?
You roll the dice but you’re just hoping that the rules change
What’s the point if you can’t bring yourself to say
The things you want to say
Like dance with me tonight
December 7, 2007
Apologies
Posted by eirene83 at 02:10 PM on December 7, 2007.
A thousand apologies to all my loyal readers!! (Do I even have any?
)
I know updates have been terrible of late, but so have my working hours! I was in the office with 3 others on Thursday night/Friday morning till close to 5am (!!!) preparing bundles of documents for Friday! I commented as we were leaving that whilst others were just getting into work, we were just leaving!
Needless to say, I was totally drained on Friday. Thank God that I was allowed to come in half-day! Hence, the reason why updates were so erratic. But now all is good! (Except for the fact my sleeping pattern is totally screwed until I can readjust.)
:D
December 10, 2007
Let's Talk
Posted by eirene83 at 12:54 AM on December 10, 2007.
Not play Twenty Questions.
One thing that annoys the bejeesus out of me is when someone says, "Let's talk" and we end up playing Q & A. It's not that I don't want to talk... and I'm not sure if this is a common trait among girls... but I'm not about to spill all so easily about why, what and whereofs of everything. Particularly if I'm annoyed and tell you that I'm not. (You know, that bit where the girl stares straight ahead and insists she's not angry about anything. Unless you're stupid, dense or have been living under a rock, hello guys? Clear danger signal there...)
Yeah, I know it's bad and that the guy isn't psychic and in a healthy relationship, people are supposed to share and share alike, discuss what's wrong. An open healthy relationship thing, yeah? But problem is, I'm not particularly rational when emotional. (Yes, I admit: No matter how logical I usually am, piss me off and nothing I do will make sense to you.
)
Can't make a generalisation here but when it comes to me being pissed off, keep guessing. Asking me to tell you what's wrong? Bad move... How to know if you're ever on the right track then? I start to acknowledge your existence 2 feet away from me.
Touch Typing
Posted by eirene83 at 12:55 AM on December 10, 2007 in Personal.
One comment I often get from my colleagues and especially during the hours before a deadline is, "Wow, you type really fast."
I learned typing a long, long time ago practising on my dad's old-fashioned typewriter. You know the type where you have to pound really hard on the keys going "clickety clackety, king, kaching"? I wasn't all too good at it since it was quite hard for to stretch my fingers and reach all the keys.
But with the advent of IRC, internet cafes and modems, my typing improved by leaps and bounds and somehow I managed to pick up touch typing. Not because of anything, but it does help tremendously when you're sitting in the dark.
I won't say that I'm really good at typing and it's all flawless... but I dare say that on a good keyboard (you know, where the keys don't stick), I probably make 2 or 3 mistakes per paragraph.
Anyhow recently, I got curious about how correct my typing was so I Googled up some touch typing sites and discovered... My right hand placement is slightly off, with my little finger not being utilised properly and that I use my left instead of my right thumb for the spacebar. My left hand stays pretty much in the correct place above the keyboard but my right is off by one key.
So now I'm trying to relearn touch typing, not that my method doesn't work for me, but just to see whether the proper method is better.
Actually, it's more because my right little finger feels so under-utilised each time I type so I want to try and exercise it more often. (And also because I would love to get one of those ergonomic keyboards that look sooo professional. The types where the layout of the board is split into 2 so you really need to have correct hand placement. :D)
(And while on the topic of typing, don't you just hate how some manufacturers change the layout of the board ever so slightly and suddenly the 'shift' key or the 'tab' button isn't where it used to be before.)
Double Chocolate Cookies
Posted by eirene83 at 12:55 AM on December 10, 2007 in Recipes.

Ingredients:
110g butter
110g bittersweet chocolate
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
110g milk chocolate, chopped
- Melt bittersweet chocolate with the butter and leave to cool slightly.
- Mix chocolate mixture, sugar and egg until combined.
- Fold in the sifted dry ingredients in 2 batches until just incorporated.
- Fold in the chopped milk chocolate or use chocolate chips.
- Drop tablespoonfuls dough on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 180oC. Cookies should still be soft.
I was a bit tired of baking cakes these few weeks so I decided to whip up a batch of cookies instead. People in my family like their desserts in small sizes (so they can have a larger serving without feeling guilty
), so I made teaspoonful sizes. It came out looking a lot like Famous Amos' Double Chocolate Chip cookies, perhaps a bit larger and definitely a lot less sweet.
Maybe my taste buds are a bit jaded but although the chocolate taste was really strong (possibly due to the combination of chocolate and cocoa powder) but I think it lacked something. An accent, a side note to all that dark chocolatey wonder. You could always have it with a tall glass of milk (and speaking from experience, it does taste as good with cold milk as with whipped cream
) or you just glaze them. Or possibly it could be due to the fact I don't have milk chocolate at home.

I decided to melt some white chocolate and piped it on top... It looked pretty but the white chocolate wasn't the right element. What I actually had in mind was lemon icing but unfortunately I didn't have any lemons either at home. Nor lemon extract. Nor orange. And I wanted to get the cookies iced before bedtime... Well, maybe next time. We'll see. It's not that it's not good... I just thought it needed a little something else.
December 11, 2007
Life Or Death
Posted by eirene83 at 11:25 AM on December 11, 2007.
I sprinted up the Monorail steps earlier hoping to make it before the doors closed and I discovered... What was an extremely easy task in trousers become not only difficult but potentially life-threatening in skirts. Attempting to take the steps 2 at a time, I realised that the width of my strides were severely hampered by how fitting my skirt was and almost fell backwards when my foot almost quite didn't make contact with the step.
Sigh, I never knew a choice of skirt or trousers could make such a difference in something so simple as going up the steps... Maybe I should just stick to trousers since the other option of having a slit in my skirt to allow freedom of movement is definitely not viable.
December 12, 2007
Whole Again
Posted by eirene83 at 05:57 PM on December 12, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.
I don't mind that the monorails plays Red.fm but I really wished that it wasn't pre-recorded and that it's always been the same few songs... But then, this is really addictive too.
Looking back on when we first met,
I can not escape and I can not forget,
Baby, you are the one
You still turn me on,
You can make me whole again.
December 13, 2007
Tare Panda
Posted by eirene83 at 03:16 AM on December 13, 2007.
God help me, as I only left the office at 3.30... in the morning...
December 14, 2007
Sardines
Posted by eirene83 at 10:24 AM on December 14, 2007.
I've always knew this about commuting but I've never realised it as keenly as yesterday: Taking public transport during rush hours is akin to consenting to being packed like sardines in a dented can... Horrible.
I usually take the Monorail to work but on the way back, I have to change over to the KTM. The Monorail isn't so bad because I'm travelling from one end of the line to the other end so I can always get a seat (meaning, I'm not standing being pushed around) both ways. But the KTM... Now that's an entirely different question altogether.
It's totally idiotic (yet strangely, oh so Malaysian) but it really seems that during rush hours, the KTM manages to break down or encounter delays. And well, a lot more people travel on it than you realise. So yesterday I was waiting for my turn to board (It's really scary sometimes seeing the swarm of people rushing the doors as soon as it opens. And yes, really, they are as bad as reported.) and I just barely managed to get in. I was a bare milimeter away from the doors.
When suddenly this man and his family and his luggage comes pushing up asking us to please go in. As if we wouldn't if we could. The guard even told him to go back out just in case his children got separated from them, yet he still pushed his daughter in. And when the doors started to close, I really thought he would pull his daughter out and wait for the next train.
Instead, he blocked the door (luckily it's those automated doors so it stops when it touches an obstacle) and then jammed himself, his luggage, his wife and baby and another daughter in. At that precise moment, I knew what it felt to be carried along with a wave of people... (Not that I haven't experienced it before standing in the middle of the crowd waiting to board the train... It's an interesting experience. Everyone just pushes you along in the same direction.)
Everyone near the doors was just totally packed. We couldn't move, we couldn't turn... And well, his 2 daughters kept squirming and being packed together skin to skin, I really wanted to scratch since her hair kept brushing me over and over again.
And I just couldn't help wondering, what if the doors hadn't been automated? First train suicide right before my eyes? Him being separated from his daughter? What was so urgent that they couldn't have waited for the next train? What?
Seconded
Posted by eirene83 at 10:24 AM on December 14, 2007.
Maybe I'm just too fussy... but in a way, I'm glad to know that it's not just me and my opinion on the Golden Compass was echoed by the few reviews that I came across in the papers.
It's not about just how it was changed from the book; I know some things have to be sacrificed for the sake of creating a flow and brevity... But I felt like the essence of Northern Lights was all gone. The effects were good, yes... But a movie cannot stand on effects alone and despite the whole uproar about how the Golden Compass was such an "un-Christianly" movie (Is it just me, or do I sense an echo of Harry Potter... or perhaps, the Da Vinci Code?), I really didn't think they had all that much to worry. (Especially considering how the Magisterium seemed to be cast more in the role of the government rather than the Church.).
Or it could just be me being fussy? Anyone thinks so?
December 17, 2007
I'm Such A Girl
Posted by eirene83 at 10:27 AM on December 17, 2007 in Personal.
LOL... As Nicholas recently pointed out, I'm really such a girl...
Today, I've just spent a better part of the day along with a not too insubstantial amount of my salary (Just how much I will not reveal to you, unless you're a) a loved one; b) a girl or c) about to embark on the same and want to compare
) on my hair.
I've been overdued for a hair cut for a good 4 months so finally I hied me to my hairdresser, plopped myself on his comfortable padded chair and left myself to his mercies... With the results of which I currently love love love my hair and a damage of ... 
It's a lot but I think it's worth it since I've wanted a style like this for a while now... And as soon as I can, I'm going to post up piccies of my pretty new 'do!
And anyone who doesn't love my style as much or think it's cute can go drown themselves in the nearest river/lake/reservoir/drain. :D
Doing Dishes
Posted by eirene83 at 10:27 AM on December 17, 2007 in Food, snacks & restaurants.
I had started Sunday morning intending to make some bread; foccacia probably... but instead I ended up doing dishes.
If you're wondering how that came about and if maybe I had cooked some lavish brunch that requires some dozen dishes or something... Well, not quite.
What actually happened was I decided to pop out for a quick lunch and then come back and start the dough, so I thought I would head to Joy Cafe.
I hadn't even stepped into the cafe when I noticed... well, all the tables were occupied, and the staff looking a little... well, frazzled. Apparently they had been reviewed in The Star just on Friday and well the post-review crowd was in a word, scary.
Since they were so obviously understaffed and the customers were looking less than pleased with the wait, I decided to chip in and help. 
I handed menus, took orders, punched the orders in, washed cups, made drinks... And as each table left, there was another to take its place. The feedback didn't change much: The food was good and affordable... but because each dish was prepared fresh on the spot, it took a little longer than the customers were accustomed to.
Anyhow, I didn't get paid but I got free drinks and meals and free reign in the drinks counter. :D Anyhow, if you guys didn't believe me before, maybe you will now. So go try it and see.
What My Motto Is:
Posted by eirene83 at 10:29 AM on December 17, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can't do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
Relax
(Love) There is an answer to the darkest times.
It’s clear we don’t understand it, but the last thing on my mind
Is to leave you.
I believe that we’re in this together.
Don’t scream – there are so many roads left.
December 18, 2007
Nice And Chilly
Posted by eirene83 at 09:26 AM on December 18, 2007.
I think I really need to exercise more. My hands get so cold nowadays in the office that even my colleagues are starting to notice my nails are actually more purplish-blue than pink...
Either that, or invest in gloves.
:D
December 19, 2007
Holiday Holiday Holiday
Posted by eirene83 at 09:59 AM on December 19, 2007.
My boss just gave us off on Friday... :D
Wheee...
Too bad he didn't also give us Monday off, because otherwise then I can say I'm going to be on holiday till next year...
Hehehehe, because I took leave from Boxing Day onwards till the new year, so if I have Monday off as well, then I would be on holiday from tomorrow onwards till next year. How fun...
Wings?
Posted by eirene83 at 04:16 PM on December 19, 2007.
Call me slow, but I suddenly just realised that Christmas is next Tuesday!
It's not anything, but I guess it still feels like the start of December to me that I didn't realise that 2007 is almost coming to a close... and there's still so much left that I want to do yet so little in which to achieve them all.
Wow... Where did all the days go to? I wonder if I look hard, will I find some sneaky cunning little days that just snuck by me without me realising hiding somewhere?
No Gingerbread This Year
Posted by eirene83 at 04:17 PM on December 19, 2007.
Ironically, all baking and cooking has practically screeched to a halt for me as opposed to bakers worldwide who are probably baking their nth batch of cookies. I have plans, which never come to fruition, for dozens of things ranging from cinnamon rolls to focaccia to panetonne to lots of different Christmas cookies.
Of course, all well-laid plans collide face on with the fact I never seem to have enough time on my hand for everything (which means from mixing things from scratch right up to washing up) as well as the fact: There's too much to eat in my house! And nobody wants to get fat!!!
LOL... My drawer is about near bending under the weight of all the diffferent recipes I've stuffed in there, but frankly I have no idea when I'll be getting round to it. In the meantime, I'm throwing a tantrum because this is yet another year that I am going to miss out on gingerbread because I haven't attended any Christmas buffet and I'm too cheap to buy any... (And why can't I make some myself? Read above
) Gingerbread houses to donate, anyone? :D
December 24, 2007
Only Wish
Posted by eirene83 at 11:27 AM on December 24, 2007.
Christmas eve and in the office instead of being at home, baking... So this is working life.
LOL... Everyone in the office (which amounts to 3 since the other 3 are on leave) isn't concentrating too well. 
My only wish would be to be able to go home and bake a cake for my mommy's birthday... Like maybe a chocolate log cake with hazelnut cream and dark chocolate frosting... *Siiiggghhh*
Hehehehe...
Death By Chocolate
Posted by eirene83 at 12:25 PM on December 24, 2007.
We always associate 'Death By Chocolate' with some incredibly rich, chocolate-y dessert right? Something so laden with chocolate and chocolate and chocolate, you can almost die? Well, here's another 'Death By Chocolate'.
P/s: No teddies were harmed in the making of this snippet. 

Poor unsuspecting teddy...

A sweet death descending...

Shock! Horror! Being crushed to death...

Farewell, cruel world... I loved you well; even you, cruel slab of chocolate...
And that, by the way, is my slab of chocolate which I use for baking...
2.5kg of pure, dark, lovely bliss.
Pupillage Approved!
Posted by eirene83 at 01:15 PM on December 24, 2007.
I can finally officially say that I'm a chambering student now! After months and years of hard work, I've qualified in that bloody paper for Legal Practice and I've just served my papers in Court.
I had to run from one end of the Court to the other, but that's no matter because I have started my 9-months countdown (Yes, rather like a pregnancy
) to Long Call and that's good, good, good! So yeay for me. :D
Hair Today, Permed Tomorrow
Posted by eirene83 at 01:20 PM on December 24, 2007.

My new hairstyle!!
So how? I likey, do you?

December 26, 2007
Posted by eirene83 at 09:28 AM on December 26, 2007.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
everybody!!
December 30, 2007
Ooppsss
Posted by eirene83 at 08:35 PM on December 30, 2007.
Shucks, I just realised that it's been a little over a week since I last posted anything. Not that there was anything to blog about since it was relatively erm... not un-eventful, just rather not news-worthy.
And anyway, even had there been anything, I still couldn't blog about it because I was on leave! :D As mentioned previously, I took a couple of days off work (just 3 really) to luxuriate in the post-Christmas run-up to the new year...
And spent it spending my money in and around Bangkok! If I ever get around to it, I'll post up pictures though it's mainly of temples and food...
No cooking, though I did have a splendid New Year's Eve brunch of peanut butter and kaya french toast, fried in sadly, cooking oil. I was all set to fry when I realised we were out of butter and well, french toast without that artery-clogging part of being fried in as much butter as you can take, is well... A little lacking.
Anyway, onwards to 2008! :D
Goodbye?
Posted by eirene83 at 08:35 PM on December 30, 2007.
Hrmm, I recall making a few resolutions way back beginning of 2007... so what became of them?
Resolution #1 - To lose at least 10 pounds from my average weight...
Well, I did quite okay in that aspect, I like to think... I lost a total of 18 pounds. Yeah, amazing, I know. Unfortunately, I gained a whopping 7 pounds in the last quarter of the year... -_-
So beside losing almost double what I was resolved to, I also gained back half of that.
Resolution #2 - To get a proper job.
Yeap, am there... and put resolution #4 into practise in the process.
Resolution #3 - TRAVEL!!
I'm quite proud of myself on this one. Not only did I manage to visit a number of places, I also did it all on my own money. Plus shopping! Okay, so maybe I had to dip into my savings a bit, had to skip out on Australia (due to lack of time) and UK (due to Air Asia not flying that route yet), but nevertheless I'm going place, seeing things, etc...
Resolution #4 - Stop being so complacent.
Well, as mentioned above, I had a job referral in July but I was so reluctant and complacent and just didn't want to go... But I gave myself a good hard shake, went for it and now I'm working.
Resolution #5 - Cook more!
Unfortunately, this wasn't too successful... Yea, maybe I did manage to find the perfect brownie recipe, and I made bread a couple of times. Tried making fudge once... (Not too successful - more like toffee than fudge, probably because I had the wrong ingredients and also no candy thermometer.) I even cooked a couple of times, without referring to any recipe and just did it on the fly. Yet, I don't think I've quite sufficiently challenged my own cooking skills enough yet.
So overall, it was a pretty good try though looking back on 2007, maybe with so much happening and all, I just feel more tired than anything else. 2007 was an emotional roller coaster and well, not that I didn't enjoy myself and personally felt I achieved a lot... but at the end of it all, I'm looking forward to see what 2008 will bring. It's been fun, 2007 and I'll remember you fondly... But it's bye-bye for us now. 