Quick re-cap of my 2010

2010 was a great year for me :)

My family and close friends were in good health and we spent some great times together

 I spent a lot of time with my best friend Evgueni (I'll always love you)

Rarely a day has passed in the 3.5 years I've known him that we don't keep in touch or see each other

He knows everything about me, is always supportive, motivates me, loves me, is there for me and he's such a wonderful person. My life would never be the same without him

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I also spent a lot of my spare time at Brant House nightclub with Jasmin the first part of the year

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I had met Dale just over a year ago - December 2009

He's become a very close friend and important person in my life

I've been so fortunate of all the things he spoils me with & to be given the opportunity to travel with him

He brought me on my first trip for 2010 - it was to visit him in Calgary/Canmore in May (it's ~3.5 hr flight away from me). Dale taking me on my first helicopter ride was one of the memorable moments :)

In June my parents took me to Las Vegas

It was the first time I travelled alone with just my parents where neither of my sisters came along

I love my parents so so much & it was really nice to spend time with them both

One of the highlights was my visit to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, and the skywalk

The same day I flew back from Vegas, Dale took me on a trip to Kansas City Missouri

He took me to my first baseball game 

And during the second game he took me to, the umpire threw me a baseball - best souvenir everrrr

My younger sister Jenn lives ~3.5 hr flight out West, and for the past 3 years she's visited our family in Toronto twice a year annually - once in the summertime and once over Christmas Holidays

This past summer when she was in Toronto late July-early August, my whole family did a road trip to Grove City Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh  

The highlights? Shopping of course haha & spending time with the whole family :)

Lets not forget two very cool dudes that introduced sheesha into my life back in August - Dani & Branko, who were visiting from Serbia 

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Then September 25th was the start of a 9 week vacation...

The first part was going to Asia with both my parents - again! I was super lucky in 2010 to not only travel alone with my parents for the first time but for a second time. Home base on this 4 week trip was Kuala Lumpur Malaysia - where 95% of my extended family lives and the country my parents were born/raised in. 

My parents and I visited Thailand for 5 days during this trip

Highlights included river cruises, visits to Tiger Temple & Grand Palace

One of my aunties took my Dad and I to Shanghai & other cities in China for a week 

Highlights - Shanghai skyline at night on a cruise, visiting a couple of tea plantations, various old cities with beautiful architecture and of course the horrible food :P

Yeah, whoever said London England has bad food never ate in China dude

And my Dad took me to one of the most beautiful places ever for 2 nights - Redang Malaysia

Highlights were making friends with the lifeguards, going snorkelling for the first time and seeing so many beautiful fish and a sea turtle (!), and of course the gorgeous beachside resort

Then I came back for a week in Toronto late October - celebrated Halloween 

And then I was off again for another 3.5 weeks to Thailand! 

This time I went with Jasmin to celebrate her friend Oi's wedding

The traditional Thai wedding was really neat to experience

It was my first wedding actually - yeah I live under a rock okay! LOL 

The bride looked beautiful.And I really liked the pink bridesmaids gowns we chose out 

There was also the modern wedding

 I'm so happy for Oi & Josef and I truly wish them the best in their lives together

And, there was a lot of partying at Spasso Nightclub at the Grand Hyatt in Bangkok

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I came back home to Toronto for not even a week, and then Dale took me on my Birthday trip to London England, Paris and Stonehenge 

It was my first trip to Europe  

I was sooo lucky that Dale took care of everything as he always does

It's really beautiful - the food in London is pretty darn good (like, who made the rumour on bad food in London?), the people seemed friendly & both Dale and I agreed there would be lots to see if we went back again 

The past 2 weeks has been full of yummy food at Mom and Dad's for the Holiday season, catching up with my younger sister Jenn who is in town, planning out a fun trip up North with Dale in 1.5 weeks, catching up with work and a bunch of other stuff. 

So that brings us to here

And I do look back on 2010 as being a fabulous year for me 

I hope it was for you too :) 

What were some of the memorable moments and highlights in 2010 for you?