Looking back 2009 – I like to remember my top 3 happiest moments with my friends in the scientific world:

(1) Spinning around L’Arche de Triomphe in Paris with George and Bernadette.  It’s wild when we were in a convertible on a perfect summer night.   Tres Chic!

(2) Enjoying A Midsummer’s Night Dream in La Scala Opera House in Milan with Gabriella and Gloria (and their hubbies).  I’d never heard such heavenly angelic voices.

(3) Finishing our NYC office move, and did not break any equipments in the process, and inviting our PhD friends over for Christmas party.  I’m so proud!

Who say that scientists and engineers can’t have fun?!

Looking back at 2009, it took me a few months to stop telling everyone that Madonna has become my next door neighbor – yes! she moved into the Upper East Side.  I also went crazy for a few months making decisions for our office move, and it was tough.

Nothing ground breaking in the technological world that I saw or heard.

But I shall remember 2009 as a staging year – a time to catch a breath and to learn – preparing for something great to happen in the new year.