1. Drink less coffee, or at least BETTER coffee. 2. I will do more walking on Shanghai's streets. 3. Visit Cite Borgogne, on the corner of Jianguo Lu and Shanxi Lu. 4. I will never cross a street without a human shield. 5. I will try to stop talking so much and listen more. 6. I will change my mobile ringer to Jingle Bells for the duration of December next year. 7. Learn how to do the Chinese tea ceremony properly, and find a cheaper source of tea leaves. 8. Next time Wang Fei plays in Shanghai, GO! 9. I will remember to tell the taxi driver to avoid Huaihai Lu. 10. I promise not to laugh when the taxi driver says, "shall we take the gaojia?" 11. Watch for the opening of the SKC health club. 12. I will look to try a new restaurant every month. 13. Get a faster modem. 14. For those in Ruijin Gardens, buy earplugs. 15. Consider day-glo pink hair highlights. 16. I will eat toast faster. 17. Take visitors somewhere other than the Bund. 18. On my holidays, I will travel in Asia, but not go to Thailand again. 19. I will read three books on the Asian financial crisis. 20. I will stop being afraid to fly. 21. I will limit my movie budget to 45 yuan per week. 22. I will see at least one movie a month in the cinema. 23. I will back up my computer at least once a week. 24. I will back up my life at least once a month. 25. I will try a new lipstick color. 26. I will give away my desktop and buy a laptop. 27. I will try not to watch movies until they are officially released. 28. I will limit myself to checking emails five times a day. 29. Next time I go to the supermarket, I will complain about the price of cereal. 30. When there are more than two mobile phones in the room, I will change my ring to harmonize with the others. 31. I will limit myself to 31 emails a day. 32. This year I will REALLY quit smoking, (giving up cigarettes is easy, I've done it dozens of times.) 33. I will laugh at the little frustrations of life. 34. I will give each of my children a mobile phone, and consider implants at birth if available. 35. I will visit the Shanghai Museum at least once a month. 36. I will go to the Grand Theatre at least once every other month. 37. I will take more family vacations. 38. I will be at the airport at least an hour before the plane takes off. 40. I will be no more than five minutes late for an appointment and promise not to use pathetic excuses about the traffic. 41. I will buy a long white scarf and pretend to be an intellectual. 42. I will wear less black. 43. I promise I will not complain about the air pollution. 44. I will learn to say something more in Chinese than "Ni hao" 45. I will learn to say "ni hao" in Shanghainese. 46. I will take an evening class in Shanghainese phrases that violate the 7-no's. 47. I will put a classified in Shanghai Edition for a language exchange. 48. I will not get a big head when I'm praised for my good Chinese when I say "ni hao." 49. I will enthusiastically join in "hot pot", and eat more than just the vegetables. 50. I will enjoy Karaoke with my colleagues and avoid a sarcastic slant on my rendition of My Way. 51. I will continue to buy my toast bread from Lawson's (yes!). 52. I will learn to enjoy the oiliness of Chinese food, and not worry about the impact on my arteries. 53. I will try harder to strike a clothing balance between Shanghai trendy and Western messy. 54. This year, I will go to Tibet. 55. I will start a new trend of body piercing, but I'm not going to tell you where. 56. I will not worry about brain cancer while making calls on my moblie.. 57. I will buy a qipao. 58. I promise to listen to the news at least once a day. 59. Go and say hello to the peacocks at the Jingan Hotel at least once a week. 60. I will stop sneaking away with my parent's credit cards. 61. I will attempt to go cold turkey on my buttered toast addiction. 62. I will order something beside beancurd and vegies for lunch. 63. I will stop eating boiled frozen wontons for dinner. 64. I will go to the New World Amusement Center on Yanan Lu. 65. When someone offers me a cigar, I won't ask where it has been. 66. I will control my gadget buying habit. 67. I will learn to use chopsticks properly, (and learn to slurp). 68. I will stop losing pens. 69. I will exercise three times week and not act superior about it afterwards. 70. I will run for ten minutes a day longer than usual, (= 10 minutes). 71. I will force my partner to exercise three times a week. 72. I will stop using the words "my partner" as if itŐs some sort of daring lifestyle choice. 73. I will stop commenting on the plumpness of Shanghai children. 74. I will eat less junk food, or at least re-classify significant elements of my diet. 75. I will start considering my pen purchasing as a public service. 76. I promise to retire 20% of my old jokes each month (there were two cows on the side of the road...). 77. I promise not to lose my temper with taxi drivers who donŐt know where the Jinjiang hotel is because they only started driving yesterday. 78. I will pay more attention to spelling, even in ephemeral emails. 79. Next time I consider buying something in HK, I will see if I can buy it in Shanghai instead. 80. I will call my Mom once a month, preferably by some means other than IDD. 81. I will find out why the weather has been so abnormal over the past few months (how do you spell El Nino in Chinese?) 82. I will start keeping a diary. 83. I will stop saying "thank you Bill" every time my computer freezes. 84. I will have a weekend in Suzhou, and take a dusk stroll along the city wall at Panmen. 85. I will write at least one issue in advance. 86. I will eat french fries no more than twice a week, and not try to pretend that diet coke neutralizes calories. 87. I will take my vitamins everyday. 88. I will visit at least two new sites on the web everyday. 89. I will resist the idea that reality only exists through my computer screen. 90. I will ask for an extension on my contract in Shanghai. 91. I will try cooking something other than baked beans on toast. 92. I'll have my teeth cleaned by a dentist at least once during the year. 93. I will consider buying at least one soda water while dancing at YY's on Friday nights. 94. I will not bargain over the price with bowling alley attendants. 95. I will make a Ňto doÓ list everyday and sopend five minutes thinking about it over breakfast. 96. I will turn my mobile phone off during movies. 97. I will stop biting my nails. 98. I will fly to the United States to catch the first showing of Stars Wars. 99. I will start making my resolutions for the millenium NOW.

Byeeeee!!!