It's Christmas Eve and I'm looking out the windows on this quiet Saturday afternoon. It looks like it's going to rain soon. My mom's taking a nap and my sis is working. Well, I was supposed to go to work today too but Buddy offered to work instead.

Will be watching Lilya forever with PL and her sis later in the evening at Cineleisure. I still have 5 GV tickets with me. Somehow, I never get to use them (either I watch movies at non-GV theatres or I missed movies I wanted to watch. Hopefully I don't miss Chronicles of Narnia. I'm glad I have company on this Christmas eve. In the morning, I was in bed thinking I was going to stay home all day, like what I expected to do on my birthday.

Speaking of this year's birthday, I spent it with two of my best friends (WW and PL). WW and I first went to the history museum but we didn't find the exhibition very impressive. After walking around, we had a simple dinner of porridge and tofu because I was still sick and after that, we met PL for a small celebration.

It was a simple and lovely day because I got to eat my mianxian and received smses/messages/well wishes/presents from people I care about. =)

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The past few days in office have been quite slow. Christmas mood. I was doing shopping and wrapping the whole week, except the night I met PL and RT for dinner and "Oi, Sleeping Beauty!". It was so tiring the whole week that I didn't really find the show very funny. The fairies were the best. Deepadedipu!

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Merry Christmas!

On birthdays.

My mom has never bought a birthday cake for me from what I can remember. My birthday has been a taboo subject at home since I was young. It's only in the recent few years that I'm able to bring it up (like mentioning in our conversations what my friends did for me) and not get unhappy about what she says in response to those well-meaning efforts. The biggest birthday celebration I ever had was at my nanny's place when I was about two or three years old and that made my mom unhappy. So I never got to celebrate it in my teens. After I turned 20, I started to have mini-celebrations with friends. When I turned 21, I was in the midst of the mentoring camp preparations and spent it with the volunteers. I can't remember what happened when I turned 22 (think I'll need to look at past entries) and when I turned 23, it was spent with PL and TG and PR. It made me realise that what meant most to me were not the presents but the company that I had on the day itself.

Not quite sure what I'm going to do the whole of today. I tried thinking of who I would like to spend time with on this day but most of them happen to be out of town or we're no longer in touch. The other cowcat's working today till evening. I had hoped for a nice family dinner out but she just replied my sms to say that she had some dinner with her colleagues.

Anyway, I shan't think negatively on this day. Mom just got back from the market not too long ago and mentioned that she's cooking bak-kut-teh mian xian for me to eat but I think she's backing out on the deal now since there's also kueh to eat. Haha. But nevermind, it's the thought that counts. Oh, now she's doing it reluctantly. I'm really very touched but I don't know what to say. =)

WW offered to go out with me today. We should be going to "Soul to Soul: Remixed – A creative presentation of photography , design and film" at the museum. Yay! I think I read it somewhere before so what a coincidence! We'll see.

It's the Christmas season.

Many thoughts have been swimming around in my head the past weeks but now, as I try to put them down in words, I don't know where to start. So many thoughts. The end of yet another year. I's overwhelming having to experience the multitude of emotions that comes with the reflections.

Like many other people, I am sick at this time of the year. It's a bit disappointing because there's plenty of celebrating and shopping to do and I can't seem to find the energy when I can't sleep or eat well. So many presents to buy and so many cards to write. Big headache.

There's the department party tomorrow night where people are supposed to go dressed in Christmas colours (red/green etc.) or Santa/Santarina/elves' costumes. I was thinking it would be fun to go in a costume but I think it's a waste of money buying a costume which would probably earn me some unwanted attention and then gather dust in my cupboard.

Wows! A mosquito just flew past and scared me.

Anyway, I got a few surprises this week. It was first Couz who asked me to meet her so she could pass me her present. Then a thank-you X'mas card from this member of the public whom I had helped early this year which made me happy for about half the day (hahaha. Buddy was amused at how little it took to make me happy). Then it was the Broadway Christmas carol at the Arts house which was highly entertaining and I had a great, great time with Au. It was a really surreal experience meeting a friend for the first time though and I was quite lost. Then late at night, H sent me this saying he was going away for a long holiday and just wanted to wish me first. Today, there were four presents plus sweet cards and notes from the folks at the office (V, Y, Au and D), and an sms from Danielle (whom I have not met since JC) to wish me. Seems like 15 Dec is a special day and it isn't even Saturday yet. It was a really heartwarming feeling but at the same time, I try not to think too much of it.

Talk more about this feeling in my next entry.

p.s. The mentors didn't meet up tonight as KL couldn't make it and we thought it would be better to meet another time.

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