I believe you are the answer to every tear I've cried

Today I assembled and decorated a Christmas tree for the first time in my life. =) Not my own tree but a friend's. In her cosy home. Blue and silver baubles, bells, ribbons, beads and golden lights. We had fun and being high on the excitement earlier, I'm still awake at this hour.

I'm now listening to parts of "The Gift". As DT will be giving it to me, I shall wait patiently for December and listen to parts of the songs online in the meantime.

A friend who bought the album mentioned that it's rather reflective. Then, I didn't really feel much when I first listened to the songs. Right now, my favourites are Silent Night (which suits the mood since I'm still up at this hour when most of the neighbourhood is asleep) and The Answer (I may never fully understand the meaning of the song). They make me look forward to watching her at the esplanade in mid-december. I look at the calendar every other day and do a mental countdown. At work, I wish for time to pass by faster, so that I can go home and rest and for the work week to end soon, and for December to come soon so that I can celebrate this and that. Yet I don't want time to pass me by so quickly.

In retrospect, Decembers have always been rather eventful for me. When I think of December, there are these things to think about: Cool weather, bedok, presents, holiday, BBQ, bliss, birthdays, nostalgia, melancholy, miss you most at christmas time, orchard road lights, drive through, reunions, cards, emptiness, exams, camp, cakes, friends who matter most, overseas phone call, disconnection of line, Rasa Sentosa, mee sua, tears.

We grow up. People change. Move on.

The only thing that stays constant?