Merry Christmas Everyone!

It's Christmas Eve, and quiet over here! Although I'm not a Christian, I have to admit that I love this season. The parties, the food, the atmosphere, even the Christmas songs! All these give me an elated feeling and a cheerful spirit.

I remember when we were kids, we sometimes would go to Singapore to look at the brilliant night lights at Christmas along Orchard Road. One particular Christmas though, I think I was 12, mum and dad had just got back from a holiday in Perth, Australia; they took home some exotic gifts like a kangaroo stuffed toy, a koala hand-puppet and a furry handbag. They also bought some strawberries, which were the sweetest I'd ever tasted and we ate them with ice-cream with our fake Christmas tree lighted up in the corner of the living room. That was probably the most memorable Christmas for me.

This year though, like the last Christmas, and a few before that, I am celebrating with Stephen. He cooks such awesome Christmas dinners, I could only regret we were not sharing with his family! This year we will be making roast ham with Madeira sauce and roast beef with mustard sauce. On the sides, we will be having new potatoes with mayonnaise, fried potatoes as Bratkartoffeln and savoy cabbage with bacon. To round it up, there will be lots of wine, port, cheeses and chocolates. All for just the two of us! Then it will be time for presents in the morning…



Hope your Christmas would be warm and cheerful and full of love!

Jack of all trades, master of none

Bugger. Daylight saving has ended. That means winter is drawing near - my least favourite season. It also means I am further away in time difference to all my dearest family and friends back at home and in OZ. By the time I got over my sleepiness today (Sunday, of course) it is already too late to call anyone!


Am trying to learn another language or two. Am having this sudden enthusiasm to be a professional translator in the future, though a friend told me it won't be good pay! Was learning Portuguese until I visited the country. I mean, I was a pretty good beginner in Portuguese, but I quickly realised there were so much grammer I hadn't a clue about! So I am currently learning French, in hoping that it will help when I pick up Portuguese seriously in the future. But oh! The pronunciations are impossible. Maybe I should stick to Portuguese, or maybe learn German?! German is after all very similar to English.

Ok ok... maybe it's just a female thing - trying to do everything at once and nothing will get achieved in the end. I'll stick to BabelFish for now. ;)

Até logo, meus amigos!

Unorganised

So much for being organised. I still haven't reset my internet banking login nor have I prepared my sister's present. :(

However, I did manage to get a haircut. Nothing as elaborate as the previous time I came back to Malaysia, but at least it is now neater than before.

Have also been driving around KL a little (though I left my driver's license in UK! Ssshhh, don't tell mum or she won't let me drive anymore!) Have forgotten how enjoyable driving in KL is. And the best thing about it is that no one pays heed to the speed limit.

Am also having fun playing with the two dogs at home. Lucky, the older dog is still an angel - except that he's not too gentle with the dalmation pup - Spot. I think I like Lucky better! :O)