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Friday, December 26, 2003

blech... tiffany is a little ache-y... : ( must hurry up and recuperate so i can meet up with the million people i promised (and want) to meet up with!

so these past few days (sickness notwithstanding) have been absolutely great!

on tuesday, slept over at benita's after the formal thingy... was SO much fun! well, it's always fun dressing up and looking pretty, but i also got to hang out with ming again - so good seeing him! plus, if anything, it was sooooo HILARIOUS watching benita... ming agrees with me! "you know, i wish i had gotten that guy's contact!" "your fish are going nuts!!!" "can you scratch your name off the list?" hahaha, benita, my best, i'm going to be watching you VERY closely come tracy/toby/harold's weddings!

the next day, did a little bit of shopping with my brother and watched select parts of the two towers with him while wrapping presents.

christmas day was really great as well, if not better. normally we open our presents first thing in the morning (if not after we come back from christmas eve service), but since our mom's present wasn't dry yet, jon and i had to delay until night time... in the meantime, mei <3 came over for a few hours to hang out at our place, and gladys did too. we had one of our old family services, where we sang a little and jon and my dad shared a little devo/message. it was really good.

then in the evening, we had christmas "hot pot" at my grandma's with my extended family and jon's roommate, alan. i agree with jon, i love our family. we are so lucky to live just a few houses down from our relatives and, man, kirby is just too funny! hahaha, i think he really took a shine to alan! (sit over here! i'm on your team!) anyway, the food was great, the company was better, and we watched X2 after dinner and cake.

when we got home, jon and i had to quickly finish off my mom's gift - which was what i was most excited about... since they newly renovated the upstairs washroom, my mom wanted matching accessories and pictures to put up in there. so after futilely looking for some appropriate black-and-white art, i decided to dig up some old photos of jon and me when we were babies, scan and turn them black-and-white and then frame them! honestly, the picture of my brother is so adorable! i can't stop looking at it! but yeah, my parents were so excited and they loved the pics, so now i'm really happy! you guys HAVE to come over to my house now just so you can stare at my bathroom! hahaha. oh, and jon really liked his gift too (thanks ebru!), i gave him turkish tea cups and saucers, cay (tea), and some sour cherry jam.

and what did i get for christmas? some money, a purse, and randomly this HUGE 1kg package of cheese puffs (!?!?!) from kirby! oh, and MY BROTHER AND PARENTS GAVE ME A DIGITAL CAMERA!!!!!! :D two thumbs up! i'm gonna be having fun with my new little toy!

today, slept in and woke up with a cough and stingy eyes... but did a little bit of shopping at dixie. picked up a sweater/jacket thingy and a $5 shirt from jacob. ooh! and bought the first four seasons of buffy on dvd for an astounding $150!!! one individual season normally costs around $70, so this was a good deal. still quite a bit of a splurge for me (since i'm such a cheapskate), but i'm quite pleased... have been eyeing them for quite a while now.

anyhow, so what were my most memorable moments of this christmas vacation so far? well, besides watching benita bump into things, i think it as spending time with my family. watching alan interact with my cousins and family service was really great, and the look on my parents' face was absolutely worth the late-night "perfect picture" searchings. and best of all, i got to spend a lot of quality time with jonathan. going shopping together, wrapping presents, watching movies, talking in the car (and teasing our parents :p), was probably one of the things i will treasure most about this 2003 christmas season. i don't know, i really look up to him (haha, maybe it's b/c he gives the impression that he's always right! :p) and his opinions really do mean a lot to me. plus, he's quite such a great, sly sense of humour! you wouldn't really think it b/c he sometimes comes off as really serious, but jon's really funny! i think it's from growing up as a shui... you'd know if you met my dad! :) anyway, i am so blessed to have such a wonderful family, and i really do hope that in the coming years, i'll get to really know and be closer to them. <3

ok, i just got a chill and my eyes still hurt... methinks i'm going to lie down now... ok guys, take the care! feel free to call me ANYTIME if you want to meet up this holiday season, ok? and don't forget to SET A DATE or else we probably won't end up meeting! alright, stay safe, healthy, and happy!

for all you urbana-ites : safe journey! may God teach you so much that your head explodes (but in a good way!!) and don't forget to tell me all about it! oooh! and bundle up!

posted @ 5:51:00 p.m.

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