早くも終わってしまった．．．
How come Christmas is not as fun anymore? Is it because we are not in school anymore, or is it because we are in some places we did not grow up in?
Christmas used to be one of my favorite holidays many many years ago. There will be a whole week of fun leading to the actual Christmas day and then another week afterwards. Everyday of the last half of December used to fill with so much things to do and people to be with. Now in California, besides the gift shopping for others (which I don't even do, because I believe in people shopping for their own gifts hence to minimize the need to return) before Christmas, the actual Christmas day is so uneventful. Turkey dinner with other good stuff, meeting with people you see often already. The street is pretty dead if you go out... That makes me decided that starting next year, I want to spend Christmas in Asia where I can go out and everywhere is open till late. I want to see the all commercialized, fake Christmas spirit created by the decorative lights and ornaments in downtown and the shopping areas. I want to go to a late night movie and then a fancy coffee shop afterwards. I want to be outside with lots of people doing various things. If I want peace and quiet, I can always get that upon coming home.
Today, I came in to work where the office is pretty dead. I think I can sleep at my cube and no one will even notice. And what is with those boxes of See's? Is that the default office gift for Christmas? Can they come up with something creative? I wouldn't mind a Christmas (tree) ornament even if I don't have a Christmas tree yet. Oh, I used to decorate a Christmas tree every year growing up. I think I miss that.
My Christmas gift this year is my 5G iPod (an upgrade from the nano I got from work). I like it at first but it has proven to be a pain to use with iTunes on Windows. It's so (cursing) slow and with so limited functions. But the iPod packaging is nice. It feels like a real gift when I received it. (Oh, the wait for it to arrive was unbearable. I found myself checking the shipping status a few times a day for 3-4 days). Had spent so much precious time loading pictures and songs on it and it won't display Chinese or French characters correctly. I have to change my Windows Region to Hong Kong in order to have the Chinese characters to show correctly on the iPod. It's a pain because now my fonts are all funny looking and the date-time format is like this 26-Dec-05 0:08 instead of December 26, 2005 12:08am.
Anyways, I watched 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ (the TV drama version) over the holidays. Even though it's pretty sad, I like the performance/acting of the kids and the place the place where the movie was shot. I like the story line and the people much more than the movie version. I don't think I learned anything from it but maybe just a reminder to appreciate being alive and well and do what is important right now than later.
It's really so quiet at work. It's nice yet so weird. Best environment to study Japanese. :-P But I still have that one document that I need to finish up on. It's over 3 weeks due, I think.
* Next movie I want to watch:
メゾン・ド・ヒミコ 《La Maison de Himiko》
Add one more to the list:
Dear Frankie (with Gerard Butler!)
Christmas used to be one of my favorite holidays many many years ago. There will be a whole week of fun leading to the actual Christmas day and then another week afterwards. Everyday of the last half of December used to fill with so much things to do and people to be with. Now in California, besides the gift shopping for others (which I don't even do, because I believe in people shopping for their own gifts hence to minimize the need to return) before Christmas, the actual Christmas day is so uneventful. Turkey dinner with other good stuff, meeting with people you see often already. The street is pretty dead if you go out... That makes me decided that starting next year, I want to spend Christmas in Asia where I can go out and everywhere is open till late. I want to see the all commercialized, fake Christmas spirit created by the decorative lights and ornaments in downtown and the shopping areas. I want to go to a late night movie and then a fancy coffee shop afterwards. I want to be outside with lots of people doing various things. If I want peace and quiet, I can always get that upon coming home.
Today, I came in to work where the office is pretty dead. I think I can sleep at my cube and no one will even notice. And what is with those boxes of See's? Is that the default office gift for Christmas? Can they come up with something creative? I wouldn't mind a Christmas (tree) ornament even if I don't have a Christmas tree yet. Oh, I used to decorate a Christmas tree every year growing up. I think I miss that.
My Christmas gift this year is my 5G iPod (an upgrade from the nano I got from work). I like it at first but it has proven to be a pain to use with iTunes on Windows. It's so (cursing) slow and with so limited functions. But the iPod packaging is nice. It feels like a real gift when I received it. (Oh, the wait for it to arrive was unbearable. I found myself checking the shipping status a few times a day for 3-4 days). Had spent so much precious time loading pictures and songs on it and it won't display Chinese or French characters correctly. I have to change my Windows Region to Hong Kong in order to have the Chinese characters to show correctly on the iPod. It's a pain because now my fonts are all funny looking and the date-time format is like this 26-Dec-05 0:08 instead of December 26, 2005 12:08am.
Anyways, I watched 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ (the TV drama version) over the holidays. Even though it's pretty sad, I like the performance/acting of the kids and the place the place where the movie was shot. I like the story line and the people much more than the movie version. I don't think I learned anything from it but maybe just a reminder to appreciate being alive and well and do what is important right now than later.
It's really so quiet at work. It's nice yet so weird. Best environment to study Japanese. :-P But I still have that one document that I need to finish up on. It's over 3 weeks due, I think.
* Next movie I want to watch:
メゾン・ド・ヒミコ 《La Maison de Himiko》
Add one more to the list:
Dear Frankie (with Gerard Butler!)
posted by 學習 at 1:19 PM
1 回應:
Don't be sad, i think we both need a vacation much like 2001.
angel and i ended up eating in SF in x'mas eve, and i'm thankful she's staying in x'mas. unlike metropolitan area, x'mas here is bloody boring. A festival for family gathering yet we are apart from each other... honestly i felt the same. 25th, we stayed at home, doing practically nothing =p and we went to 7-11 at 11PM to buy milk because nothing is opened.
Why don't we make a wish list next year =) then we can't exchange present =)
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