christmas went by rather uneventfully with the usual visiting and turkey. odd how you tend to remember the food more than you remember the people, like the superb cheesecake from coffee bean which i only just discovered after living 17 years in the dark. really sneaky huh, the way life tries to cheat you of these joyful moments? nonetheless christmas was a welcome change from the overall anxiety and bustle that my holidays have been filled with.

this year was slightly different from previous christmases though. for starters, my mom enlisted (read: held hostage) my help for cooking the christmas eve turkey, which meant i had to run to the oven to flip the bird around every 20 minutes for 4 hours. then my grandma refused to bake her awesome pineapple tarts and didn't cook the usual christmas day lunch, which meant i was deprived of a traditional eurasian christmas meal. and then, for once, my family did something which involved more than sitting around and eating on christmas day- we went to the gym to work out! can you believe that??? on christmas, no less. so much for my theory that calories need a holiday too.

oh! i got one really cool christmas present- an exclusive BRITNEY SPEARS(!!!!) perfume set which came in this uber funky bottle and with a bright pink handbag. it was the exact thing i was eyeing when we were in australia, but didn't buy cos i didn't wanna blow my holiday spendings on perfume. my dad was telling me he was '99% sure' that i would like it. so right so right! nothing like the true spirit of giving to perk up a christmas!

more seriously though, i think the best christmas present so far was hearing the news that marc has finally woken up from his coma, and was conscious for the most part of yesterday. that was something i've been waiting almost 2 weeks to hear, so really, it came as a huge huge huge relief. if i'm secure of anything at all this year, it's that you can be saved by your faith... and if the many unbelievable spiritual experiences i've had this year aren't worth giving thanks for, i don't know what is.

tomorrow, tomorrow will be a better day.