Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Memorable ChristmasI thought that my first Christmas here in America would be one of the saddest day of my life - for this is the first Christmas that I am thousands of miles away from my friends and family.
December 23 - "Unexpected Gifts"It's sunday and as usual, it's my church day. I promised myself that i will spend most of my sunday time to our church activities. I didn't get much sleep the night before but I still manage to be as "energetic" as I can. Most of the active parishoners were present on our 9am mass. There are so many things that happened that day and I'm so lazy to type it all here. In short, I received a couple of gifts that I wasn't expecting. Dexther gave me a 30-inches-tall Teddy Bear. It was really big..oh no..let me correct that - it's HUGE!
Indeed, the most special gift I've ever received is from a very special person, Daniel. It's a cuddly puppy (not a real one). I can't believe that he still remember the time when I mentioned that I want to have a cute white puppy but I can't afford a real one right now. yup..it's so expensive to own a real dog (not to mention the bills for veterinarian, foods, etc.). And since I can't afford it right now, he gave me a doll. Here's the picture:
The gift is elusive because it came from someone..a person that is so close to my heart. okay fine..call me biased here but I still consider the gift from Daniel, the most favorite gift I received this christmas.
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special shoutout: thanks to Jai, for the iTunes gift cards. Macey for the shower gift set. Mackenzie for the cute journal. Kathleen for the pull-out German calendar. Ashley and Inez for the German chocolates. Lily for the carrot cake mix. Josh for the wireless mouse (you know i need it!). Chris for the new USB. Ced for the 2GB memory card (for my digicam). Hae Sung for the flippy. and the list goes on...]
December 24 - The PromiseThis day is such a busy day for me. I have to rest my body that's why I woke up around 11am. I received a couple of calls from my friends. I love you all comrades! I helped my mom to cook some foods...ooh yummy! then I went to attend our Christmas Eve mass. As expected, most of my friends are there. I love seeing Chris and Joshua duo attend the mass again (they are both studying in Georgia Tech in Downtown Atlanta and they just came home for winter school break). I miss hanging out with these boys...my life was never the same without Chris and Joshua goofing around. I am over-joyed to see the same old, brand new Chris and Joshua. The two guys (i can no longer call them "boys" because they're in college already) who always put smile on my face..two positive souls that keeps me on my feet. Ofcourse, there are some changes on the way they look but they are still the same Chris and Joshua, my favorite brothers. The moment I saw Josh, I remember my favorite series "The O.C.". Joshua looks so much like Seth (Adam Brody) now!
After the mass, my friends and I went to the parish hall and out of nowhere..I saw Daniel there! he talked to me and gave me a box of chocolates. He's sweet, isn't he?
Daniel told me that he went to my house and talked to my mom. That's when he found out that I was at the church. you see? he's keeping his promises to me. He still reached out for me this Christmas Eve.
He kept his promise; he stand by his words. I hate to say this but I'd rather not spoil my Daniel moment. Who knows? I might change my mind later and share the rest of the story to all of you, my loving readers.
Back to the topic:
Celebrating the Christmas Eve with amazing people is very rewarding. The people in our church is a part of my family now...they are very special to me. They are my treasures and I wouldn't exchange them for anything in this world.
By the way, we called some relatives in the Philippines. I'm really happy to hear their voices! I miss you guys and gals there in the Philippines!
December 25 - Christmas DayIt's my mom's birthday! yup..she was born on the same day that Jesus was born which made my mom, a very special person. We went to the house of Ate Alicia to celebrate Christmas. It was fun! I ate lotsa Filipino foods that I was craving for. Most of the people there speaks tagalog and I felt as if I'm in the Philippines again. We had Filipino music as well...ooohhhh..i miss it! well, I'm not really fond of singers like Regine Velazquez, Martin Nievera, Sam Milby, Willie Revillame, etc. but I do miss tagalog songs...so what the heck?? it's Christmas so i'll be singing baduy tagalog songs today!
That's all for now folks!
I was planning to post a longer one but right now, my time is very limited. My laptop is running slower than the usual and I suspect that it got some kind of virus so I asked Macey's brother to fix it for me.
Oooh I gotta go..
i'll be using Nick's computer for a couple of days. I was informed that it's a Mac so.....wish me luck?!? I hope that laptop wasn't as complicated..i'm so eng-eng pa naman when it comes to "advance" electronics like that.
I hope you had a meaningful Christmas with the people that's important to your life!
Merry Christmas!Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo (thanks for the Brazilian translation from Lily)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Mandarin - thanks Hae Sung!)
Froehliche Weihnachten (German - thanks Kathleen!)
Joyeux Noel (French - thanks to my mom!)
Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! - (Hawaiian - thanks Carrie!)
Maligayang Pasko!
SMILE...you're with me!
