My Random Daily Life

"A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." - Proverbs 17:22

There is time when I feel Christmas is fun but there is also a time when I feel Christmas is too much. But then, I make a peace with Christmas because whenever I feel like giving out something to those people that I care, Christmas does give me a reason to do so. And suddenly, Christmas shopping has become a fun chore to do. 

2. There are a lot of Christmas offers in the air

50% off. Buy one get one free. Buy three for 10 dollars. All kind of Christmas promotions (and early promotions) are everywhere. If you are a shopaholic who loves a good bargain, Christmas is the time to let yourself loosen up a bit. After all, a bit of retail therapy would not hurt. 

3. The Christmas carols are everywhere

Not all the time you can shop while listening to Christmas carols. Although, to be honest, you will not like it if you hate Christmas songs. Hahaha. I, for one, enjoy it very much. I even end up humming to the song...I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas...

I suppose the only reason of why doing a Christmas shopping is fun is because of the thought of giving something nice to other people after all. =)

"Oh simple things, where have you gone?"

- Somewhere Only We Know, Keane

1. The first day of school holiday 

I don't really hate school days but I suppose I don't like waking up early in the morning to go to the school (this habit lasts until today). So, the first day of school holiday is like the best day of my childhood life ever. You can wake up as late as you want to play your games. And then sleep again. And then wake up again to continue playing your games. And sleep again when you are tired. My goodness,

2. The day when my parents give me the gift that I have been wanting

I love toys (which kids don't?) but my parents did not really spoil me by easily giving me what I wanted. There are chores to be done and good grades to be produced or special event to happen (i.e. birthday) before they will give me gifts. The feeling of getting what you have always wanted after a hard work is really great. Sadly, when you grow up, not every hard work will be rewarded. We all know that.

3. The day I win something in the competition as part of the team

Team-work. Something that I always dread when I join workforce. Hahaha. But there were those days where I love working together with my class mates in some kind of a competition with other schools. The pride and the joy of being able to bring glory to the school with fellow teammates...is worthy to relive by.

Any other feelings that you want to feel again?

Santa Claus turns out to be a genius in introvert-ism. LOL. 

Over my undergraduate years in university, I have spent my Christmas alone because it was simply too expensive to go home. Sometimes all the hype about spending Christmas with the loved ones, with the families, with friends make us, the singles, feel lonely. But, hey, Christmas may be in the air but it should be in our heart too. If we can feel happy and comfortable with ourselves, there is no reason for Christmas to be so lonely and depressing. It's just take a bit of preparation for that upcoming 24th and 25th December. Let's go shopping for ourselves! Yeah!

1. Buy a lot of Christmas festive goodies

Those pretty cookies in a tin, chocolates, and oh-my-gawd, log cakes? Christmas is not the time for a diet. In fact, I can feel my clothes have already getting tighter on the 4th day of December. Well, to defend myself, the Christmas cookies goodies will only be available once in a year which means if you like certain cookies, you must wait for a whole year to eat it again. A whole freaking year! #justified

2. Stock your movies ammunition

I don't really watch Christmas movies when I am alone because they tend to make me lonely. Bad choice of movies for the holiday seriously. I am not into horror too though. Hahaha. Stocking a series of US TV-series like Game of Thrones, Gotham of Flash should keep my holiday busy without all the sappiness feeling, I suppose?

3. Burn that festive calories

The good thing about Christmas day in Singapore is the gym is open! Call me crazy but I don't mind spending a good two hours at the gym on a Christmas day. After all, that calorie will not burn on itself. And hey, I can start my New Year resolution earlier. #kiasu

4. Write, write, write

If you have passion in writing (ahem, your neglected blog), well, it is the time to pick up that fire in your writing again while you have the time. And please, please, please do not work on a Christmas day. It should be declared as the heaviest sin on earth. LOL.

5. Pick up on your sleep

That midnight oils that you burn few days before the holiday? The dark circles below your eyes? Now is the time to sleep as much as you want to. You want to be in your best performance on the 26th for Boxing Day shopping. Woot! 

I guess the list is not exhaustive and you can create your own to-do-list on Christmas day without feeling in despair. Wishing you all happy preparation days toward Christmas! #21daystoChristmas

Just watched part 2 of Hunger Games: Mockingjay and oh boy, despite the criticism, I still find it to be quite entertaining. I guess I did not really have a big expectation or anything and just go for the sake of completing the Hunger Games series. But the finale of Hunger Games seems to bring perspective about how harsh life can be, don't you think?