This Time of Year

I thought it would be special to blog on the day between Christmas and New Year.

It took me an interval of twenty minutes to start writing this line from the last one because as I'm typing this, I'm chatting with my grandmother, well, more like answering her countless questions one how's my life been since I last saw her more than a year ago. This is the first time I've been with her with no one else around us for more than 10 years and I'm going to cherished this moment as I might be unable to get this much of an opportunity again.

I liked Christmas this year. There was less 'hurrah'. With me being the estranged one, there's also less relatives to deal with. At least for Christmas.

Sideline: And my grandmother just ask me when will I get married?

With my cousin getting her long postponed wedding tomorrow, I would have to face relatives that I barely know. Again, because as I'm the estranged one. You can't run away from family; at least that's what they say. I know a distant relative that have thus far succeeded (and his distant dad is sitting a 20 feet away from me), but I'm in no place to judge what happened.

I dislike weddings, never liked them. Probably one day when it's one of my close friends walking down the isle and I'm the guy who's forced to throw the lucky bastard a bachelor party and....running through those scenarios in my head...NO! I think I might still hate weddings. Not the idea of marriage, just weddings, the ceremony.

Unless it's a small one for close friends and family (those who matter anyways) then I'll be up to it.

All this wedding talk brought me to a ruse so I'm going to stop while I'm still young to think about this crap.

IKEA: Hacked

I have this very deep desire for creations like this:

Third-quarter crisis.

Wow, I can't believe it myself: this blog is entering its third year! I started blogging in late 2007, that old blog is still out there somewhere and restarted everything in late 2008. Though I've recently been missing, this blog has never left my mind. I was only too busy or have nothing significant that I wish to share.

I realize how priorities change as we move on, and sometimes we embark on a different path than the one we originally intend to and I like to think that's not always a bad thing.

Looking back at my past posts, I notice I don't have a list if of new year's resolution for 2011! And I remembered that I didn't feel like doing it because I failed the year before.

But it's never too late for NOW, so I think I should come up with a list of things I want to achieve in the within next 4 months.

After this post!

Working anniversary

This is two weeks too late but it's been a year since I started working and though it didn't took me long to fit in I still couldn't believe I lasted this long.

Couch Potato

I had six days off work and instead of doing some travelling like I wanted to, I end up sitting at home watching two seasons of Community.

And then Parks & Recreation, and Modern Family! What was I thinking?

Then I thought of maybe catching up on some freelance work but I end up watching more TV.

I did however get to pick up a new suit and shoe. For a couch potato that's an achievement.