Tis the Season
7 Dec
This year, things have really come together for me. I feel so unbelievably lucky that there is nothing more that I could wish for. The greatest gift that I want to receive this Christmas is love. And it is also the gift I want to give.
All I want this Christmas:
- Enjoy being with family. After this year, I’ll be flying the coup! I want to spend lots of time with my mom and dad, take them out to dim sum, go to see a play or something, help them prepare a Christmas feast and enjoy the Veuve Clicquot I brought back from New York together.
- Actually play with my Wii. I bought a Wii nearly two years ago and have barely used it. I only bought one game on it. Once I start working, I doubt I’ll have any time to play at all. I’m not even sure I’m going to take my Wii to Singapore with me. So this holiday, I’m going to buy a few more games and play Wii!
- Cook again. I have completely lost touch with my cooking skills. These days, everything I make is blah and tasteless. I don’t put heart into cooking anymore. In fact, I’m not even sure I enjoy food anymore (I know, blasphemous!). I really want to enjoy the wonders of food and taste again. Plus, I probably won’t be cooking much at all when I’m in Singapore. So, I definitely want to cook at least one memorable meal this holiday season.
- Reconnect with high school friends. The friendships I made in high school really are lifelong, and after this year, we may be even more scattered than we already are. I want to do the things we always do – karaoke, AYCE sushi (or some outing to an Asian restaurant), shopping, etc. On this note, I don’t know if I should reconnect with MFL. I mean, I know not being close friends with him was a good decision, but if I am leaving soon, I don’t really have to worry about that anymore, right? So should I take this holiday season as an opportunity to re-establish our friendship?
- Reconnect with “satellite friends”. These are the one or two friends I’ve kept in touch with from other places in my life, like Chinese school and summer camp and whatnot. I usually only see them once a year during the holidays, so I definitely won’t miss my chance this Christmas.
What do you want for Christmas this year?
I want pretty much what you said — to reconnect and spend time with friends and family, and to make and eat lots of good food. My to-do list for this Christmas break so far is as follows: “make tiramisu, make sushi, download lots of good music, make chicken pot pie.”
Eating good food is on my to-do list year round ;)
Ooh, make sushi, that’s a good one! I love making sushi, but it takes so long that I’ve only ever done it twice (the first time unsuccessfully). Hmm, my parents have never tried home-made sushi. Maybe I will make some for them.
Good one!
Sounds like you have some fun plans for the holidays! Definitely check out the Wii Store or whatever it’s called…it might save you some money on buying games if you don’t plan on playing much afterward. They tend to go around 5-10 dollars (500-1000 wii dollars), depending on how sophisticated it is (whether it’s an intense RPG or simple puzzle game).
As far reconnecting with MFL, I think it really depends. If you genuinely feel as though you’ll be able to re-establish your friendship with him without having mixed feelings or hurt between the two of you, then I say go try it. If you think you can’t completely separate what has happened from you trying to re-establish your friendship, then I say don’t go for it.
Hm, I’ve never tried the Wii store before. How do I pay for stuff? Will I be able to “sample” the games before I buy them?
I’ve only browsed the Wii store at my boyfriend’s family’s house so I’m not sure how exactly you pay…but I do know that you need to buy wii dollars (by I guess via credit card?). You get to preview only the information, not the actual game. I think you can return it though (but I’m not positive so don’t trust me on this!). I’d say with games you don’t know exactly if you’ll like them, look up some reviews and stuff. That tends to help a bit.
Aww, such a pure and sweet Christmas list. I hope all your dreams come true!
Ok, for MFL. I would say…well…no. I think it’s better just to let him go. It would be horrible if something weird happened that might mess up things with PLB. Maybe you should give it some more time.
As for me, I guess what I’d really like for Christmas is to spend a lot of it with Sam, doing Christmas-y things. ha. Oh, and cookies.
I guess that’s true. I didn’t even think of PLB. I guess I just thought that having this crush thing would make me more sure of my feelings around MFL. But you’re right, it’s still risky.
I just know it’ll be hard to avoid him during Christmas, because of our mutual high school friends. But I guess I should still keep a safe distance even if I see him.
You’re spending Christmas with Sam? Are you not going home?
Yeah, even if it’s inevitable that you’ll see him at some friend’s party, I would say not to spend too much time with him.
I’m going to try to visit my grandparents in New England for Christmas, but I also wish I could spend it with Sam (which my family would consider very inappropriate…)
i want everything on ur wishlist ! its something that’s not easy to get . its something that money cant buy .
id definitely would love to reconnect with high school friends and being with my family . i treasure those moments .
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