Bah Humbug!
what is so great about christmas anyway? bah humbug. this morn i awoke to the melody of my three brothers shouting downstairs. burrowing deeper into my uncomfortable bed, i stalled until 11AM and then officially woke up. we (we meaning me and my cousins Christine and Jen who just came down yesterday night) hung around, ate breakfast, exchanged presents, etc til 1 or so when they left with their parents to visit relatives.
not only did i stay home and do nothing all day, but i didn't get to go somewhere fun... parents and family went to dad's friend's house for lunch, while i ate cup noodles at home, not wanting to be stuck at someone's house doing nothing. so basically i talked on the phone with bijan for three or four hours on di tu's sleeping mat where my bed used to be. since there are four extra people in my house, all the extra beds are taken and one person has to sleep on the floor.
eeep, the rain storm is so scary! the lights almost went out. i almost freaked out.
List of Gifts received:
-AE gift card from Bijan
-Abercrombie card from chris
-journal and cd from jen
-Girl with a Pearl Earring book from shteen
-socks and cash from Di Tu (aunt)
-bath and body works set from piano teacher
-hello kitty pencil set from x-mas exchange
-roes-scented shower gel from "oliver"
all in all, a good clean up, i think. thanks everyone! toffs gave me a cyuute card, which is taped to my comp and all i need now is to use the money from auntie dearest to buy the clothes on my list. can't wait til tomorrow! x-mas day is definitely overrated. you always have those Hallmark fantasies of the perfect christmas dinner complete with mood music playing in the background and mistletoe hanging from every hallway door. but being part of an apathetic, spiritless (sounds like our school's student body) vietnamese family who has no conception of the proper way to celebrate american holidays. =P
but what ended up happening was in the morning the sushi and japanese curry i bought the day before with bijan got stolen by someone and i ended up eating cup of noodles at 4 o'clock PM, so when dinner time rolled around and everyone started eating crab soup and noodles i ended up chewing on the mashed potatoes sullenly while my mom lectured me to "eat easier."
nevertheless, as my little brother and his friends were gathered around the gamecube playing Sonic Adventure Battle 2 with shteen and jen joining in, me eating cake and georgie snoozing on the couch, i figured maybe it wasn't so bad after all. now if only i could drive.
so, christmas is come and gone. well, there's always new years. the only thing i regret most is not being able to spend it with my oso caliente. ^_^^_^^_^^_^
at one point i actually entertained the idea that he could sneak into my house to watch TV in the front room, then when my parents pull up in the driveway he could jump out the sliding door in the living room, crawl in the yard under the windows to the other side of the house, where there's a gate to the front yard, then run out to his car when my parents are in the house. ^_^ very James Bond-like. "There's only one way i'm crawling on my hands and knees, and its not in your backyard," he said, and "If i have to sneak around the back of your house, why don't you sneak out with me?"
ah, vietnamese parents.
not only did i stay home and do nothing all day, but i didn't get to go somewhere fun... parents and family went to dad's friend's house for lunch, while i ate cup noodles at home, not wanting to be stuck at someone's house doing nothing. so basically i talked on the phone with bijan for three or four hours on di tu's sleeping mat where my bed used to be. since there are four extra people in my house, all the extra beds are taken and one person has to sleep on the floor.
eeep, the rain storm is so scary! the lights almost went out. i almost freaked out.
List of Gifts received:
-AE gift card from Bijan
-Abercrombie card from chris
-journal and cd from jen
-Girl with a Pearl Earring book from shteen
-socks and cash from Di Tu (aunt)
-bath and body works set from piano teacher
-hello kitty pencil set from x-mas exchange
-roes-scented shower gel from "oliver"
all in all, a good clean up, i think. thanks everyone! toffs gave me a cyuute card, which is taped to my comp and all i need now is to use the money from auntie dearest to buy the clothes on my list. can't wait til tomorrow! x-mas day is definitely overrated. you always have those Hallmark fantasies of the perfect christmas dinner complete with mood music playing in the background and mistletoe hanging from every hallway door. but being part of an apathetic, spiritless (sounds like our school's student body) vietnamese family who has no conception of the proper way to celebrate american holidays. =P
but what ended up happening was in the morning the sushi and japanese curry i bought the day before with bijan got stolen by someone and i ended up eating cup of noodles at 4 o'clock PM, so when dinner time rolled around and everyone started eating crab soup and noodles i ended up chewing on the mashed potatoes sullenly while my mom lectured me to "eat easier."
nevertheless, as my little brother and his friends were gathered around the gamecube playing Sonic Adventure Battle 2 with shteen and jen joining in, me eating cake and georgie snoozing on the couch, i figured maybe it wasn't so bad after all. now if only i could drive.
so, christmas is come and gone. well, there's always new years. the only thing i regret most is not being able to spend it with my oso caliente. ^_^^_^^_^^_^
at one point i actually entertained the idea that he could sneak into my house to watch TV in the front room, then when my parents pull up in the driveway he could jump out the sliding door in the living room, crawl in the yard under the windows to the other side of the house, where there's a gate to the front yard, then run out to his car when my parents are in the house. ^_^ very James Bond-like. "There's only one way i'm crawling on my hands and knees, and its not in your backyard," he said, and "If i have to sneak around the back of your house, why don't you sneak out with me?"
ah, vietnamese parents.