It’s Mom’s birthday today. Nothing special, just a family dinner of seafood spaghetti & barbequed lamb. All we got her was a nice book of cartoons about mothers which we saw last minute at the bookstore yesterday. Well, happy birthday Mom! I love you so much. <333333333

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We could make love not war, and with peace in our hearts.

-A Little Respect by Wheatus


Seems awfully lonely spending Christmas Eve at home listening to Amber Pacific. I mean, this is Christmas Eve right? You’re supposed to be out there having a party or whatever. I guess not this year. Inconsequently, I’m just sitting here working on my Christmas list. Joy.

So. What do I want for Christmas? Nothing really, just what any regular hippie wants. Peace, love, an end to war. That’s all. Anything for the good of mankind. Oh, and an iTouch & a Washburn WI26 Joe Trohman signature series. That’s about it. Really. Kay, so the Christmas list is done.

Okay...I feel lonelier than ever. I want my mates! But I reckon they’re all off with their own families eating out somewhere, counting down the seconds to Christmas. Yep. Wow. Being alone is lonely, but being alone on Christmas is even worse than lonely! I spent last Christmas at Miri, in a hotel with Kevin’s family while my parents and his sipped on wine out on the balcony and Kev & I explored at the hotel, momentarily chilling at the bar. At least it wasn’t that lonely.

Let’s dissect the cause of the loneliness here, shall we?

1. There’s no Christmassy look around here.
2. It’s a Muslim country.
3. It’s a CONSERVATIVE Muslim country.
4. I have no money to buy anyone presents.
5. Everyone else hasn’t got money to buy me any (not that I expected any, I don’t really get much for Christmas)

Basically, the core of the loneliness is that this is Brunei. And that is a good enough reason. At least I’ve got the 27th & 30th to look forward to! Party at Rona’s and Christmas brunch at Excapade with my Neo buddies. Ahh, not so lonely after all.

It’s just the lack of Christmas spirit! I feel devoid of it right now. The only time I came close to actually feeling all Christmassy was yesterday when I went off to the mall with Rona to buy an exchange gift for the 27th and I didn’t have enough cash on me and so the nice lady at Xplorer gave me a discount. And that’s about it. Sad, isn’t it? Oh Brunei, when will you mend your ever so dull ways? No wonder no one’s ever heard about us at all. Tiny little pinprick on the face of the Earth.

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Half an hour till Christmas! You know..some people have totally forgotten what Christmas is all about. Really. It’s about Jesus Christ’s birth, him coming down to save us from our sins. Not presents and gifts (I don’t mind that bit though) and all that much about Santa Claus shoving himself down your chimney, goodness, no. It’s to celebrate the birth of Christ. But you don’t remember that, do ya?

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