The week of Christmas

Let's talk about something fun and bright. Christmas is my favourite time of the year. It is capitalism at its best and I wouldn't have any other way. Every year i celebrate Xmas with my family and mind you the Chinese side of my family. It's not that I am not close with the Indian side of my family, it is more like I cannot stand the majority of them. Unfrotunately this is a case of a few rotten apples spoiling the barrel but what I experienced will make your hair curl and will make you wanna jump up rush up to me and hug me like I have given you the meaning of life or some of my major organs to ensure you live and have loved me more than your life. I am talking rotten to the core, eating your insides out while you are alive and pure evil oozing out like those slime from Ghostbusters (those of you too young to know this, bloody look it up) except that instead of lime green, which gives you an aura of amusement rather than fear, these people ooze blood red slime. i feel sorry for my cousins whom are not so much as their fault as their parents and i wish i had time to know them better....but that's a story for another day.

I digress. I invite all my Chinese family and we have one heck of a party at my place. This is not to say that the Chinese folks dont have their share of evil and quirks but at least theirs is not blood red. We buy presents for the kids, who of course is the ABSOLUTE BEST TIME of the year. Tons and tons of presents....most of them toys which they will get bored after a couple of weeks, some even after the wrapper is off. They hardly get practical stuff like clothes, stationary, furniture, food, etc but come on, these are kids! And no relative wants to be the stick in the mud to NOT give them toys. So kids go beserk and the adults go broke!

My family do consists of some quirks. Some who complain abt the food even though it was perfectly clear that we didnt get Chef Gousteau from a 5-star Parisian restaurant to cook for us. Everything about the food is bad even when it wasnt. Best off, this relative actually complains to the hosts with the face that looks like rabid rats are chewing on his testical sac (i do remember my biology). There are relatives who have the tendency to finish your food even though the host hasnt eaten and the host has made perfectly sure dat he has enough food to last through 3 Siberian winters for his guests. Then there is the clumsy one who will break your house or at least your utensils. He walks past and the pillars fall off. Then there is that relative who comes into your room and goes through your drawers claiming he is chasing a cockroach. I am not going to name names becoz for some reason, only known to the inner recess of my brain (about 1/4 inch), I happen to love all of them very much. Since they can cut the imperfect me a lot of slack then I can definitely return the favour with interest.

so it was a very tiring day starting from a week before xmas, with all the shopping, thinking wat to buy for whom, adjusting your wallet since funds are a little scarce and ending way after dinner on xmas. It was a lunch party. I didnt even get a chance to get out of my clothes. Hmmmm......why de heck did i brought up that point? To me, there is no other way to spend your favourite season with your favourite people which are my family. My kids got most of what they wanted. I didnt but then again, i never did, even as a kid, so it's cool. I slept way into boxing day with a fantastic smile on my face and sweet dreams of every memory of the week of Christmas. God Bless everyone.

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Well my PC is back!!! What joy! 51 days of no PC and no internet access at home is enough to drive you up the wall. these last few weeks had a lot of drama. there was sweat, tears, joy, bombings and of course amusement as well since our Govt oso must get into the act. First of, the status of the Hindraf situation. I am in a dilemma over this one. In one hand, I want my USD1Million. On the other, i dont see how in god's good green earth is anyone going to give them that!!! Also, i have to question the method they are going about doing it. I just read the reports and i know there is a debate abt whether our newspaper can be trusted. Anyway, giving them the benefit of the doubt, these guys (Hindraf) apparently engaged the Sri Langkan Tamil Tigers leaders and also some political figures in India. Now, while I dont get involved and give my opinion abt other countries' political struggles, dont you think engaging a waring faction and another country is just asking for it? What the heck did they think the Govt was going to do???!?!?! Applaud and then say "hey, i will help you in your case. If the British dun give you the million each, we will!!!"

Of course, the Govt went ahead and charged them under ISA which means detention without trial. Some of them came out to say, it is not the Malaysian way to demonstrate and take to the streets. so wat is the Malaysian way, just keep quiet and take it up the pooper chute?? Of course the way to show what the meant, the UMNO youth took to the streets demonstrating for peace (so it seems). Somehow the irony is just fantastic. Anyway, there are many ways to make yourself heard and i dont think violence is in the top of list. Violence should be the choice just below "Setting oneself on fire". But i guess my million is not going to come through that channel. Anyone want to donate to a poor exploited Indian?