Everyone has new year resolutions. I feel obliged to blog them online... Not.
Matter of fact, as the X'mas season is coming to an end, I must mention how much I love this season of giving (instead of the new year). I feel happy, (for obvious reasons).. and I feel happier being able to make someone else happy (eg. giving them just a bit of my time, or little gifts that means so much). And of course, music-lover-me love those X'mas jingles tt I hear on the streets or on TV, I'd sing out loud and dance along while soaking up the atmosphere or watching the credits roll. (Haiyo~ Grace has done more embarrassing things in life.) And just because it's Christmas. It's a reason to - (dress up?, acc. to the Heeren's ad. ~heehee) Nah~.. It's the reason to be MERRY and MAD.. over the tiniest things.
Everyone celebrating and taking in the jolly atmosphere, cheering and having fun. Felt almost like rowdy soccer fans in the stadium strolling down Orchard Rd. (If you can't beat them, join them - you know?) Though I must say, I felt really sorry for what Mother Earth has to put through with the air-polluting snow spray. I was quite sure they are not CFC-free. More mindless singaporeans like that, there'll be a huge hole in the ozone layer over sg soon. (I shall invent a CFC-free spray.) Dun be mistaken, I'm not complaining bt getting covered in 'snow', in fact, I was pretty amused. Never seen so many walking snowmen in my life. Just tt when I inhaled too much of it, I got this really bad throat irritation. But~ in the name of good fun - to hell with the preaching (oopz, I meant 'bitching'). HOHOHO~!
Let me tell you my X'mas-spirit-sharing incident:
I was woken up by a stranger at a very ' ulu' (deserted) Punggol MRT station near midnight after a dead tiring training. The last train towards Sengkang has departed. I forgot to bring my handphone. I gave away my last few change in an act of kindness before embarking on the journey home. So, I had to 'thicken my skin' and ask uncle-behind-MRT-control-station for a 10cent coin. Only to realise that the coin payphone doesn't work. Ok lor, cool. I'll just buy phonecard as 'reccomended' by the uncle and call my mum to pick me up. I'm cool. Nothing new so far. (at least to me)
Only that I realised I wasn't the only person in distress. There was this other Malay-Indian man who approached me and asked where's the best place to take a cab ard here. He happened to oversleep and was woken up by a stranger as well. ~haw haw haw. Such coincidence. Of course, me standing with a slight darker colored man in a very deserted place made me just a bit uneasy. But while waiting for my Mum (abt 30 odd minutes), not a single cab (or even a vehicle) was in sight - explains the 'Ulu' Punggol - we did talk a little. So I consulted my mum and we decided to give this complete stranger, a lift back home since he just stay in Hougang, not very far away.
How many often do you speak to a stranger on the street, lend him/her your handphone, or, in my case, even give them a lift back home? HAHA~ It's the Kampung spirit, Christmas spirit or wadever spirit you can name, coming back! It's the kind of things they teach you in pri sch in 'Hao3 Gong1 Ming3' (Good Citizen) and it does feel good to put them back into practise. I felt like 'Amelie'~ (a french movie character). Fwahahah. So generous for what? HAHA.
And to top off this Jolly season, -on the 8th day of Christmas- the very last minute Nike Party I was fretting over on New Year's eve night, turned out pretty well. Was nice seeing everyone's spontaneity to the theme and games of the party. ~Phew.
Oh, and did I mention that Lix's act of kindness to welcome me into the team? Also that she and Pearline gave me a few guerilla tips on surviving Kate's training after some the bad sessions. I ought to be more arrogant. No more FIFA fair player anymore, so forgive me if I'm a different person with the bib on. You'll still find me the same humble and loud and disastrous Gracias with all facades off. Promise & swear. Hee~.
Ok. This entry is a bit overdue lar. But today is still the 11th day of Christmas. So~ Merry merry christmas to you and have a merrier new year. This year is gonna be GReat! I can feel it in my guts.
