merry xmas!

being chinese, the concept of xmas seems rooted only in the concept of "vacation days"...it seems forcefully contrived to have a family gathering, which is no different than a sunday lunch. for us, there's zero preparation and planning, and the big roasts (turkey, ham) are never necessity items for the elders as they exclusively prefer asian dishes. no one is going notice im not making the roast this year, no one is going to notice we don't have a tree up this year and if u did show up with presents u'd be the odd one out. bottom line is, there's a huge difference when holidays lack tradition. (huge disparity with chinese xmas' and chinese new year). and while 2nd generations try to create their niche in the western holidays, it seems the only staple is the night before the eve of the holiday. the night before a half day at work, the last night to hang out with friends and paint the town.

if we brought back 2005, we'd be taking a million pictures. unfortunately i have none. but to recap.

1. we went to noraebang for the sole purpose of franks frank. instead he decided to throw popcorn around.

2. drew, without looking at the music book, punched in 5 numbers and out comes "OTOWN ALL OR NOTHING". WTF!@#@!#!@#

3. fig & olive is overrated.

4. espresso in the middle of a huge night out doesn't make the stomach feel to nice the next morning.