Ready for Christmas?

Today was my last day of work of 2012 :) I do feel a little bad leaving when christmas is so close and the shop is in a frenzy. But at this point, I can barely take care of my own affairs. Hong Kong is in two days, Ming and I have very little planned, we are both burned out from work, and we need to tonnes to prepare before we leave. Suddenly, having nine days to sleep, eat, see family, and go to places sounds like exactly what we need. 

One of the many chores was christmas shopping, between work, cooking, and cleaning, we scrambled around town to get presents for both sides of the family. Then last night, Ming casually said, "Just so you know, I haven't got you anything for christmas." And I was like, "It's okay, I haven't got you anything either." 

I think when you're planning for a second wedding, you're allowed to skip preparing for one christmas :) Last time, we had a small wedding with a lot personalized elements: the ceremony was barely 10 minutes long, the favors were homemade, and the food were sourced locally. This time, we're trying to achieve the same thing... with less time in our hands, and more mandatory traditions... but, trusting me being myself, I will come up with some whacky idea in no time, let's hope my mother approves of them. 

Sick and TV bingeing...

I was getting ready in the morning for work, and apart from making my meals for the day I sneaked half an episode of The Walking Dead. It's sad to say after spending many hours of my life watching TV, I have come to admit if I want to finish a TV series, I have to do it in a marathon. I caught a slight cold a couple days back, so apart from eating alot of hot soup, I decided to relax and start a show... Bad decision...

My brother, my friends, have all given high praises to The Walking Dead, and I'm OBSESSED with zombies. So when I found the show on Netflix I just went for it. Took me three days to finish two seasons and I am still hungry for more. I have to force myself to get up and do house chores and some travel planning in between each episode. Luckily, even though the show itself is pretty scary, it didn't get me all paranoid like zombie movies did to me in the past :)

My only regret, I got Ming hooked on The Walking Dead too.

Wedding take 2: Hong Kong

Time flies, and since I started working on Saturdays throughout christmas season, my sense of time, day, and week, is crumbling gradually. The dentist and I both have packed schedules, so the only possible time for me to get my teeth cleaned is at 8am tomorrow. Better make this post a short one and go to bed!

The funny thing about writing one post each week is, sometimes nothing that interesting happens, or maybe, everything is moderately interesting... Like, my co-worker squished my cheeks with her hands one day, and I'm glad that someone at work has noticed me long enough to realize I have chubby cheeks :) they are really fun to pinch or roll around with your palms, ask my mom, or my brother, or Ming... Or the fateful discovery that one of my co-workers is born on the same year, day, and time as me! That was a little creepy... And does she have a similar personality as me? Not so sure, she doesn't talk as much as me, so that's good, for all of us. 

Our days were so busy and happy that we barely realized it's December already... and our trip to Hong Kong is coming in a little over two weeks! Although we have the trip planned out, the details are blank, and we have a bucket list of chores waiting in this house also. When my mom called tonight I realized how little time we have left before the banquet in Hong Kong. I am excited about going home, and having a vacation after the christmas rush, but first I'll have to get organized and really take care of things: close the house, buy presents, double check the guest list, choose the menu... maybe buy a dress if I can find a nice one?