Happy Christmas and A Blessed New Year!!!

It's christmas! even so, i was reading the papers and busy thinking if it was really worth having so much fun when so many people across the globe are suffering. yes, i know, christmas isn't all about presents, wine and dine and all that. but then it seems to be coming hand in hand now... but just the thought of me celebrating Christmas isn't fun with the news i see in the papers. it seems unfair. shouldn't others have the chance to celebrate Christmas too? depite their denomination, their age, their culture and whatever walks of life they come from?

well, i was just thinking about the reaction my brother gave when he recieved his presents last night and i have to admit, i was kind of sad that he didn't seem grateful that he even had a present. he had gotten two books, one was "The Time Machine" and the other was the "Chronicles of Narnia". he seemed much happier openning the present his brother gave him, a pirate lego set. the worst thing is that after openning that, he asked to get the whole set. he's being a demanding kid.

i think maybe we have gotten our priorities all screwed up. i remember that when i was younger, anything i got, i took. i was happy for all the toys i got, for the books i found under the tree. i was a book worm, but then so is my brother. i don't expect him to be like me, happy for all the books in the world, treasuring each story i read, keeping my classics in divine condition. well, he still is a child. he's only 8 after all.

as today drags on, i'm realising that despite the huge hustle and bustle in the shopping malls and the big hoo haa about christmas, it is such a quiet christmas after all. for me, it's like any other day where i just hang out at home, just typing away on my keyboard and finish my assignments and tutorials. maybe christmas went by without me noticing. where has christmas gone to?