Ham’s Journal

Nov 28th 2006 1.16am:

I am starting to have that funny feeling once again… that xmas is near and its gives me all the tingles and all. To all who know me well, xmas is like that one special day i look forward throughout the year. Cant hardly wait..

Need to start looking for a xmas tree for the workplace. Not too sure what happened to the old one though. It was a beauty. Also have to take out the ol broken down xmas tree (which has been in my family for like 20 plus years i think). The plastics leaves are like missing and the stem of the tree are broken here and there and I shall not forget the plastic + metals roots which are kinda bent in some wierd way. Nevertheless, that tree has stood the test of time and some of the best memories I have had in my life revolves around that tree. Havent put it up in like 3-4 years due to certain personal reasons… but i think its time to move on pull it out from the closet…dust the HUGE COBWEBS off and find a way to make it stand. Should be doing that this weekend. I havent even started my xmas shopping yet.

Oh yeah that reminds me. Guess what? I just got myself a puppy. Can you believe it? Plus i am also "puppy-sitting" another one for a friend as well. So there are like 2 puppies in my house right now. Juz before i got home, i kept on telling myself that mom was going to kill me from bringing home puppies but hahahaha lil ‘lassie’ & ‘bambi’ won her heart with their ever so adorable faces. LIFE IS INDEED full of suprises. Will post pics of them soon.

So sitting here in my room right now and I always have this same problem every year at Xmas? Do I suprise my family & friends with xmas presents (and run the risk of them HATING IT BUT pretending to like them through a fake smile?) OR do i go shopping with them, ask them to pick up what they want, i pay for it, take it home, wrap it up and give it to them on Xmas (well you will definetely NOT hear the "OH MY GAWD" suprise screams if you do this). What do you guys & gals think?

Suprises are really great stuff eh?

"…

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
– Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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Nov 26th 12.32 am :

Wow, this is the first time I am actually typing something on a blog. Well here goes, this has been a great weekend… well firstly Liverpool won plus the Liverpool FA Cup 2006 Final DVD I ordered arrived as well. I have been keeping myself super busy the whole weekend and I am starting to get addicted to playing futsal and badminton.

Sunday Morning, hiked to Pantai Kerachut with some of my collegues and it was GREAT! Havent done any serious hiking since i tore my ligaments last Xmas 2005 (wow, how time flies, I was on cruthes last xmas and its going to be Xmas 2006 soon) and well suffered alot during the first phase of hike but once i adapted to the pace, it was damn fun. Going to try to make it a weekly affair if possible. The boat ride back was great as well. Well going to be at work in a few hours but who’s complaining. As long as there is a job to put food on the table, I aint complaining. All I need is enthusiasm to get past the Monday blues.

~Katharine Hepburn on Enthusiasm “…Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting…” ~