I find it amusing how my friends have been picking on my newly-found Western accent from the video (which I made completely in my iphone 30 minutes before uploading it) I sent them for the annual party. Not that I want them to do that, but it just made me feel a lot better since I’ve been feeling feel down and scared lately.

Since Sunday, I am feeling a lot better, high-spirited and very motivated. Despite the fact that it will be my first time not putting up any Christmas decor, not having puto bumbong in December, not attending the Block Christmas gift-giving/lunch/dinner, and not attending the annual Ptosh party, I realized that it will also be: my first White Christmas; my first time to light a fireplace (electronic), to spend Christmas in a different house, to have a healthy Noche Buena, and give gifts from overseas, and; my first time to witness a Christmas miracle.

“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, Say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.”

- Swedish Proverb