specially for you alyssa au.
there are more, but these took a lot of work as it is.

on that note, happy new year's everyone.
2008 was a pretty rad year for me, what with my student exchange and starting college.
i've learned a lot, about myself and others, about things that matter and don't.
i'd like to think i grew up some too.

so, here's to 2009. i hope it's as brilliant as the last year has been.

a friend and i were in the car the other day when he asked me, "what is christmas to you?"
no one's asked me that before. i've never thought about it. christmas to me was like..i don't know, breathing. it's just something that happens. always has, always will. of course i know the history of christmas, me being the kick ass catholic i am, but still, i never gave much thought to christmas.
it's about presents and cookies.
parties and wine.
today after midnight christmas mass, i mingled around exchanging merry christmases with anyone and everyone, and thats when i realised what christmas is to me.
christmas is about faces, both old and new.
it's about that one day, where who or what you are is unimportant.
christmas, most importantly, is about love; giving and receiving it.

merry christmas everyone. i hope ya'll have a good one.