Tis the season to be Jolly, tralalalala lalalala ...
This year's holiday season was subdued compared to last year's, sweet dear friends' budgetary constraints had reduced annual invitations to XMas eve and lunch to zilch!
Anyway, watched the trials and tribulations of the "Temptations" on the Hallmark Channel with IZ while binging on Domino's yummy thincrusts. Decided to take a long walk to burn off the calories the next morning but load them on again at the Kemaman Kopi Tiam S14 and Salero Minang, Amcorp. Got a lovely long dress and fur-trimmed cardigan at Brit India and watched a hopelessly romantic movie, 'Serendipity'.
For some one who reads her daily horoscope and never turns down an offer to read her palms, fate and destiny will forever fascinate me. So do fantasy and romance, unlike real life and people, that are not much different from those darn holiday 'muzac', 'moosick' or 'mewsick' that you find yourself singing along to, since you can't tune them out!
As IZ said to me, over kopi putih, "It's tough to be a MATRIX Warrior". U know, "the language speaks us", we are constantly "clawed into the mainstream" - Capitalism, Consumer Culture, the Malaysian/Selangorian Dream, the Metanarrative, what have u. Flower Power, Communes and Counter Culture are SO PASSE - unless those Green, Conservation and Slow Food Activists have their s/way!
With this year saying adieu, wonder what next year has in store? More pleasant, or more unpleasant, surprises? Whatever, gotta take care of your self first before you can take care of others.
Happy New Year, bonne année, aam saiid/sana saiida, manigong bagong taon!
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