wot a great christmas

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this was the best christmas i've ever had. by a long shot. christmas eve in itself wasnt a bad day. i was such a bum. i was in my pj's til about 4-5 in the afternoon. haha. shani had gone into town to do some caroling. dad got home from work about 6:30 -7. so jon, mum, dad and i sat down for a game of monopoly. and what a laugh that was. it was just so funny. if u asked me WHAT was funny i cudnt even tell you. but we were just constantly laughing. i think the only game of monopoly ive played with my family that didnt end in an argument! i even got along with dad really well! which is rare these days.
after monopoly jon, shani and i went into jon's room and watched a few episodes of "24" then went to bed about 1pm. as i was cleaning my teeth b4 going to bed i longed for that feeling that you have wen your a child. that buzz you get on christmas eve where u cant sleep and ur insides are going everywhere and u just wanna do a crazy dance cos ur just SOOO excited that tomorrow is christmas and your gonna get some cooool presents! i mean sure, i was excited..but i didnt have that same "buzz".

funny thing is, i set the alarm for 9:30am christmas morning..but at 8:30 i was so excited i couldnt sleep anymore! haha. so i got up, washed my face, got dressed, made my bed and made my way down stairs.
eventually we coaxed jon downstairs. it was a fair effort though. he's usually not out of bed til like 11am at the earliest (bum..haha) while waiting for him to come down though, i thought id check my email, to see if i had any christmas wishes! and i did! from my 3 favourite men..haha. tyrone, jay and dan. so that made me really happy...especially to hear from dad since ive hardly heard from him all week. it was a major suprise to hear from him, since he's never emailed me b4. he's in hong kong for christmas. so yeh, that really made my day and put a HUGE smile on my face!

we all sat down and jon handed out our presents one by one. i got spoilt rotten. it was so weird to get so many presents. im used to getting like 2 or 3 from friends etc. so it was kinda weird to be given so much. i bought jon a shirt, some lip balm for men and a teddy that he liked (no he's not a wuss but for some reason he liked this so i got it for him). i got shani a back pack. i got mum a shirt. and i pitched in for dads fry pan and new wallet. i got: *a pink headband *perfume *jewelry box *photo album *photo frame *australian money *a ring *a cow toy *cow pj's *matching hat and scarf *matching toe socks and gloves.
so yeh. i was truly blessed with alot of stuff that i wasnt expecting at all!

after that i grabbed the cordless and made my way upstairs to make some fone calls. on xmas eve i had phoned julie. that was a really great fone call. got to speak to jack and even kristian! was great to hear kristians voice, gosh he had so many questions. and none of them cud believe that it had gotten as cold as -16 here. mind u, even i find it hard to believe. so yes, anyway. i called jay boy! was great to hear his voice. had a quick chat to lisa too. then i called cara. i had such a scream talking to her. she puts the biggest smile on my fact. i swear i was grinning from ear to ear and i was filling her in on all the dan gossip and we were giggling. hehe. so cute, so great to speak to my friends on christmas!

we had bacon and eggs for bfast and played a little game of cards b4 we started having showers and getting ready to go over our friends for christmas lunch and a 'party'. thank god for make up. thats all i can say. and god i love revlon. hahah. i gotta say, i scrubbed up alright today. nothing more miraculous than a good cover up. haha.

we finally got the our friends place. we hada few foreign families and some children from the orphanage. we had quite a spread for lunch! spaghetti and meatballs, potato bake, chicken and dumplings, pork and apple sauce and of course...some chinese dishes! hehe. i was sat next to wu li chun...a girl from the orphanage and she HATES western food. haha. and i was getting her to try some stuff, but no way, she didnt like it at all. i gave her some pork, then put apple sauce on it and she was horrified! she cudnt believe we put apple on pork! haha. so cute. needless to say i ended up with most of her food. haha. she's so cute.

after lunch came dessert. and i didnt hold back. haha. we had rum balls (thanks mum!), chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate covered nuts, peanut-butter bombs, no bake cookies and trifle! mum made the trifle and DAMN it was gooood!!! so yeh, i stuffed myself silly til i was almost sick. haha. it was all so good i cudnt stop.

after lunch, once we all managed to move...haha. we made our way to the lounge room and exhanged presents..we did like a little secret santa thing. thats wen i got my matching hat and scarf-pink. hhe. love em. they are great. then ed go out his guitar and we sung some christmas carols...which was good for a laugh. we all sucked. but i think it was the first time i really sung christmas carols with all my heart and dwelt on the meaning of them. it was a nice moment with all those special ppl around me.

then the rippies had to go, as they were working out at the orphanage tonight and then after that we didnt get back into the carols which was a shame. after that we just kinda sat around and talked. the kids did some pranks and played some games...they provided some good entertainment actually.

after a while though i started to get pretty bored. jon shani and i made up some lame story that we were tired and bailed at like 7:30. haha. but truth was, we were dying of boredom!

so yeh, here we are. jon and shani are throwing things at each other. haha. idiots. all in all it was just a great day. there were lots of great moments. dad was even tolerable. i made a promise to myself that i wud put up with him and not snap at him. and i did pretty well! i dont i snapped at him at all...altho i did make one or two smart arse comments.

sadly it didnt snow :-( i was really hoping for a white christmas...instead the sun came out. haha. typical! was still cool tho, -8 degrees. maybe -10. nothing colder though...but maybe later tonite it will get even colder, id image so. will prolly get around -12, -15. hard to believe that im writing that without passing out. ive somehow come to accept that, thats the weather here. and i have to live with it!

hmmm, dan said he got me a christmas present in hong kong..i wonder wot it is? hehe. its so weird..somehow, not hearing much from him has made me develop stronger feelings for him...hardly fair. was talking to cara about it this morning. my heart breaks thinking about leaving him behind. tyrone has said just to enjoy the time i spend with him. and i will, most deffinately. part of me wants to ask him to come to australia when he finishes here in china. but part of me doesnt want to in case he actually says yes. haha. and im not ready for it all.

anyway.
wow. wot a christmas. its been great.one of those days that ill back on, and smile.