| Tuesday 24 December 2002 1:42 am So I saw LotR: The Two Towers for the 2nd time on Saturday night. I reviewed it already, but would like to add here that it's actually better the second time around. Yes, Arwen's appearances are still annoying, but I can tolerate it. But the battles don't loose their kick, and Legolas doesn't fade in my eyes. Oh, and I swear, Aragorn got hotter in this movie! Yay! It's been cookie madness these past couple of days. I was following this one sugar cookie recipe that said its yield was 60 cookies. I suppose my cutters were tiny or something becaue the recipe made 110! It took me hours to cut them all and then ice and decorate them. I do have to say, though, that they're tasty! Oh, and today (well, technically yesterday) I made another batch of my mom's gourmet cookies that turned out well. They're the only thing my friend's mom ever wants as a gift, so she'll be happy this year. While the house has smelled extra yummy lately, my dad has banned us (he bakes good choco chip cookies) from baking anymore until February, just so we can recover from this past week. So my birthday is coming up, and I'm actually kind of surprised how quickly this year has gone by. I was thinking about what I should do to celebrate my 22nd, but it occurred to me that there aren't many people that'd be there for it to do anything special with. I may not even be home! Lol. I was thinking that maybe I'd go to a bar with some friends, but I'm not really one for bars. Then I thought about having a little shindig at home, but I don't want to prepare for it (it'd be too late, too, anyways). I could go to dinner with some people, but my birthday is on a Monday night, and people have other things to do, I'm sure. Sometimes I like to think that someone would throw me a surprise party, but I'm also fully aware that all of my friends and acquaintances don't know each other, don't get along, or are too far away from me to organize anything, therefore it's out of the question. Besides, surprise parties take effort, and who'd bother. Lol. So what would that leave me? I'm left with my most ideal option anyways: chill out at home (most likely) with family. I can bake myself a cake and watch some movies and stay in my pyjamas! If anyone wants to visit, then fine, but I'm not forcing anyone to go out of their way, and I'm perfectly satisfied. Of course, I could also hop off to some foreign land, but we'll see when the time comes. Well, tonight should be an endeavor. I'm going out to Maryland for Christmas eve. I love the idea and what these parties used to be: A bunch of Filipino families getting together in their holiday wear, eating tons of good Filipino food from the buffet, laughing at our parents who are dancing or singing karaoke tunes from the eighties (if we're lucky), the kids either playing video games or pool, and then the gift exchange at the very end complete with shrieking or laughing voices tearing at the ears calling "I want that one!" or "Ooooh" or "Do you want to trade?". I love these types of parties because it's a mess of old friends who've been coming to the same place for Christmas for the last ten or fifteen years whose laughter is surpassed only by the rolls of lumpia and pots of rice and pancit and fruit salad. The party is still kind of like this, except that their kids and I had a massive falling out when we were still in high school, so I don't socialize there anymore. Instead I sit with my head high and be a decoration for my mom to point to because I'm also the only one there this year who successfully completed college on time and blah blah blah. Yes, I certainly love the attention, but at the same time those hours there can be quite boring. I'm tempted to bring a book, but I'm not that rude. Lol. But it'll be fun, if even to enjoy the spirit of the celebration. And let's not forget... presents! |
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