Anyway, if you're reading and this not realizing that there's merely a few more days till the new year.. well, let's do a virtual high five because I too could not really accept that year 2014 is coming to an end so soon.
I still remember the last time I spend Christmas was in Perth together with my family and housemates which was simply splendid! Mom did most of the cooking and we had a simple celebration but I remember we were all so happy back then :)
This year though, was different. Very different in fact. It's my first time spending Christmas without the company of my family and close friends back home and I actually felt a little lost. :(
Nonetheless, I shall not be a buzz kill and enjoy the public holiday anyway because its rare to find myself at home chilling on a weekday :P
This Christmas, I decided to do a bit of cooking and fill the house a little bit of X'mas spirit! So there's my tiny looking tree I bought from Typo with pretty fairy lights sitting on the side table in my living room. I remember when I was little, Mom would take out the giant Christmas tree which was quite heavy from what I recall of.. and we would decorate the tree together with ornaments and lights that actually sings Christmas songs :D Ahh, the good times!
Me and my brothers were suckers back when we were little, believing that Santa Claus would climb through our window (because there's no chimney) and eat up the Chipsmore left for him and deliver our Christmas gifts in our giant X'mas socks. Yes, Mom got us good back then. She even played the Tooth Fairy which will be another story to tell next time. xD
Anyway, my aunt from the UK brought a lot of Christmas treats for us to celebrate together with my family initially but we had a change in plans. :(
One of my favourite was the Christmas Chocolate Calender. Basically, you need to open up each day from the first day of December and count the days till X'mas with every chocolate! Really cute but I didn't manage to open them up on time everyday though because I had it stuck in the fridge or else the chocolates will melt from our hot weather. D:
There were a lot of cute Christmas treats that we both possibly can't finish so I'm thinking of leaving them untouched till the fam-bam comes to visit in January! :) But I did took a few out to nibble this morning while exchanging gifts with the boyfriend!
Decided to skip Christmas roast because it is just not possible for the two of us to eat a whole turkey so I made roast pork chops with aglio oglio pasta on the side andddd not forgetting homemade pumpkin soup, recipe shared from my cousin Jeff! :)
This pretty much sums up my Christmas this year. :) Simple but pretty much covers all the elements in this season of giving. I was a little disappointed at first because I missed out celebrating with my family and friends but I'm still glad we get to spend Christmas for the first time in four years together. :)
Once again,
Merry Christmas everyone! <3
