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It has become a sort of Christmas tradition of mine to send out a Christmas greeting to everyone I've met from around the world. Usually, a lot of emails bounce because either email accounts have been closed or their inboxes full (hopefully of Christmas & New Year messages like this one), but most get through, and it gives me great satisfaction to think that somewhere on the other parts of the world, a friend or family is reading my holiday greetings! Sometimes a few reply with the fondest greetings and some even with photos. That's the coolest thing about it really: that even though we have not seen each other in years, and even if it is just once a year, we remember and smile for the memories. :D A WARM MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR from me & my family!!!

____________________________________________ A couple of weeks ago, I had my eyes checked. Turns out, the contacts and the glasses I am using now are already obsolete for my requirements. So I bought new contact lenses (which cost a fortune) and tried them out last Saturday. That evening I went out to the balcony to look at the stars. For the last few years, when I looked at the stars I saw them as blobs of overlapping double images. They didn't even twinkle. But that night, I saw them again. For the first time in a long time. As stars, and not as blobs of white. And then at that moment, it was worth every centavo.

I never thought I'd ever be this disappointed to hear about a new holiday... Monday, December 8 is a holiday in the whole of Batangas Province. Arfgh!