Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!

I'm having a bland one so far. Hope yours is better. Always nice to see my tiny nephew though. He's not really tiny and he's really heavy but he's still cute :)

I've lost the enthusiasm for buying gifts for people. The only gifts I've bought this year are - 1. Mandatory (ie. for gift exchange thingies) 2. Reciprocal (as Lilian puts it - buying for someone because they bought something for you) 3. Sentimental (for the close friend. Which would be Lilian, cos it's her birthday AND Christmas ;))

So there you go, those are the lucky people that managed to squeeze an ounce of Christmas giving from me. Not that I'm a Scrooge or anything, I'm just too tired to - 1. think of what to get, 2. go out to get it, 3. jostle with the crowds in jam-packed malls. Just way too tired.

Quite a while ago, I stopped receiving gifts. It wasn't that I wanted presents desperately. It was just sad that I'd been forgotten. Or at least I felt that way. Yet all the while, I'd still been giving presents to family and friends. I suppose that's when it got tiring. Much as I'd love to be philanthropic and give and give and give, it's nice to receive once in a while. And much as I want to be a saint, it's tiring to give and give forever. I'm not good at that yet.

But for now, I'm going easy on the presents and on the wallet. I need a break.

Happy Holidays everyone.