just had christmas party at work place yesterday. was a blast! unfortunately no group pics were taken. just for games. will post pics soon.

i organized the party for them since nobody else has the heart to do it. i mean i wanted the party anyways. at first i wanted it to be grand. lots of people. held in the house. FOOD! however, since the store was 24/7 open, it's unfair for some people who'll be on duty that day. furthermore, my uncle is in the hospital. must morn mah, so there's no way we can hold such a party.

it was good. christmas is always good here. you can here people talking about their upcoming christmas party, what gifts should they give or where should they go for holidays. christmas is so alive and exciting that each and every place has decorations set up flamboyantly since october. malls are packed. carols. plays. choirs. everything gets hyped up!

however, most fragile topic you can talk about is the price of one's christmas gift. it sickens me actually. good thing that it's a must to take out the price tag. i mean, why does everthing have to revolve around money. even christmas! i was shopping with a friend and she was so conscious about the price that we walked till the ends of the earth just to buy the 'right' gift not the 'perfect' gift. the perfect gift always comes from the heart. when she was wrapping the present, i told her to take out thr tag but didn't. she said it's crucial to leave it there so that the person won't think that she bought a cheap gift.

yet, some don't give a damn about their gift. since we were in a convinience store, they bought something from the store and gave it as a gift. didn't even bother to go out and actually shop for the person.

ya maybe some people care about the price beacuse the biggest sacrifice they could make is money. but we should not be overly conscious about it. isn't the thought that counts. i've heard that a thousand times yet few do practise. and christmas isn't about giving gifts either. every christmas, i don't look forward to the presents but the gathering and the celebration. that's the spirit of christmas.