Bah, humbug!
It’s Christmas Eve. I’m alone at home surfing the net and watching anime. Yet another Christmas that I won’t be celebrating.
So yeah, Merry Christmas to you folks who have the habit of celebrating Christmas. And remember those of us who don’t. No Christmas presents for me.
It’s not that I hate Christmas or anything, it’s just that my family never had the habit of celebrating Christmas. Probably it has something to do with the fact that my parents grew up in China and I lived there for the first few years of my life.
Also, Singapore is kind of summer all year round. In fact, we are one hour ahead of our real time zone, so we really are in summertime all year long. Christmas people celebrate here just ain’t Christmas as seen in anime. The day it snows in Singapore is the day a certain inconvenient truth comes one full cycle and bites us in the ass. It’s been a while since I last saw snow.
Or maybe it’s because school years in Singapore start in January and Christmas for us is really the beginning of the end of the holidays.
The funny thing is, I’ve never actually read “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens before. What I know about the Scrooge and the three Ghosts came from pop culture references like Simpsons, Cartoon Network and Hollywood. Who says TV isn’t educational?
What exactly is this rant about? I have no idea. Maybe I’m just feeling melancholic (fact: the usage of this word has increased by 721.23% online over the past few months), or maybe I’m just experiencing a writer’s block (which is impossible since I’m not a writer).
But remember, Chinese New Year is when I get my sweet, sweet revenge. Or maybe not. But at least I get some pocket money. Sweet.
Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Hopefully you aren’t spending your Christmas Eve reading this blog. :)
December 24th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
looks like an otaku’s x’mas are spent on anime…me too ^^…but its manga for me..and in some article i read,”Otakus lead relatively unhealthy life.” (NewMan Jan 2007)…which is kinda true…Hikikomorism, haruhiism, Galgeism..the list goes on…
December 24th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
@Jeremy : lack of exercise ?? or drinking too much soft drinks ?
December 24th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
scan the article pls? i want to read it.
December 25th, 2006 at 12:37 am
Yep, also spending Xmas eve reading the blog, and other assorted internets naughtiness. Family too spread out to get together. I’ve become sorta meh to Xmas anyway.
As far as otakus lack of exercise, bah. I’m hitting the gym in a few.
Happy holidays, all.
December 25th, 2006 at 12:52 am
yeah Merry Christmas to one and all…may the next year be as filled with moe and more than this one!!!
December 25th, 2006 at 2:57 am
>>>Example (get it while it’s hot):
http://www.koichan.net/r/
I found those pictures more disturbing than those loli-bestiality ones that I had the unfortunate circumstances in coming across.
Not doing anything for Christmas is nothing to feel melancholic about, specifically because where you live just isn’t geared towards making Christmas anything special.
December 25th, 2006 at 3:15 am
C’mon, DM, stop ranting and celebrate Christmas. Buy some gifts and give them to your parents, make a cake, whatever. You’ll feel better.
December 25th, 2006 at 3:19 am
My first ever comment on your blog! Merry Christmas. It’s okay to feel melancholic in christmas. I slept thru the count down too. =)
December 25th, 2006 at 4:21 am
@MistaYoH : and now you are awake.
@Sherman, the Ramni : I don’t receive gifts in Christmas, i receive complaints.
@Beuowolf : nice url
December 25th, 2006 at 4:46 am
@Chicken: You might want to change that. Actually Christmas is the ONLY day in the year I don’t receive complaints. And that feels quite good.
December 25th, 2006 at 10:03 am
>>>@Beuowolf : nice url
It’s not mine, it’s piyo’s.
December 25th, 2006 at 10:05 am
@Iss: i have scanned it..but how to send to u? dun think DM might wan to receive it…….but if DM wans..then should be ok …..Merry X’mas..
December 25th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Dude… I haven’t been celebrating Christmas since I was 11. Don’t fel so bad about it, just know that there are people in Singapore just like you.
P.S. Is ‘melancholy’ pronounced with a ‘cho’ or a ‘kho’?
Merry Christmas, and an early CNY.
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Christmas Pics…
After promptly beating Zelda: TP, I thought I might take a few shots of the Wii component cable that you guys so love and desire, as well as the Wii itself. But that’s not all:
We’ll soon have a Wii Channel dedicated to the Integrated Data…
December 25th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
Merry Christmas!
Come to think of it, this year’s christmas doesn’t seem to be that festive. I didn’t even have the motivation to visit the Orchard Road district to view the decorations this year. So today just feels like any other normal Monday.
The only thing I’m awaiting now is for Death Note 2 to be officially aired in Singapore. And Christmas just indicated that the wait is almost coming to an end.
December 25th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
To DM,
Need more snow from Christmas. =P
From
Waterfall
December 25th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
go hang out with whatever friends you have! maybe check out the meido cafe or something! Merry Christmas!
BTW, @AK: I think it’s pronounced “Call” as in phone call, but with a shorter note.
December 25th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Check out Wildarmsheero Xmas gifts:
Presents For All! (56k no)
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Wei Zhong's Online DiaryDecember 25th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
Articles in my Mailbox…
Three articles I received just before the midnight of Christmas reminded me, among other things, that I ought to double-check the articles I send, and that “Christmas for us is really the beginning of the end of the holidays”.
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December 26th, 2006 at 12:58 am
haha it sucks being a malaysian/singaporean secondary student… merry christmas everyone…