valentine's day!!!

yesterday morn's snow storm caused school to be cancelled for a day. the good news: my exam's postponed till thursday. considering i haven't finished studying for it, i am definitely thankful. :P bad news: well, not much actually. except for the fact that i have to shovel the snow off bb when i take him out tomorrow. hope the weather's conducive enough for me to drive around.

so what's my plan for v'day? hmmm...both cheetah and i have already laid the best plan. we're planning to go for a dinner (restaurant---still not decided yet) and then off we go to catch the hugh grant-drew barrymore movie. haven't seen him in any movies for a while. ah, sexy british accent, i like! plan might be postponed to thursday, but ah...i don't care. let's cut some lax on this overly exaggerated 'holiday'. everyday's love day. you can share your care and love to anyone. there's no need for chocs or flowers. (1 stalk will do :P)

when the first hour on the 14th started, bunzit gave me a call, wishing me happy valentine's day. told him, neh...i don't celebrate v'day. most important dates are birthday and christmas. those are the true occasions which are worth celebrating and yes, i am always overjoyed!!! talk about how unromantic i can get, yes...i am the 'man'!!!

and yes, another important occasion is coming up: the lovely chinese new year! time to call up all aunts and uncles and wish them good health and much prosperity in the coming year of pig! bah, i am positive that my calling card will take several attempts to finally get through. many people overseas call home on this big day. and yes!!! i am gonna have 2 celebrations--1 with roommie and close pals. the other one will be with the icf gang. time to cook, have a bit of chit chat, and enjoy the spring festival in this cold weather. hopefully, no blizzard.

i am beginning to like 2007 already.

a new year!

my stomach twitches. the past few days have been a whirl. i made a decision in which i still frequently regret. i came back to purdue, having this homesickness surging through me. this holiday has been the most meaningful one of all. i could finally talk to sis heart to heart. every night spent by listening to music, snatching cellphone away from each other, reading, sharing. ah...how i miss her. lil bro is growing up too. i hardly saw him at home, for he was practising for his marching band competition. was blessed that i could see him perform. i was certainly hopeful that his band would reach final before i took off. they were small soldiers, armed with instruments, fearlessly performing what they had practised for the past 3 weeks. but they lost. and i grieved for that. but big bro's right. yongma needs to be taught a lesson of failure. not that he's arrogant, everything just seems to be within his grasp. maybe that's because our economic background has gotten better over the years. he is used to getting what he wants. i just hope that he will not give up on marching band. instead, this should spurt him into having determination to perform better next year.

mom has made a shocking confession too. i finally realized why she can be too controlling at times. she has been an iron lady, and yes, it may be wrong that she throws it all to us kids. but i think there is a certain limit of perserverance that a person can go about. and i applaud mom for staying strong. i am thankful that i have the opportunities to go see places. i sincerely hope that i will be able to put off her burden when i am done with studies later.

aside of that, a friend has shown some interests on me. i didn't know about this until i opened the box that he gave to me. in it, are all the things, practical things, that are remedies to what i have mentioned briefly to him. was flattered that a boy could remember every word that i said. but am not interested in any romance right now. i need to pull myself altogether. the homesickness. the remorse feeling that i have been having from time to time. and i definitely need to focus. it's my last semester after all. i want to finish what i have started off 4 years ago well.

and, on a more cheerful note, may everybody have a good year ahead :)