Teddy

I can't believe we've got 11.5 hours left of this year. I'm still in denial. Unnnghhh. Then again, I'm just so glad that this crazy Christmas-New-Years-end-of-year-parade-of-family-guests-one-after-another 年末年始 hecticness is coming to an end.

In keeping with my resolution to spend a quiet Silvester this year (though I won't be curling up at home alone as I initially planned), I will be doing something small with G and (maybe) keeping the drinking to a minimum.

Speaking of the end of the year, you know what happened in Samoa yesterday? They jumped forward in time by a day in order to better coordinate business hours with Australia and New Zealand (Samoa was previously 21 hours behind Sydney), which meant that they went directly from Dec 29 to Dec 31. Weird! But cool.
Read more about it here on BBC.

I told my dad about that and apparently he's actually been to both Samoa and American Samoa. Coooool.

On an entirely separate note (I'm always too lazy to do season-appropriate comics. I'll probably end up posting something Christmas-related in the summer.): teddy bears!

Have an awesome New Year's Eve, and see you tomorrow!

That's the one

Impossible to remember. I had to look it up for this comic and I immediately forgot it again.

Pre-Eating

I'm small(ish), but I have a pretty big appetite. Hence, pre-eating.

Reasons for pre-eating:

(1) When I think the restaurant we're going to is going to be expensive. (So that I'll eat less and hence spend less money. Mostly in Japan. ha!)

(2) When I don't think the food is going to be that good. (So I don't have to eat too much.)

(3) When I don't think the food will be enough.

(4) When I'm going to meet someone for the first time, so I don't have to concentrate too much on the food and not enough on the person. (I talk very little when I'm nervous about meeting someone new, ie. for work/interview/date.)

Does anyone else do this?

Chips

Just came back from G's little sister's birthday cheese fondue dinner. So delicious. So bloated.

Speaking of overeating . . .

Yeah. And then I get all excited about the "bag of chips" a few days later and realize that there are only two chips in there. d'oh.

I Love Globalization

Something my Aussie friend's German boyfriend said at the beginning of their relationship.

At least half of the couples that I know are intercultural/international couples. Or so I think. I should go take a FB poll.

Mom Thing

Mama never answers her cell phone. Apparently G's mom doesn't either. Is this a mom thing?

Mamma Mia

Merry Christmas!

Here's a totally non-Christmassy cartoon.

Soxy

Merry Christmas Eve! Hope everyone's spending a good one!

What I learned from this comic: drawing stick figures in their underwear is difficult.

One Love

What's more, she works in a Buddhist temple . . .

Rather Large

Sorry for being away! I was in Dresden with mama and her guests for a few days. I'm finally back with no plans to go away for a while, so this should mean daily Bonsai. In theory.

Anywho, this is another Asian stereotype that applies to me. Those are G's words, verbatim.