Thursday, December 22, 2005

Wanted to post something today before I post abt my past week's activities. Yes it has to be posted today. I was wondering how I shall titled this post, but decide to leave it blank in the end. Simply becos the two things I am gonna talk abt are rather contradicting ( as in the mood).

1. 祝大家冬至快乐！
   好好享受你们的汤圆吧！
   
   But I got a question: What is 冬至 in English?
   
   Stumped for a moment? Yeah, Iwas stumped by that question when my mum asked me yesterday. I know "汤圆" is translated as "Glutinous Rice Ball".
   Just asked my senior, and she was stumped too, but she came back with an answer half an hour later. And the answer is:
   
   Winter Solstice
   
   Cheem.................
   
   
2. 总觉得今年过冬至感觉怪怪的。
   因为两年前的今天，我的外公过世了。
   
   昨天，在回家的途中，天突然下起大雨。
   我仿佛又回到两年前的情景。
   因为妈妈的那句“好像要下雨，不如你改天才去看”，
   所以我错过机会去见外公最后一次。
   我知道是我的错，只能怪自己当时为什么不坚决独自去探望外公。
   
   办丧事的那段期间，有好几天都下着雨。
   把原本已经很伤感的气氛弄得跟惆怅。。。。。。
   
   12 月的22-26 日，对大家来说，是Christmas Period.
   对我来说，是个很“mixed feelings 的 period".
   所以，当我朋友建议在这段佳节期间出国游玩时，我拒绝了。
   现在，我可以跟朋友欢聚，一起庆祝圣诞，
   但我不想在这期间离开新加坡。
   
   你了解我为何有这种想法吗？
   
   

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