Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

Merry Christmas to you! I feel so Christmas this year, spending time to take pictures of the decor in different shopping malls. I probably saw more Christmas decor than other years. Also received a few small X'mas gifts. Love this flower a lot! That's my favourite X'mas gift so far. And hurray, we got pay rise, too. That is incredible especially the economy is not doing any good. Good to have a bit more to pay for my rent increase. I didn't spend time to send any electronic Christmas cards to my friends but I just hope everyone is having a joyful Christmas.

I was never that busy in my birthday week. After having a get together with an ex-reporter, I got another brief meetup with an ex-classmate. I had to forget how late my friends came to my birthday dinner on Saturday night 'coz they are always extremely late anyway, but great to have bites of a giant cheese cake and tiramisu. Look at these cakes. Sunday was a trip to Macau with a friend's daughter. That's truly a "mom" experience and I felt pressure of taking care of a not too little "daughter". Luckily I didn't lose her in Macau but was a bit scared of her sea sick experience on the ferry. But there was a lot of wow wow in Macau. Now I learn that the Venetian Casino does look like the one in Las Vegas and the fountain show looks a bit like the one in Bellagio in Las Vegas too. Maybe I don't need to go to Vegas after all. My birthday date was to bring this "daughter" to Ocean Park. Luckily that I didn't have to pay for my own ticket ...