Christmas is coming!

Ding dong merrily on high, the christmas bells are ringing!
Ding dong heav'n and earth reply, with angel voices singing!

Christmas is coming once again, and I'm inundated by my countless carolling duties at Conrand Hotel and Fullerton Hotel. Well, most of it is at Conrad Hotel, which didn't exactly surprise me because of the disparity in standards between the seniors and us. =) Still, I'm glad I get to perform at these two places because it's mighty mighty posh!! Yippee. Carolled once yesterday at Conrad and it wasn't too bad. The bass one beside me was very strong in singing so it proved as a check for my technique. Sigh. Still working on it.

After the good carolling session, I went out with Eu for dinner again! Yay. It's so nice to go out with her because we click so well! =)

At this juncture, I thought that I should make at least a mild allusion to my trip in France. Those were the best 25 days in this entire year. Never have I felt so free...and partially it's due to the 16000km separating me and my problems here. Call it escapism or whatever, but I think I really enjoyed the trip a lot because I didn't feel like my problems were creeping up on me every single second and I wasn't thinking about how to survive each day, how to complete all the tutorials in time, how to forge stronger relationships with the people around me. It was liberation. Again. I've learnt a lot about myself throughout this entire trip, most of it from talking to Christl. She's an amazing person to talk to 'cause she's so mature and it's very interesting to see some issues from her perspective. Although I didn't experience any sudden life-changing epiphanies like she did, I'm glad I conversed a lot with her 'cause it put a lot of things into perspective. =)

Not forgetting the fact that I improved my french a lot! Yay. Most satisfying was watching Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) in french and understanding almost all of it, save for the songs! Sigh. I'll never forget the ballroom scene. I watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in french as well, much to my dismay at first, but I managed to understand only about 70% of it at max. Lost the nuances in the dialogues and whatnot. Sheesh.

I think I'll just let -some- of my pictures tell the story. =) Enjoy.



































The rest of the pictures are here! =)) Please go and view them 'cause they're really pretty. And I spent a lot of time typing the bloody captions. LOL!

[edit] Because this entry is extremely, profoundly backlogged, I'd just like to add that I had a great time carolling with you guys, the HC Voices and the J2s! It has been a fantastic time. Although I didn't do everything correctly (like clapping when I'm supposed to snap! gee.), I think it was still a good performance overall because everyone tried their best! Yay.

Now for more schoolwork. Biology beckons! =) Cheers to all. And merry christmas. Erm, a day late. [/edit]