The Airport

Nothing much to report these few days. Generally just been staying at home...I didn't expect to be spending so much time at home, actually. Well, it's a good chance to update lumière, at least. New gallery up, but the web server hasn't updated the main page yet, so have to hold on for a bit.

Saw Chern off at the airport yesterday. Hmm...seems that everyone's going off all over the world. Makes me quite glad that I'm popping over to HK actually. Gives me something to do these weeks, at least. Airport's been done up quite nicely now that they've renovated the interior. All pastels and wood, really quite stylish and tropical. It's a happy colour scheme there now. And for the first time I actually went in to the First Class lounge, because Chern's dad has that privileged passenger card or something like that. Really sleek and smooth, everything in dark leather. But somehow I still prefer the check-in rows, with all the clamour and people. I find that it's not really a check-in without the bustling chaos of normal people with all their technicolour luggage =P

Interesting stories from all over the world coming in...Mel came back from Guilin, and Chern's family came back from Kyushu, and Vaish from Bintan. Heh hopefully I'll be able to add something after the 29th!

More arts and craft nowadays, doing up the pots that I got from Fraser's Hill to be given away. Now that the cards have been sent off now there's only the big (well, not very big, but un-mailable) gifts left. And today also have to get the gifts for the HKers ready. Mum gave me this rather nifty shawl to be given to Grandaunt, which can be buttoned at the front so it won't slide off all over the place. I think I'll get something edible to add on...but I have no idea what can't be gotten in HK. Maybe something Malay? A kueh lapis perhaps?

Tonight going for a ballet performance of the Nutcracker. Can't remember the plot already, probably should read up, especially since I've got a ticket in something like Circle 3205, which means that I'll probably have to get a pair of binoculars to see anything =P And then on Christmas Eve going to catch the pageant at the Cathedral too. Time to get into the real Christmas vibe! But I also want to do other stuff...watch something, perhaps. There's an interesting foreign movie at Cine, "Joyeux Noel", about the Fraternisations during Christmas 1914 on the frontlines of WWI. Nothing sappy, but still with a happy ending. Fits my current mood, I think.

pondered by phoenican @ 23.12.05