Wish came true...

*****drumroll*****

Alas, the long waited ice-skating outing took place last evening on the grounds of the National History Museum. =) It was unusually cold and wet yesterday, with snowing and sleeting in teasing amounts thoughout the day. I am glad we made the decision to schedule our ice-skating outing nearer to chirstmas, saving something special to do over the long holiday weekend. I would stop and watch people having fun in the ring everytime I walk past NHM for the last 2 months and wished that Christmas will arrive soon.

Well, that said, the ice-skating party arrived late due to some understandable distractions over at Oxford street but we still managed to grab our skates and bravely ventured onto the ice to start our adventure. Novices at ice-skating, we first hand-walked ourselves along the perimeter railings, but faced with a massive perimeter human traffic jam decorated with flying dagger-feet and white snowy bums, we decided to be more daring and started moving away from the railings. Jo discovered her natural aptitude for uncontrollable spinning and I did a pretty good imitation of a scrambling duck down the sides. CR is the self-taught pro in our group, and shared with us her secret of balancing and how not to fall down (Look forward!! Never Lean Back!!) before zipping off to join the more advanced level skaters. After a few rounds I started to enjoy the retro blue lights, the festy music, and was delighted when snowflakes started dancing and floating down from the sky. Such a romantic surprise! It was my wish come true, skating in the snow, and I never wished more than ever for MX to be in London to share that moment with.

Other than the skating 'highlight', this christmas break has been really good to me. Managed to find time to do my laundry, washed my bedsheets, cleaned my room, cook for myself, put on a mask, spend a whole day in bed reading storybooks (3 1/2 books in fact), go through all the past issues of Times and Newsweek that had been piling up in the corner of my room since the beginning of November, sleep 12 hours a day, go to a party, go shopping, get new specs made with 25% student discount (hope that solves my terrible headache), caught 2 out of 3 movies which I have been wanting to watch, recharge and not think about work for 4 solid days. I wanted lots of personal time and I got it and it felt so wonderful actually having the energy to do the chores for once and not dragging my tired mind/body to do them. Completing the low piority businesses that has been queuing on my mental 'to do' list for months because of other more pressing work has also brought on a sense of relieve and peace to my mind.

I am happy that I've managed to catch the Constant Garderner before it dropped off the big screen, as it is quite a rare occurance nowadays to find a movie with substance, one which has an important message and no flashy stuffs. I totally enjoyed it. March of the Penguins was quite alright. Enjoyable, educational, and makes one marvel at the sacrifices the king penguins have to make to procreate and to survive on one of the harshest faces of the earth. There is just one more movie that I'll like to catch, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, just for the laughs.

Well, got to defragment my college PC now, one of the many things I planned to complete today so that I can start working properly tomorrow. My working companion has been hanging on me lately and hopefully it'll behave itself after this holiday. =) I have a feeling that the new year will be good. My now almost empty mental baggage and energised body and mind is brimming with
positive energy that should sustain me till the 20th of Jan.