Holiday Thoughts... Past and Present

The way things are turning is kind of weird. If someone told me a year ago that I was going to go to China to work, I would be highly skeptical about the notion. I mean from what I hear Beijing is not the ideal city for me. Even before I saw the job opening I was skeptical about visiting Beijing as a tourist. I mean the biggest disappointment is the constant air pollution. I have always thought that I would end up in San Francisco. The city is nonpareil to all other cities in the world. I mean London has its great walking streets and neighborhoods. Amsterdam has its unique water canals. But San Francisco is the city I fell in love with. It's just like Tony Bennett said. I left my heart in San Francisco. The clean air. The winding hilly streets.

Anyways, back to Beijing. The pollution, overpopulation, and destruction of historic neighborhoods. Let's hope it will get better and better as it approaches arrival day. I'm still waiting for the training materials to arrive. Although, USPS is extremely busy this time of the year, they better get my stuff here soon damnit.

Now... back to the original topic. The holidays this year is kind of weird. My sister is going off to Yosemite to the cold and damp. My brother is going to be in Taiwan. This is going to be a Christmas reminiscent of the previous Christmases I had. There have only been a few Christmases that were really special. Last holiday season was great. IAESTE had a holiday party and we had blast. Appetizers, good hearty german food, awesome pastries and apertifs. It was definitely great. The company of good friends and pals. This year will probably about sitting in front of the TV and watching Charlie Brown Christmas.

Oh my... This is sad... But let's see what I can do to make it better. ^_^