It’s Christmas 2010, the season of love and joy…peace and goodwill to all men.
*Fam Mun Shun’s photo on Facebook*
This is the time when people will send cards to family and friends, near or far and go shopping for gifts for everyone.
I got these from my dear friend, Mandy, when I was in Penang…
…including three tubs of Cyn’s chocolate chip cookies. One did not survive the flight home and what was left of it was enough to fill that one bottle, that was all.
Annie-Q dropped by Penang when I was there and passed me these…
The fruitcake was homemade, she said, by coffeesncookies. I have not tried it yet but when we got home, the moment I opened the box, the whiff of brandy that drifted out of it was intoxicating enough to sweep me off my feet – boy, this is going to be good! Yum! Yum! LOL!!
My cousin, Stella, flew in to Penang for our niece’s wedding and she brought me these…
Do ignore the tag on the shirt though. Pssst, Stella…I think I need the 7XL, if you get what I mean! ROTFL!!! Jokes aside, this one fits me like a glove…but can’t button the collar. I think I’ve a very fat neck.
Stella’s sister from Brisbane gave me chocolates…
…and so did my auntie, Natalie, from Singapore…
Gosh! It certainly looks like I can have an open house for anybody who cares to drop by to celebrate this auspicious occasion…and no prize for guessing what I will be serving them! Wink! Wink!!!
And that is not all! Philip‘s son was in town to visit his grandmother and I took him out for dinner one night. He passed me these from the father all the way from the US of A…
…and my friend, Jimmy, gave me these…
…and a set of Tupperware containers – much to the delight of my missus who would find them very handy for stuffing her stuff.
My very nice and thoughtful ex-student, Xavier, came home for the Christmas holidays and insisted that I stayed awake that night so that he could stop by my house on his way home from the airport to pass me these…
…Seremban char siew pao…
I was never a fan…but these were VERY nice – smaller, but really nice! The char siew filling was really good…
…and the boy actually had to go all the way to Sunway to buy them – that was really so sweet of him.
Yes, it’s Christmas all over the world today. In Sibu, the Christian churches got together to join in a grand parade around town on Saturday, 18th December – an idea initiated sometime ago by our late YB…singing Christmas carols and songs like what they have been doing over the years…
*Fam Mun Shun’s photo on Facebook*
It never fails to draw people by the droves each year…
*Fam Min Shun’s photo on Facebook*
…and for one thing, it certainly serves to remind the local folks the true meaning of Christmas which certainly has nothing to do with things like Santa, toy soldiers and fake snow…
*Fam Mun Shun’s photo on Facebook*
Other than the parade, the Sibu town council would hold a Christmas tree competition each year at the town square…
The response this year is not as good as previously and the trees are not as nice, probably because everyone is feeling the pinch of the predominantly not-too-favourable economic situation but one particular tree caught my attention, not because it was beautiful or anything but I would give it the thumbs up for creativity – the uniquely-Sibu kampua Christmas tree…
Yes, Christmas is the time for giving and forgiving…
Christmas greetings from me, my missus and Melissa to all family and friends, near or far…and may the blessings of this Holy Season be upon you all throughout the coming year.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 