Xmas is just round the corner... Everywhere you look there are tinsels, xmas tree, santa claus adorning the window displays in almost every shop. The nights are drawing in early and the temperature is slowly dropping as winter progresses. Restaurants everywhere is all booked up to cater for parties, dinners and lunches.Today we had ours. It was in this Italian joint near my place of work. Was quite looking forward to this lunch as it is always quite nice to have a rather relaxing day on a Friday. However, little did we anticipated that the lunch was going to drag on for more than 3 hours!!! This lunch was the amalgamation of 2 different departments in our office and it was quite nice to mix with people that you dont have time to talk to during the day. Had a funny conversation over lunch about men's chest hair! I blurted to those at my table that Chinese men are rather 'hair free' in the sense that they're quite lacking in the facial and body hair. There is a biological reason for this - so I've been told! This is due to the fact that they consume a lot of soya based products like soya milk and tofu which in turn produces oestrogen in our body. Oestrogen apparently helps men from having hair loss!!! How this works, I dont know. Must say that science and biology is not one of my strongest subjects in school. Anyway, I do find that fact quite fascinatin, as women produces oestrogen and men produces testosterone (is this spelt correctly?). Testosterone on the other hand, when there are too much of it aggravates or promotes hair loss in men!! Isn't that weird???
Now back to our Xmas topic and how it is a season of joy, hope and goodwill. There are just mad rush everywhere now as people are trying to cramp in as much shopping as they can at the very last minute before the day finally arives. The thing is, when shopping is done at the eleventh hour (unless you really know what you're getting..) the tendency of getting useless, grotty stuff is much higher than normal. Purely for the reason that the puchase was not thought out carefully. There is not much point of getting someone a gift which they don't quie appreciate or worse still demand for an exchange or a return! For me, buying gifts should always be planned in advance and researched into. Questions such as what does that person want? How can the gift enhance that person's quality of life? Will it bring a smile to their face or just utter horror? should all have the YES box ticked. Also,there is that issue of cashflow which when done at the last minute just burns an extra large hole in your pocket. However, if spread accross over a period of time, it can be quite gentle on the old wallet or purse!
Anyway, in the spirit of the season, here's wishing everyone out there a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful and prosperous 2006!
2 comments:
Hopped here from Anne's blog. I love the smell of Christmas in the UK when I was a student many years ago. Merry Christmas to you. And I do think Chris Martin is a hottie. :)
Christmas just ain't the same in the hot sun is it? Thanks for dropping by. Been to your page - Derek Shepherd is a hottie times a hundred!!! Delectable!!!
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