Another Holiday Gift

Santa was especially nice to me this year, not only was he generous with the usual under the tree gifts and even an embroidered dragon I can get framed...he also let me spend the majority of my holiday with Markie! When I was in Chicago seeing friends, she was able to come and see me, since I feel like a bum and have no cell phone or car when in the states. After being there, she decided to come out to New England and spend some time with me in the cold north. Luckily for her, she is now on her way to Saint Martin in the Caribbean, while I am stuck heading to work! Life just isn't fair! haha We were able to spend New Years together and also do some good old Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots shopping since she is a Colts fan and all Bostonians know how much better our sports teams are here! She obviously declined to purchase any sports memorabilia...I wonder why! Pictured above is when we went to a contemporary jazz concert at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston...it was a great surprise and made my holiday that much better........holidays never seem to last long enough!

Christmas in Boston

My christmas and new years was spent in Boston this year. It just did not seem right that I was walking around in flip flops, shorts, and a tshirt and people were saying merry christmas to me in Hong Kong, so it was good to get back to Boston where it snowed 3 times while I was here. We have had more snow now, only two days into 2008 than we have had all of last winter! It is totally crazy! I was able to stop by Chicago for this break and see some friends from college there, I was able to see Valpo lose to the Badgers in Wisconsin as well...I guess their sports as average as usual still, so sad. From there, Boston was my home for the rest of break, which was full of food, being lazy, shopping, and relaxing with some good rest and relaxation. I am already itching to head back to Asia, where things seem to be on fast forward compared to New England. One night, my father surprised our family with a limo and took us into the Boston Pops where they had holiday music, along with a few dance floors to cut a rug! It was fabulous to go there and dance in front of hundreds of people while they looked on. It was too bad that Sarah and I were the only ones who really danced since everyone else was mainly too old to do so! I leave tomorrow at 4AM for a 7AM flight out of Boston, I have everything set to go and I get to see my parents in about 9 months. I think time will fly, its now time to head to work again...