Winter break

Today is the last day of this term. The kids have ten days of winter break, which is considered quite short for two holidays, Christmas and New Year. Anyway, we are planning to go to Myrtle Beach for three nights. It is supposed to be warmer there so am really looking forward to that but what I am dreading is the travel. It will be around 12 hours of travel, by car. I don't really like travelling by car or bus actually, I prefer train or flight. But hoping it will all be okay. The kids are super excited of going. Really have to think of things to keep them occupied for twelve hours. Ok..let's see, PSP, books, IPad, more books, IPhone and more books! Hahaha..they will be complaining of mommy bringing too many books. Well they still have to keep reading even though it is winter break.

New York city is sort of quieter already by today. Guess many people left early to beat the traffic but then if many people are doing it, the traffic will still be facing them right? Christmas morning in the city feels something like KL during raya. Quiet, peaceful, no honking which is very very rare for the city that never sleeps!

Let's talk about christmas shopping now. Some shops are open extra early like 7 or 8 in the morning! And the lines are just too long at times. I bought some presents for some of the kids' friends and school staffs and I made sure I went in the morning where the crowd was more bearable. The sales are very tempting but would have to wait till next month. This month's spending has gone way up, no thanks to the christmas bonus we gave to the staff in the building. There are 18 of them so we ended up giving quite a lot, way more than what we spent for our own raya! Well, when in Rome, do what the Romans do (within limits, of course!).

Happy holidays!