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Happy New Years, everyone. 2005, finally here. Hope everyone had an awesome 2004 and looking forward to 2005. Have a safe and fun New Years Eve.

I'm sitting in St. Louis late at night and pulling up some music to listen to on my sister's laptop, and came upon this song I remember I used to play quite a lot. You can never underestimate the power of meaning behind music and their lyrics.

I wonder if anyone noticed/appreciated the full moon the last couple of days. I still can never get enough of it. More about St. Louis trip when I get home. Till then, "Eet eez not ah tOoomah."

I'm leaving for St. Louis for a promising family Christmas. The last decade, we've had Christmas at my Aunt's house around here. Now, for the first time, we're all traveling to St. Louis for Christmas with the other third of the family, most going from Chicago, with some going from Idaho. No gift is as big as these times that I'm always lucky enough to share with my family. When I think about it, I don't realize how big of a family I have compared to others because I've always had it all my life. I've never experienced anything different, so growing up, I took it all for granted. Low and behold, I find myself grateful for the huge family I have 17 years later. And as we all grow older and such, things change and some things just aren't the same as they always were. But those are things we can't control and have to live with. After all, I still have another generation of my own little relatives to buy presents for for another 13-14 years. I'll be buying presents for Marcus, Simon, Milan, Joe, Jay, Tiffany, Aticha, Max, and many more to come (i.e. Tong Jr.?!!...there's my 2 cents on what the name should be...guy..or girl. haha) just as how Nina, Patti, Ruth, Woody, J'Nee, and P' Nam Pueng did for me. But when it's all said and done, the memories carved from these gatherings are forever lasting.

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone. Happy Hollidays

One more day suckas!!

Quick thoughts for the day:

It's funny sometimes how easily we get discouraged, but it's also funny how the little things that we seem to forget sometimes, can also give you hope. Lately, I've found that I've been able to accept things a little better than I have in the past. Though maybe hit hard at first, after having some time to think about it, things could be worse. And so, I guess all I can do is just add my latest experience as another chapter to the story of my life.

Remember, things aren't always as good as it seems, and things aren't always as bad as it seems.

I've never wished so much that I was far, far away in college. Most people would argue that you should stay around with the people you care about the most because it will only bring you closer together. I guess it works a little bit different for me. Sometimes, I also believe that being far away from those people helps you really find out how big of a part they are in your life. Maybe that just works for me, since things always work backwards for me. You gotta change and spice things up once in a while, try all sorts of new things, find the right fit. Perhaps mine didn't work this time, but I wouldn't have known if I hadn't tried. So, you keep going and try something else. There's nothing wrong with trying and failing. Sometimes, that's the best thing that could happen to you. I have no idea what mess I'm getting myself into by wanting to leave home so bad, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

Most of you are probably like, "wtf is this guy talking about? Absolutely makes no sense whatsoever." I don't blame you. Most of this gibberish is probably garbage that I think about without knowing it. Just be glad you're not a friend I'm dumping this onto. You'd probably be confused outta your mind. Don't mean to be all negative during the holiday season. No sweat, I still have 11 days left to put together Hallmark-quality quotes and put them up for all to enjoy.

Till then, Friday looks mighty fine right about now :). 'Tis the season, everyone. Hope everyone's started some Christmas shopping and not waiting till the last minute. Where's the snow?!