I am on my 10-day vacation (4 days off, 2 days holidays, 4 days weekend).

8 days flew by like a rocket ship. I still have 2 days to enjoy. I shall make the most out of it.

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When I was a boy, I used to love scale modeling. I spent many days making tanks, sports cars, and fighter planes. Back then, I had to save money for months to buy a cheap box of a tank. Kit models were such a treat back then, that’s why I relate kit models with Christmas.

I wanted to re-live that olden day. So, I bought 2 boxes of kit models. I was very happy to find this truck. I remember when I was a young boy. I used to look at this truck in the store window for hours and daydreamed.

On the night before Christmas, I put the truck together as I watched Polar Express. I had a good sentimental moment alone. The entire apartment was quiet. I couldn’t hear any of my neighbors.

It took several hours (a few days) to put this together. 

After this truck, I got fed up with scale modeling. That was enough. Maybe I will get to the tank next year (?). We’ll see.

Update 2021 – 11 years later, I still haven’t finished that tank. It’s about 1/4 finished.

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My neighbor “S” paid a visit on Christmas day. She said she found the coins in the laundry room. “I thought it had to be you,” she said.

She said, after using washers and dryers, she put the coins and Christmas card back up there. She wanted somebody else to have that good feeling.

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I did a lot of shopping.
I ate a lot of treats.
I met my parents twice.

This vacation was so very sweet.

It was Thursday 9 pm when my neighbor called. She’s 10+ years younger than I am. We are just friends. She occasionally invites me to join her young friends at her place. She told me once that I was fun to be with because I was “Odd”. Mm.. Story of my life.

She asked me if I would like to keep her company. She had to drive to Los Angeles to see her friend. She needed to pay her some money and say hello to her for about 15 minutes. I hadn’t been to Los Angeles for over 10 years. Tomorrow is Friday, so it would be OK if I get a little tired. 

“OK, I’ll go with you”, I said.

I put on my Santa hat, and she hit the freeway. She told me it was strange and fun to go out with me. I gave her a smile as I adjusted my Santa Hat.

THEN, she started to chain-smoke as she listened to loud techno music. OMG, that was painful. All my good clothes (I bought from Costco) were soaked in smoke.

Below is a sample of “Techno Music” – She didn’t listen to the exact song, but they are all same.

** NOTE **  I am not saying Techno Music sucks. I respect all kinds of music. But I am just too old for this kind of music. I stopped listening to the “New Stuff” since the ’90s. 

Anyway, we drove to the trendy part of Los Angeles. We found my neighbor’s friend walking her dog at night in high heel boots. She was a cute blond. I expected we would head back home in 15 minutes as she told me earlier. But they started to drink beer. I drank water. We were there for about 2 hours. And it was past midnight. I was falling asleep on the couch next to the dog. My neighbor gave her friend some money she owed, and the friend gave her some homemade cookies.

Then I noticed something funny. The cookies didn’t look right. I was pretty sure that there were illegal drugs in those cookies. I was angry and worried.

We finally hit the freeway back home. She cranked up her Techno Music again. And there went chain-smoking. We were hungry, so I took her to Denny’s for late-night breakfast. As we ate breakfast, I confirmed that the cookies contained marijuana.

I came home past 3 am and I went to bed around 4:30 am.

I crashed the next day. I was so tired. At work, I had to take a nap in my car.

I am too old for this.

But it was fun.

I went to a coffee shop the other day.

I saw this lady giving out cats.

Of course, I stopped by to chat with her (This is the thing about living alone. You take every chance you get to talk to strangers)

Anyway, she’s not allowed to have more than 2 cats at her apartment, but her cat just had a litter. So she brought a basket full of cats and staged in front of this coffee shop.

She didn’t seem to have a problem giving them away. She was holding on to the last one. Poor guy is absolutely adorable.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

I hope you will have fun.

I was home alone for the last 2 Thanksgiving days. This year, I will be home with 2 guests. I am so looking forward to relaxing and eat. There will be a lot of food. I will do most of the cooking (including turkey). I plan to impress the guests with my cooking skill. I am excited. Wish me luck~!

I am sorry if some of you are home alone or if you have to go to work. I know how it is.

The day after Thanksgiving, I will put on a Santa hat… I plan to wear the Santa Hat until Christmas. (I bought 2 hats, just in case the first one would get dirty)

I am thankful that I have an able body to go to work, exercise, and play. I hope to become financially stable so I can give back to society. For now, I can use financial help.

God bless everyone.
Enjoy the magic moment.
2010 has been fun so far.

Happy Thanksgiving