Vanille Kipferl 

Merry Christmas from Sam and Nunkey 

The eve of Christmas Eve! I was such in a christmassy mood that I didn't feel like doing any work at all. I was just lazing around and watching TV. Watching those court shows again. I'd really like to be the fake members of the public. It's amazing how quiet they are! And no one moving around or whispering even...I think the judges are very interesting. They're like so strict with everyone, but so nice when talking to little kids. :) Makes you wanna run up to them, squeeze them and scream "Daddy!!" Haha.

I tried baking Vanille Kipferl last night. They're one of those classic Christmas cookies over here. To be honest, they looked kinda ugly...but they taste ok. Not too rich or sweet. The ones my friend's brother made were nicer though...damn...the stuff he bakes are absolutely great! It's better than that guy who tried to convince me that he could cook really well. I don't know what to say about the chicken and rice that he cooked, except...it's PLAIN and salty. It didn't appeal to me optically either. Man, what a disappointment. At least my boyfriend doesn't pretend that he can cook.

Man...I can't wait till Christmas...or at least Christmas Eve. I wanna just let loose and celebrate for a while. But I guess not everything will go according to plan. I know I know, I totally admit that I'm a control freak and I like everything to go according to plan (well, my plan). But well, sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it.

I'm starving to death. Not that I can't eat anything now...just that I'm waiting for my boyfriend to come over. Have no idea if he's already eaten...if he hasn't, then I'll cook for us. If he has...well, then I'll have bread and ham or something. Hungry but not really in the mood to eat. :( I don't know why. Actually, I've eaten quite a lot these few days...but not really with an appetite. :S Oh well...don't even crave chocolates anymore. Maybe I am really sick of it already. It's amazing though...I used to be such a chocolate addict. Now I stare at the packaging and all I want is the "The Incredibles" stickers inside. I want the stickers...I'd throw away the chocolate if no one wanted to eat it. Ok, maybe not so extreme lah...but...einfach keine Lust.

I'm getting impatient already. At first I was like anxiously anticipating my bf's appearance...but now I'm just pissed. Ok, I really shouldn't be. He's tired too, after a whole day of working...but after a few hours of waiting, my patience is wearing thin. The hunger just makes it all worse!

Got an email from the EDB people, saying they'd like a second interview in Singapore. Amazing, considering how shitty the interview was. On second thoughts...maybe they mistook me for someone else, cos they said something about an interview in the UK with their colleagues...weird. Ah well, I replied anyway. Though...this email account doesn't give you any indication whatsoever that you've sent an email...so I can only hope that the email was sent. :S

I don't care about all that now. I just want ONE Christmas present. Haha...
Ok, I shall stop here and just wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

I am insane.

I have wasted money watching 2 movies TWICE! But well, not that I didn't like them...I do...just that I should stop wasting money on the cinemas and just get the DVD, right? I watched Bridget Jones 2 twice (albeit in 2 different languages) and The Incredibles twice too. For the latter, I went once with my boyfriend and once with Steffi, my friend from school. I like Jackjack cos he's sooooooo cute. Makes you wish you had babies too. Except babies grow up and aren't cute anymore and they also cost a lot of money! But apart from cutesy little Jackjack, I also like Edna. She's hilarious! She kinda reminds me of someone, but I can't remember who at the moment. She's so pushy that it's cute. You can't do anything about her...but the best part is that her intentions are cute. Well, it was better the second time round mostly cos I didn't quite understand the German completely. This time it was better :) I love The Incredibles. They're called Die Unglaublichen in German.

I also watched Ocean's Twelve. Not spectacular, but hey, Brad Pitt was cute and so was George Clooney. Tempts me to buy the ER DVDs...but sadly, I have no money. I loved ER!! I liked Noah Wyle the most. But ok, the movie confused me...but maybe it was just the German...I don't know. All I know is, Brad Pitt is yummylicious. I wanted to watch Phantom of the Opera...but since I've spent the money on The Incredibles instead, I guess I shan't go watch it. I'll watch The Spongebob Movie with Steffi though. The only thing is, I don't understand why she likes paying the 1 Euro extra to sit higher up. It's not like the theatres are so full that we have to sit right in the front. But ok, she probably gets more pocket money than me anyway. Other times, I'll try to convince other people to sit Parkett (code word for "seats in the bottom half of the theatre) instead of Loge (higher half).

I'm hungry. Sugar makes you feel sick but hungry. I ate too many green apple strings. Actually, I HATE sweets (candy), but I guess sometimes it's ok to make an exception. Except now I won't be touching candy for the next 6 months...I can't imagine imbibing so much processed sugar and nothing else. Sure, I eat lots of chocolate, but that's different...it's not nearly PURE sugar.

Now I'm having a RETRO dinner. Why do I call it that? Well, I'm eating stuff that I used to eat EVERY F***ing day during my first semester. (By the way, I realise that I don't miss it ONE TINY BIT) During my second, I got slightly more adventurous and well, increased my repetoire to about 6 things (from 3)...and it was still BORING...but this sem, my food life has been rather more varied. Something new almost every day. I've eaten most things only twice or 3 times. That's life! But when my boyfriend's not here, I just eat whatever there is left in the fridge. But when he comes over, I usually plan exactly what I wanna buy and cook. But these days, he's quite busy with studying and work, so I end up like cooking for myself most of the time. But I don't care...Christmas will be something special!

Sigh...but there is NO SNOW. NOT A DROP OF SNOW. The skies are BLUE...AZURE BLUE WITH NOT A SEMBLANCE OF A CLOUD! SO much for a WHITE CHRISTMAS!! A rainy one maybe, but not a snowy white one.

I'm craving for roasted almonds...the ones with lots of fat and sugar...yum yum...I was at the Christmas market today, but didn't buy any...although I was dead tempted to...it smelled so so so YUMMY! I was totally drooling...but my mission was to take photos of the Christmas market...so my hands were full of my camera most of the time. Sigh. I guess I'll pop over there either tomorrow or Wed...I am badly craving the nuts.

What else did I do today besides watching The Incredibles and walking through the Christmas market? I went shopping. Saw lots of cute clothes I wanted to buy...maybe a hat too...but in the end, I just bought noodles, light sauce, and some packet mixes. I walked past this shop that was having a moving out sale...so everything was 50% off. I bought my boyfriend a shirt, cos he has scarily few clothes. About a third of them are "uncle-looking " shirts. Like those Crocodile brand printed shirts that my uncle wears. And hello, he's only 23...he needs a wardrobe overhaul man! But his other clothes are quite ok lah...although one shirt of his looks quite gay. Anyway, so the shirt was a really good deal! I hope he doesn't get pissed with me though. We once had this huge argument about giving presents. I totally believe in the joy of giving, while he told me not to waste money buying things for him. Sigh. I have never ever cried after giving someone a present before...but there was this one time. He actually wants a pencil case for Christmas...so I got him one...after searching for a long long time, cos most pencil cases here that are not for girls are fall-asleep boring! But then, I realised that he has a total of TWO pens...and a blunt pencil...so I added in a few pens that I don't use, 2 pencils, a sharpener, a highlighter and an eraser. Wanted to give him a ruler too, but I didn't think he'd be too thrilled with a sparkly purple ruler, or the Powerpuff Girls one that I'm currently using. Then I also saw this showergel that I liked that was on offer...so I bought that too. I hope he won't be pissed. I didn't spend all that much money...less than 11 Euros, in fact. I hope he'll be nice and just say "Thank you...it's what I've always wanted!" Ok, that's an exaggeration...I just want a "Thank you". That's all...no lecture about wasting money or not being used to girls giving him things. I'd be thrilled to bits if that happened. I can't wait till he opens his present! :)