So how many Englishmen does it take to set up an X'mas tree? A 3-storey-high tree?
Not a trick question, nor is it a joke. I just thought of it as i sat outside (i was the only one while the rest preferred the warmth inside) of the cafe, having me lunch break last week.
It was the 1st of December then so time to set the tree up - and FYI, there were 7 men setting it up. One on the ladder putting up the lights, another holding the ladder, one more making sure the lights are not getting tangled up, another getting the decorative bows, and 3 others whom i honestly dun know wat they were supposed to do!!!!!!
It's not just on campus - everywhere, the place is getting ready for Christmas. The other day, i couldn't stop smiling when i heard Christmas songs being sung in Mandarin at my favourite supermarket in Chinatown! The X'mas lights have been up in London for a while. You see road-side vendors selling chestnuts roasted over an open fire.
Not a trick question, nor is it a joke. I just thought of it as i sat outside (i was the only one while the rest preferred the warmth inside) of the cafe, having me lunch break last week.
It was the 1st of December then so time to set the tree up - and FYI, there were 7 men setting it up. One on the ladder putting up the lights, another holding the ladder, one more making sure the lights are not getting tangled up, another getting the decorative bows, and 3 others whom i honestly dun know wat they were supposed to do!!!!!!
It's not just on campus - everywhere, the place is getting ready for Christmas. The other day, i couldn't stop smiling when i heard Christmas songs being sung in Mandarin at my favourite supermarket in Chinatown! The X'mas lights have been up in London for a while. You see road-side vendors selling chestnuts roasted over an open fire.
Christmas lights along Regent Street, London (bottom left is the famous Hamley's Toy Store)
That's one thing i like about this time of the year here - while Chinese New Year can be so so depressing cuz there's no air of festivity except in Chinatown, they make up for it during X'mas time.
I've got me tiny litle tree up oredi! Here's hoping for some snow while eluded me last year (i went all the way up north to look for it but it came down south to mock me!) altho at the way things are going, a white Christmas is not gonna happen!!!!
Oh well... no matter what, it doens't change the true meaning of Christmas! :-)
*Yes, this is the corny remake of Love is all around in the movie, Love, Actually. It's time to bring out all me X'mas movies and watch them again!
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