{"id":666,"date":"2006-12-24T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2006-12-24T07:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/12\/24\/bah-humbug\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T12:40:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T04:40:24","slug":"bah-humbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2006\/12\/24\/bah-humbug\/","title":{"rendered":"Bah, humbug!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Christmas Eve. I’m alone at home surfing the net and watching anime. Yet another Christmas that I won’t be celebrating.<\/p>\n

So yeah, Merry Christmas to you folks who have the habit of celebrating Christmas. And remember those of us who don’t. No Christmas presents for me.<\/p>\n

\"X'mas<\/p>\n

It’s not that I hate Christmas or anything, it’s just that my family never had the habit of celebrating Christmas. Probably it has something to do with the fact that my parents grew up in China and I lived there for the first few years of my life.<\/p>\n

Also, Singapore is kind of summer all year round. In fact, we are one hour ahead of our real time zone<\/a>, so we really<\/em> are in summertime all year long. Christmas people celebrate here just ain’t Christmas as seen in anime. The day it snows in Singapore is the day a certain inconvenient truth<\/a> comes one full cycle and bites us in the ass. It’s been a while since I last saw snow.<\/p>\n

Or maybe it’s because school years in Singapore start in January and Christmas for us is really the beginning of the end of the holidays.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is, I’ve never actually read “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens before. What I know about the Scrooge and the three Ghosts came from pop culture references like Simpsons, Cartoon Network and Hollywood. Who says TV isn’t educational?<\/p>\n

What exactly is this rant about? I have no idea. Maybe I’m just feeling melancholic<\/em> (fact: the usage of this word has increased by 721.23% online over the past few months), or maybe I’m just experiencing a writer’s block (which is impossible since I’m not a writer).<\/p>\n

But remember, Chinese New Year is when I get my sweet, sweet revenge. Or maybe not. But at least I get some pocket money. Sweet.<\/p>\n

Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Hopefully you aren’t spending your Christmas Eve reading this blog. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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