REPAINTING

I walk around the neighborhood and I smell the nice smell of paint as one house after another is having remodeled, repaired or repainted…just as ours is.

Yep, I’m having our gate repainted. So are the grills and window seals.

“Why” you say? Obviously, the neighborhood is thinking in the same line as I do…the holidays. With all the celebration this coming New Year, I’m pretty sure guests will be coming over to share the merriment that comes only once a year. Well, not counting birthdays, anniversaries, and summer fun. Hahaha. Not too many huh?! But then again, it’s not everyday that you face another year coming ;)

HOLIDAY SEASON

The scent of the coming holiday season can be felt in this end of the globe, the chilly nights, the twinkling of the wind chimes, the lights and decors in the neighborhood, the increasing number of shoppers,…the jolliness of everyone as the end of the year comes at a fast pace.

There may be different ways in celebrating it from every nation but it brings out the same feeling of exuberance as everyone awaits 2010. Beliefs and festivity of different kind ranges from gift giving, fireworks display, countdown and cheers, street dancing, or magnanimous to simple family and friends gathering. But whatever way one chooses, it always ends up with an appreciation for the year that had passed.

After economic recessions and individual declines, I wonder how it will be this year end. One thing I will be certain of…I am here able to thank the heavens. I am breathing and I am blessed with people I love most.