Je sens pas bien...main bimar hoon...Ennikke asugam anu

Well I am sick and right before my finals! How lovely... :( Coughing, sneezing, congestion, you name it. Reghu is being a good nurse reminding me to take medicines and stick my head in a pan full of eucalyptus steam.

Friday night had a wonderful time at my work's Christmas party at EastLake Church. The auditorium was decorated so nicely...Erika, Ignacio, Robyn, Mike, Reghu and I had a great time. Arrived late though and ended up getting in line for the food before we were supposed to...uh oh! The boys had fun back at Mike and Robyn's playing with Wii. Can't believe our world has changed so much that we have such devices now.

This is a very boring entry...sorry. :( Must get back to studying.

Bless u all!

The Little Match Girl

I have always been touched by the Christmas story of "The Little Match Girl." God bless u all this holiday season!

http://www.carols.org.uk/the_little_match_seller_hans_christian_anderson.htm

Upcoming potential Christmas events:

* Ethnos is having an International Christmas party on Saturday, December 9 at 6.30pm.
* Go see the Nutcracker Ballet somewhere!
* Christmas Pre or Eve service at EastLake Community Church, the coolest pastor in town will officiate! :) (OK I am biased, it's where I work) Sat even Dec. 23 or Sunday Eve Dec. 24 www.eastlakechurch.com check out the new website designed by my stepbrother Corey!
* Ice skating at the Hotel Del Coronado, guys let me know when you wanna go!

Well what can I say my life is right now...school school school! I have tests and papers due in the next 7 days and am so sick of everything. I never felt like this during my bachelor's time in university. Well I guess I wasn't working too and taking full load. Oh well...it'll all be over soon and hopefully I pass everything. :)

This weekend took a quick trip w/ Reghu's family to December Nights at Balboa Park. It was a beautiful evening, the lights were nice and seeing the sunset over the park was lovely. Caught up wih Rajesh and Kavitha for a bit, was fun checking out the Grinch around the Old Globe Theatre!

Sunday had a nice hike with Reg and my cousin Tim on Mt. Woodson...it's fun chatting with someone who's studied psychology, it meshes well with my anthropological studies.

Just found out my mom is taking my brother and I back east after Christmas to visit my grandparents and some other family...will be nice and cozy, I haven't been to Georgia/Tennessee in over 4 years.

Hope everyone is doing well. Happy Christmas!!!

Thanksgiving Pics Now Online!

Hi all, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Had lots of fun cooking w/ my mom, I make snowball cookies and chai-spiced bread, and eating way too much at my step-family's home in Temecula. Enjoyed a pizza picnic at Old Poway Park with my dad, brother, step-mom and Reghu's family. Watched waaaay to many movies on Reghu's new TV and we had a great time playing Taboo and playing with Reg's nephews Sid and Rahul.

I am busy finishing up papers and readings for the school year. We decorated my mom's house for the holidays and it looks lovely! Upcoming events...checking out Balboa Park's Xmas decorations, Ethnos Christmas dinner, The Glory of Christmas in Anaheim, Lamb's Players Festival of Christmas...and who knows what else!

Love,

Ali