After the Thanksgiving Holidaze

A lot going on this holiday weekend, so let me recap:

Had a fun time at Katrina's family's Thanksgiving brunch on Thursday. For those who don't know, Thanksgiving is an annual American holiday, celebrated to commemorate the Pilgrims who originally founded the U.S. back in the 1700s, and to remember what they (and we these days) were thankful for in their lives. Anyways, since Katrina (my bro's girlfriend) is Filipino, it was no surprise that the party had hecka people there; I've noticed that family celebrations in the Filipino community tend to be big and this was no exception, with 30-something people stopping at Kat's home to celebrate the holiday. Everyone was so friendly, coming up and introducing themselves to me and shmoozing me to stuff myself like a turkey! And speaking of turkey, this year I pretty much forwent partaking of the fowl and opted for the vegetarian side dishes, as well as some tasty sweet honey-baked ham. After lunch, we all did some Christmas karaoke singing, where I discovered Louis Armstrong has been hiding out in my dad's body upon hearing my father sing!

In the evening, my bro Shane came over to my place, and I drove him up to where my new townhome I'm moving into next year will be. He was very happy for me. My family and I then watched "Elf" on DVD; was a funny and cute movie.

Friday, I didn't do much except go to work during the day instead of jumping on the insane bandwagon known as "Black Friday" and swimming with the ocean of people at the mall Christmas shopping! (Though I was tempted to, I have to say, as I really want to get an iPod!).

Saturday, I went to SF to catch the American play "Our Town" at the SF Playhouse with James, Stephen and Royce. I found it to be a heartwarmingly interesting story of a late 1800 New Hampshire town. It was also strangely melancholy near the end, and makes you stop to remember about how important it is to appreciate the moment in what days are left in each of our lives, for they will go fast. Good for the upcoming Christmas holiday.

Tomorrow (Sunday), I have to finish up a project I'm working on for one of my free-lance web clients in San Jose. Also have to go to the homebuilder's to sign off on papers for getting my new home!