*In The Air*

I'm starting to feel Christmas. It just hit over dinner tonight...
I got my first Christmas card today in the post. Thank you Lyssi! I LOVE YOU!
I've been incredibly stressed and tired lately. I'm glad I'm done with my year's commitment to the Student Activities Committee as "fearless convenor". I live for this sort of organization, but this last party was just a bad time all-round for everyone at work... I'm really glad it's over.
Connie and Al fly in on Wednesday. I'm very excited that I get to see my best friend again. It'll be cool to show her my favourite bits of Tokyo... though... Al's going to be around... it's not going to be all girlie girl...
Been pretty stressed so my immune system's shot. I don't like taking meds, so I'm only JUST getting over this awful cold I've had for the last SIX weeks. But at least I can say that I'm healthy enough to get over it without the help of meds!
Was walking around Ginza yesterday. Got terribly homesick for Vancouver - more than usual. There's a street down in Ginza that looks like it turns from Spring Street (Soho, NY) to Bute / Jervis Street area (Vancouver). That knawing and yearning for home just kicked into 5th gear after. As often as I travel to HK, I still can't call it "home" there. That's just the physical place where my mum and dad live right now, and I just can't call it home. I don't feel as though HK embraces me and my imperfections the way Vancouver and Toronto can.
I've made up my mind to visit Vancouver again when I do my N. America trip in March. I miss it too much. I'll be on a tight budget by the time I hit New York, but I really must get my fill of "home"...
Ugh... gotta catch up with some friends... blog more later...~