Christmas Chill

It’s Christmas Eve, and the whole house is ready for Noche Buena. All the peeps have been made, so we’re just sitting by the gazebo, enjoying the company of family and some neighbors.

And yes, i’m not doing any last-minute Christmas gift wrapping! Woot!

So yes, Christmas is very chill this year.

And amidst the chill and calm of waiting for the day that Christ is born, I think it’s best that we wait for it in silence and reflection, and a Christmas Carol that embodies that.

Oh the beauty of a chill and silent Christmas Eve.

A disconnect

In this age of 24/7 connectivity and everything can be done on a mobile phone, (and most often, they do,) it's nice to be disconnected for a while.

I've spent 2 weeks in Tokyo without my phone, and it was bliss. No SMS, no phone calls, no nothing. Just silence and more time soaking the sights and sounds without worrying whether an SMS/call/email/messenger message came in.

I know disconnecting like this is unthinkable for a lot of people, but I actually like it.