Happy Holidays!

Let me just go ahead and greet you all a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!  The holidays have come and gone and it feels so weird that I miss it already. Somehow this year's holiday season was quite a bit different from previous years' and I'm not sure if it was just me growing old[er] or just the busy -ness @ work that took away all that holiday magic for me. We had several night releases both on the pre-Christmas and pre-New Year, imagine having a release all the way till Dec 30. I guess I am just so not used to working on the Christmas season as it has always been the biggest holiday break in the Philippines, and that's what I got used to.

Anyway, I learned quite a bit about Hanukkah this year, we had several colleagues who are Jewish and we went with "multi-cultural" decorations for the office. I still don't understand how religion is just considered culture, maybe someday I'll understand what that means.

I never thought I would ever have to worry about political correctness before wishing people good cheer. What has the world come to? I still don't get it. At this day and age, I think even the Catholic church has finally realized that different religions have somewhat overlapping doctrines and that we all have the same beliefs -- well, more or less. 

Anyway, enough of all that, I just wish everyone a joyful, peaceful and prosperous new year ahead! And I am hoping to keep in touch this year, hopefully more postings from everyone's blogs to keep far friends and family updated. I don't want to say that it'll be my new year's resolution coz I don't think I ever stuck with any resolution I made my whole life -- maybe nobody has ever, but I'll try. :-)