I had a good break. My cousin, this year in South Dakota as an international exchange student, visited our family for Christmas. He missed Indonesian foods so much, and he was in love with my mom's cooking. We stayed up late a couple nights to have cousinly discussions --- I hadn't seen him in 2 years since we visited, and I'm not sure when I can talk with him again.


And I have one more thing I can cross out on my To-Do list. . . Over break, I passed my driver's liscence exam. This may sound very late in coming, and very insignificant, but I've always been afraid of driving, of being in charge of something so potentially lethal as a car, that I've kept putting it off. And it's quite an accomplishment for me to actually get it done.


Christmas came and went too fast. But left me feeling warm and happy. And made my luggage bulge with with a box of Lancôme holiday lip glosses, the Animatrix DVD, comfy new shoes, and a watch. Oh, and a sheep plushie ^^. My parents are so cute. My brother had been wanting to get me the Serta sheep since he saw the commercials. My went to a furniture store that also sells Serta matresses. They asked the store if they could get a plushie. The store refused. They found a nice computer table on discount that they liked. They bought it, and asked the store if they could get the discount. The store said no. So they begged for a sheep instead. The store said yes. It has a 44 on it's side. I guess that's how high I have to count before I fall asleep.