It's Never Too Late To Show Christmas Appreciation

My dentist has always been high on my Christmas gift list because he has been taking such good care of my teeth. He is the only non-family member on my gift list as of now. No, neither my boss nor my colleagues are on my gift list. My boss gives my colleagues and I a gift every Christmas, but we don't give him gifts.  I never felt the need to give my boss a Christmas gift.  But for my dentist, I just feel so grateful to have found such a good dentist like him that, I always give him a gift and a Christmas card every year.  This year however, my gift giving came a few days late because when I attempted to deliver the gift on the 23rd, his office was already closed for the holidays.  

But who dictates that I shouldn't express my gratitude and appreciation when Christmas is over? To me, it's the joy from Christmas gifting that matters, not the date.  

I Learn Something New Everyday

It's amazing that once I decided to do something different from watching TV at the end of my workday, I've been learning something new everyday.  For example, I learnt how to create the above graphics for my Chinese blog.  I  never had time to read blogs and this explains why even though I've been aware of  "Blogging" being one of the earliest and most popular social medium, I never actively blogged until recently.  I'd been having the desire to start a blog, since 2005, but I was so tied up and fixated on my "mainstream" career path that I somehow never took action on my blogging desire.  

George Eliot once said, "It's never too late to be what you might have been."  So here I am, giving up my TV time after work to start something that I had desired many years ago.  I'm glad I finally got to try this "blogging" thing, because I'm learning things that I will never get to learn from my uptight day job.

P.S. If you need help to create a graphic like the above, please let me know. I can help.

Does Whatever Little I Do Make A Difference?

I think it does because for one little photo I took, I can use it in both my Chinese blog and my English blog here to make my blog posts look more interesting.  The little red glitters I added to my photo also make the photo a lot more alive.  So I guess whatever little thing we do everyday, no matter how oblivious it is to us, it does make a difference.  In my case, the act of starting this blog helped me learn how to add glitters to my photo.  It's amazing that by blogging, I am actually seeing myself growing and learning new things everyday.  It's so easy for me to have moments of feeling as if I've been living an under-achieved life by looking at the great careers and the happy families my friends had seemingly built (based on their news feeds and photos I see on Facebook).   This is  my whole point of starting this English blog; to constantly remind myself of every tiny little accomplishment that I had made, from now on.

P.S. Do you want to add glitters to your photo? I can help you, please contact me if you need help.