Dear Santa,I did watch out and I didn't cry and most of all I didn't pout because I knew why. Santa Clause is coming to tooooooooown.
I'm sending my wish list early. I have an endless list of the things I want to do. Santa, are you still there?
1. I wish to attend oil painting classes. It was in the year 2004 that I started to pick up the brush and enjoyed coloring canvasses. I was bored out of my wits in Taipei so I went to a community college to learn the basics of landscape painting. Was it fun. The teacher was speaking in Mandarin though but for the most part, I understood him. I heard there's this painter who holds classes in the Pasig area. I hope it's not too much to ask if you can free up my time on Saturdays for this one. :-)
2. I wish to take culinary classes. I'm the famous cook (I refuse to call myself chef because I think it's mostly by chance that I cook up something yummy.) who turned congee to steamed rice. How cool is that? I don't think this wish needs much explanation. Boo hoo.
3. I wish to learn another language. German maybe? This fraulein has a confession to make. My Mandarin is getting rusty. Seven years after getting off from language university in Beijing, my Chinese has significantly been reduced to clarificatory statements. "What do you mean?" I think with more exposure to a Mandarin speaking crowd, I'd remember the language.
4. I wish to learn how to drive. I think this has got to do with being independent in a way and conquering my fear of running over mongrels, cats and jaywalking pedestrians. *Screech!*
5. I wish to learn interior design. I find myself more and more thinking of having my own place and decorating it but I don't think it'll happen anytime soon. I'm not ready to leave my parents anyway so this is out of the question. I just love coloring my surroundings regardless of where I am. It just has to feel like home whether I'm at the office or some place.
6. I wish to own a resthouse by the beach. I'm drawn to the serenity that a pristine beach holds. Whenever I'm feeling stressed, my thoughts drift to Shangri-la Mactan. That place is paradise and I wish to have a small place of my own where I'm surrounded by nature and where the sounds of the waves kissing the shore calm me. Maybe my future husband or those who wish to woo me can gift me with one. :-)
7. I wish to try my hand in corporate training. I love being with people and I like sharing what I've learned. I never really got to practice my training in organization intervention back in college but it remains to be an interest to this day.
8. I wish to have more opportunities to organize events. I've always been invited to host weddings and other parties and I enjoy the preparations that go with it. I'm a person who thrives on drawing up lists and organizing things. Maybe I can be a wedding planner. Just maybe.
I hope this is not too much to ask dear Santa. I know you see me when I'm sleeping and you know when I'm awake. You know when I've been bad or good so I was good for goodness sake.
Love,
Melissa
