Noeliniz kutlu olsun

I though I would share this song as well. Bonus points for who can comment on what video I first heard this song. Hint: Its something I miss during winter other than family.

Onto the 24^th of December. I will catch up to real time eventually. Although it’s probably a good thing that I am keeping myself busy from usually 3 pm on every day and don’t have time to always write. Before 3 I totally could, but I have been watching TV shows and I also downloaded this awesome game.

The game is called Civilization V. Essentially you create a civilization and take it from 2000 BC to 2050 AD. There are a number of ways you can win, either through Diplomacy, Technology, Science or Destruction.  It takes several hours to complete a game so I have only finished one. The game randomly selected me as Germany, so naturally I took over the entire world with Panzer and Air Raids. 

For Christmas Eve I didn’t really have plans and was getting worried, but a conversation with Bernie yielded fantastic results. Along with Bernie, my other friend Robyn and one of Bernie’s friends Patricia joined us for dinner. For my family Christmas Eve dinner is a big event; our Ukrainian heritage yields a spectacle of dishes (we aim for 13), with no meat (only fish) and 2 soups. The eve of Christmas we also sing carols in both English and Ukrainian and we each open one gift. The event is very family oriented and I truly appreciated it.

Before hand Robyn and I had a few beer then headed to Nabins, a Turkish restaurant in town. Located a few blocks from Arab Street. Singapore has very distinct regions like Arab Street, little India, and Chinatown. The decor here was cool, couches and low tables, curtains over all the walls. The food was awesome as well.

For myself, is it possible not to order shish kebab? And falafel as and appetizer. In the spirit of the holidays we all shared our meals together over a bottle of wine and some great conversation. When Christmas officially happened, it’s a big cheers and Merry Christmas. To me this was more reminiscent to NYE than Christmas Eve, but when in Rome.  

I tried an arabic coffee with Cinnamon in.

I called the night relatively early around 1 am, to head home and sleep before church in the morning and a test shoot in the afternoon.