XMas Wishlist 2020

Heylo Santa! Haven’t heard from you for nearly one whole year; hope you’ve rested up after your epic present delivery haul last Christmas and are ready to go all over again, because I’ll let you know first up: the last two years haven’t been very good present-wise for me. Horrid mother snipes at me that I’m ‘too old’ for presents but personally I reckon she’s being a total party pooper and talking a whole lot of bullpoo! Surely as long as I’m energetic enough to write you a comprehensive wishlist of everything I want for Christmas I can’t be ‘too old’ for presents, right?? Technically I’ve celebrated Christmas ALL YEAR this year, because after I decorated the Christmas tree all pretty for you last year, dad didn’t take it down this year! I’m aware that most families pack away their Christmas tree sometime in between Boxing Day and New Year, but usually in my house our tree stays up until March the 19^th, when I’m like, “Ah, dad, it’s my birthday tomorrow; might you wanna pack away our Christmas tree yet?” Only this year, dad said he was ‘busy’ (dunno with what) and just shoved the tree into a corner of the house! Not that this affected me in the slightest; I just took it as permission to happily celebrate Christmas and sing secular Christmas carols the WHOLE YEAR AROUND. XD Anyways, here’s what I’m hoping you’ll bring me for Christmas this year, Santa!

(1)               Books – despite the cruel and unfaithful God taking away so much from me when He totally destroyed my life with the brain injury back in 2007, I’ve never let him take away my love of reading and so therefore the first item I put on my two wishlists every year (this Christmas one in December and my birthday one in March) will always be books. It matters not that post disabling brain injury I read so piss slowly it takes me nearly one month to read one book, the fact remains that I’ve always loved reading and am determined never to let Him take that away too; hasn’t He taken away enough from me already?? >< My favourite genres are fantasy, science fiction and historical fiction, but hey, I’m willing to give anything bar Mills and Boon a try. XD Two books I’m definitely after: Raymond E. Feist has new books out! I thought Feist retired from writing after I met him for his book launch of Magician’s End but since I subscribe to several book catalogues one day I received one that was promoting the second book of his most recent series! What happened to the first one … published two years before this one! Somebody please get me the two newest ones Feist has written, please!!

(2)               Teddy – the other item always in my wishlists. All my teddies are loved, yes, and all are named, although I will sheepishly confess to having a John Doe and a John Doe 2 (meaning I can’t remember who gave me that teddy XD). Actually, can someone please gimme a teddy that only has short fur? See, for the better part of this year I’ve had to sleep in bed every night without a teddy companion, because mother claims they are ‘dusty’. Well, how about you bring them over when I’m seated at the dining table and I’ll beat the dust outta them? Mother says they need to be put out into the sun to sunbake but when I ask her can she please take them out to sunbake she snaps back at me whaddya think am I your slave or sth?? No! I’m too busy! Sometimes I wonder how she can be ‘too busy’ when she only works two half days a week, but then I wibble @ her, “Surely you can’t expect me to sleep in bed all by myself at night without a teddy to protect me??” Mother actually provided a clever solution to that: she knotted together one of my pyjama tops, called him Griddy and tossed him into bed with me! When she decided Griddy was dirty and needed a wash, she knotted me another pyjama top and I called him Stripey; bet you can guess why. XD But they’re not quite the same as a teddy … you can’t Bear Bum someone with a pyjama top! XD Please somebody gimme a teddy bear with short fur for Christmas~

(3)               Pet – while I’ll forever be horribly guilty of the manslaughter of poor Silver and Bronze back in 2008 (I honestly wasn’t aware that goldfish were so pathetic they needed a heater in their tank during Winter to keep them warm lest they freeze to death and perish!) it’s been twelve years since they’ve died and surely I can be trusted with a pet again? I’ll even settle for a pet rock; Luke MacCourt, whatever happened to that pet rock you said you were gonna get for me??

(4)               Minions – originally, Minions2 was hitting the cinemas around June this year, but the release date was pushed back one year because of COVID-19. That’s alright; I’ll just count that as one extra year I can be completely obsessed with those yellow, jellybean-shaped creatures from Despicable Me! I suppose the franchise will end after Minions2 gets released because there have already been three Despicable Me movies but until then, I’ll continue to be totally besotted by the minions! It’s gotten to the point where even the littlest kids @ church know Aunty Em loves the minions. So, more minions please: BA-NA-NA!

(5)               Coco Pops – whenever I put out a wishlist I try to include one food item. This year, I’m asking for a kids’ favourite, Coco Pops, but not just any Coco Pops: Kelloggs have recently released a WHITE CHOCOLATE version of it! Someone bring me a box, please! Otherwise any box of unhealthy cereal, like Frosties/Fruit Loops will do. XD

(6)               Outdoors electric wheelchair – I’m just asking for this in the future, because nobody knows when the coronavirus pandemic will blow over and normal overseas flights will be allowed to resume, but when that time comes, could somebody (or somebodies) please get me an outdoors electric wheelchair? The reason why I’ve been unable to return to Hong Kong to visit all my beloved family and awesome friends since 2012 is because when I’m in Hong Kong, mother and I usually stay with her younger sister, who lives up the top of a steep hill. Now, on level ground I’m more than capable of wheeling and steering myself just fine (albeit slowly because I’ve only got one more-or-less functional arm and one more-or-less functional leg for doing that with) but unfortunately I’m simply not physically strong enough to push myself uphill with. The last time I was in Hong Kong, eight years ago back in 2012, that task fell to my dad and as a result, he hurt his back. That’s when he decided I’d not visit Hong Kong anymore; instead, he and mother took turns going back once yearly themselves, until the coronavirus hit. Before the NDIS was rolled out, a physio friend from church had advised my parents to get me a new electric wheelchair, because the funding for getting that would cease under this new scheme. When the new electric wheelchair arrived, I had very excitedly asked mother would she be booking our tickets back to HK yet? See, with this new electric wheelchair, I wouldn’t need dad to push me up the steep hill anymore, I could steer the joystick and drive myself! You cannot believe *how pissed* I was when mother very smugly sneered at me that it was an indoors manual wheelchair that she’d ordered for me; it wasn’t for outdoor usage. Then why the heck did you even bother getting me this new electric wheelchair?? It’s not like I’m ever allowed to use any wheelchair inside the house; currently the electric wheelchair just sits outside in the garage and I think the battery ran flat ages ago. *sigh* I realise that with the current coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world overseas travel isn’t currently very possible (unless for emergency situations) and neither am I aware of how much an outdoors electric wheelchair costs, but maybe several people could band together and get me one when normal overseas flight resumes?

(7)               Westlife Merchandise – Back in 2007, Pole and I had very excitedly bought tickets to see Westlife’s live concert in Brisbane … and then the cruel and unfaithful God totally destroyed my life with the brain injury. >< Even worse, Westlife never came back to Brisbane after 2007 and three/five years later they either disbanded/went on hiatus! Suddenly this year they make a comeback with a new album and not only that; their merchandise store even includes random things like FACEMASKS emblazoned with the word ‘Westlife’ over them! I’d love any Westlife merchandise but am unsure how to get any, because all the prices are either in US dollars/UK pounds! Please someone figure out for me how a Westlife fan in Brisbane can get her hands on their merchandise!

Hmm … I’ve only requested seven things and I’ve already run outta things to ask for! Lol, guess I’m not overly materialistic unless most people only ask for three/five things max from Santa and I’m actually being a greedy guts? XD

Next post here … prolly my Xmas Greetings for 2020; I’ve had an extremely eventful year but will haveta pick three/four things that happened to include in my yearly Christmas letter to everyone!

 

But that’s not for you to worry about, Santa. Your mission (which I’ve accepted on your behalf XD) is to go out and secure me Christmas presents from all your Christmas elves (aka all my Facebook friends XD)! I hope you do a better job than last year; please prove my mother wrong! XD

Cheers~

 

P.S. (8) Madagascar Penguins DVD I’ve seen the Madagascar cartoon before, but recently during online choir rehearsal I heard that those really cool penguins from the original Madagascar movie got their own movie and I wanna see it! Somebody please get me that DVD please~