You know, Santa, sometimes I wonder why year after year, I faithfully spend time typing out to you my Xmas wishlist (the red squiggly line beneath wishlist denotes spelling error; apparently, it’s actually wish list? Personally I reckon wishlist looks fine but that’s prolly why I wasn’t anything amazing at Year Twelve English: just an A- average. XD); you hardly ever notice! Over the past several years you’ve hardly brought me any presents at all and I’m feeling muchly unloved. >< Never mind; here’s my Xmas wishlist for this year in the hope that you will really get your Christmas elves cracking and bringing me LOTSA presents! Here’s what I’m hoping you’ll bring me this year, Santa:
(1)
Books
– it matters not how shamefully slowly I read now (about one book per month)
because reading has always been my favourite hobby and I’ll be damned before I
let the cruel and unfaithful God take away my love of reading too because, in
His infinite cruelty, hasn’t He already taken away enough?? >< My
favourite genres are fantasy, science fiction (I’m a Trekkie but haven’t read a
good Star Trek book for a while; any recommendations?) and historical fiction,
but I’ll willing to try reading anything bar Mills and Boon. XD
(2)
Teddies
– some may say I’ve already got too many stuffed toys inside the house (mother
XD) but all my teddies are loved and all are named (even though one’s named
John Doe and the other’s named John Doe 2. XD) Bears are the quintessential
teddy but I’ve got stuffed toys in all different shapes and forms – like a
stuffed toy hippo, a stuffed toy fish and even a stuffed toy bubble tea – and
I’m always looking to add to my collection!
(3)
Outdoors
electric wheelchair – this has been the one expensive thing I’ve allowed myself
to ask for in the past several wishlists over the years gone by. I’ve been
unable to return to HK to visit all my beloved family and awesome friends since
2012 (more than one DECADE ago ><) because when in HK, mother and I
usually live with her younger sister, who lives at the top of some very steep
hill. Now, while I’m able to wheel and steer myself around just fine when on
level ground (however slowly), I’m not physically strong enough to push myself
uphill. Dad did the pushing back in 2012 and hurt his back; that’s when he
decided I’d not go back anymore. Mother and him just take turns going
themselves. Several years ago, when the NDIS first came in, a church physio
uncle friend recommended that the parents get a new electric wheelchair for me,
since the funding scheme currently in place for them would be phased out soon.
When this new electric wheelchair arrived, I very excitedly asked mother was
she going to book our tickets back to HK like, tonight?? Coz with this new
handy dandy electric wheelchair, I wouldn’t need dad to push me up the hill
anymore; I could control the joystick myself and steer myself up! You cannot
believe how PISSED I was that mother very smugly gloated at me that no, since
this is only an INDOORS wheelchair, you’re still stuck here while your dad and
I take turns going back. In that case; why’d she even get it for me?! It’s not
like I ever get to use it; the poor thing just sits in the garage, uncharged
and unloved. I’m sure I’ve used it LESS times than the number of fingers I’ve
got on one hand! >< *sigh* Actually, I’m not even sure: how much does an
outdoors electric wheelchair cost, anyone? If it’s very expensive, perhaps
several people could chip in together and get me one? Honestly, nearly more
than *anything* I just wanna go back to the country of my birth and visit all
my beloved family and awesome friends …
(4)
Pet
– I’ll forever be guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of poor Silver and
Bronze; how was I supposed to know that goldfish are so pathetically wimpy that
they require a heater in their fishtank (another word that’s supposedly two
words but I think looks fine being one XD) lest they perish from the cold?? But
honestly, they’ve been in heaven for just over 1.5 DECADES now and surely, I
can be trusted with a live pet again?? If not, then someone please tell Luke
MacCourt that I’m still waiting for my pet ROCK! When he first told me about them,
I thought he was just pulling my leg and telling porky pies but I went home and
Googled ‘pet rocks’; there are literally WEBPAGES explaining that while they
don’t need food and water like live pets, you can provide them with different
stuff like different textures to lie on, etc.! Liam, you told me your son had
made a start on my pet rock and painted it Minion yellow; please ask him to
find some spare time (even though I know he’s very busy being a dad) to finish
my pet rock!
(5)
Minions
– my entire church family from BCAC must be aware that I am besotted with the
Minions; even the youngest littlies at church ought to know that Aunty Em loves
the Minions! Sure, the franchise probably ended last year with the release of
Minions2 but until someone finds me sth new to obsess over, I’ll still be
squeeing after these yellow, jellybean-shaped, stupid creatures! BANANA!! XD
(6)
Tickets
– when Westlife gave their only concert in Brisbane back in 2007, Pole and I
had bought tickets; we were so excited to go! Only then my idiot brain decided
to sprout me a freaking tumour. >< I missed the concert, they never came
back, they disbanded for like one DECADE and when they finally got back
together, they’re holding concerts in like Taiwan and everywhere else but THEY
ARE NOT COMING BACK TO BRISBANE!! >< Someone tell them to come give a
concert in Brisbane and get me tickets!!!
(7)
Frosties
– I believe every wishlist requires at least one food item! Usually, mother
only feeds me healthy cereal like Weet-Bix and All-Bran but personally I like
the unhealthy cereals like Coco Pops and Frosties! I’m asking for Frosties this
year coz I ate a bowl of Coco Pops during our SG retreat last year; I was so
happily listening to the little brown balls go *pop pop pop* I forgot to eat
until a friend asked me, ah, Em, how come you’ve stopped eating? XD
(8)
Wii
game – back when the Nintendo Wii first came out, Uncle Chi Wah and Aunty Po
Yee randomly got me one! I’ve just realised I’ve never bought a Wii game
before; could someone please get me Kirby’s Return To Dreamland? It’s an old
game from 2011 but I’ve always loved Kirby; he was my character of choice back
in the days of the N64 and Super Smash Brothers; I’d always turn him blue and
Bluekirby was my username of choice before Gmail came in!
Lol I can’t even come up
with ten items on my wishlist! Suppose you could say I’m not overly
materialistic? XD Well, I prefer catching up with people over a meal rather
than receiving an item, so if you’re free for a catchup, please lemme know! The
parents (mother in particular; don’t ask me why) seems hellbent on trying to
keep me socially isolated (even though she claims that dad sets the rules) and
usually won’t lemme contact anyone to see if they’re free for a catchup – well,
only one person sometimes – so if you’re free, you please lemme know and I’ll
try organise sth!
(9)
Christmas
Tree – I’ve just asked my dearest dad can he please pull out the Christmas tree
and I’ll help decorate it asap so everyone can start bringing me presents but
dad replied nah I’ll haveta get a new one from somewhere; the old one died. Unsure
can I get Christmas presents without a Christmas tree; someone please bring a
Christmas tree over like, now! XD
As always, I reserve the right to add
to this list should anything else pop into my mind!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
P.S. Next post here … prolly my Xmas Greetings; that’s due out on the 11th
but I’ve not even started thinking about what I should write yet! XD Anyways,
until then~
