I hope everybody had a very happy Christmas. To be honest, I'm in the Christmas spirit every year, but my family aren't. Although we put up the generic tree each year, we do not do anything special for Christmas. My Christmas experiences in China are worse.

I grew up in Beijing and I do not remember Christmas during those years. The only Christmas I can remember is when I went back for a visit 4 years ago with my brother. Almost every shop had Christmas lights and greetings up, but there was no sense of Christmas in the air at all. There was not one person that wished me a Merry Christmas, not even my own family. I'm sure there are families that celebrate Christmas in China, but my family does not, and it's a shame as I do not have any Christmas holiday memories from my country. *coughorpresentscough*

That aside, we did go out for a BBQ yesterday. It wasn't for Christmas, however, but for the fact that my parents only get 3 days off work together each year so we invited everybody that worked at our restaurant. It was a fun day, though very windy. I don't know how he managed, but my dad burnt my hand with his cigarette and I'm sure the scar will be shining for a while.

I know, I know, a boring entry, but whatever.

Potter

Wow, another Harry Potter post. Very original, Nina. But hey, it's something to blog about.

We all know that Jo hand wrote 7 copies of Tales of Beedle The Bard, and one of those books were going to be auctioned off for charity. Well, the auction was held yesterday in London and it got auctioned off for £1,950,000 ($3.98 million)! Effing $3.98 million!

And, Mugglecast, again. iTunes names Mugglecast 'Best of 2007'.
Tunes has put together a collection of podcasts that are the "Best of 2007," and Mugglecast is on the list of "Classic" podcasts that are still going strong. Click Here and then scroll down towards the bottom to see them listed.

YAY

So we put up Christmas lights last night (finally!). My dad was madly drunk, and he still insisted on climbing up a ladder. It went fine, thankfully. For some reason, 3 of the lights don't work, but they aren't noticeable, so it all worked out well. But aww, no pictures because I'm too lazy to go get my camera.

Someone needs to seriously recommend me some T.V. shows. I've been meaning to watch.. something but I don't know what. I need to catch up on Prison Break so every time I catch it on TV I don't want to spoil it for myself so I change the channel. Any... shows?

This is going to be a short entry, but for those who are into K-Pop (any?), go check out I The Tri Top's if you haven't already. They are awesome. Don't ask me about the name, I also have no idea.

And end?

Rain, Rain, Go Away

So, this week has not been the best week for me, the main reason being that I found out that the strongest singer in my favourite group was replaced by another, and what's worse is that the company decided to take a person from another group and chuck him in as a replacement. What? This is not the first time a member in this group has left the group - one of the most popular members left back in July. So I'm thinking, this company must be doing something wrong.

And, being a big fan of Harry Potter, I visit HP sites a lot. This piece of news intrigued me.
Having shot a special piece on Wizard Rock back in June, MTV has now released a Top 10 List of their favorite Wizard Rock bands:
1. Switchblade Kittens
2. Harry and the Potters
3. The Parselmouths
4. Remus and the Lupins
5. Ministry of Magic
6. Draco and the Malfoys
7. The Moaning Myrtles
8. Catchlove
9. The Owl Post
10. The Whomping Willows

Not sure if I agree with the list, but hmm...

Apparently, Wizard Rock has become quite the genre. I knew that it was popular and I know a few groups, but I never listened to any of the music. I must say that besides The Moaning Myrtles (great), Remus and the Lupins (awesome) and Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls (double awesome, and sadly not on the list) none of the other groups appeal to me. Maybe it's the genre, maybe the music, and maybe it's the fact that they're singing about books. Hmm..

Can I just quickly say that I was very surprised that my film got chosen to be made. So random. It's boring, too.

And on an unrelated note, I'm totally sun burnt. T_T;;