i believe in simple things

Holidays are here again. Its now only 6 days to Christmas and *gasp* 38 days away from going back to Kooooching!!! Excited alone is not enough to describe my feelings, though a huge part of me wanted to be home right this moment, getting ready and doing a million things before the year comes to an end.

So apart from constant whining, I managed to take the bus myself to church Sunday morning and went to a cherry farm for some serious cherry-picking. We took advantage of the pay $2 per entry and eat-all-you-can offer and ended up with bloated stomachs. Also, I took home almost 2 kilos of yummy cherries which costed 7 bucks each kg. Not bad considering I bought 2 kgs for $14 each for my parents a while ago at the supermarket.

Later on the day, we played badminton and saw a cheeky Santa. Oh, about the santa, while walking through Riccarton mall, Catherine and I saw a rather bored looking santa claus sitting on his carriage or sth, and decided to give him a friendly wave. Then, I got something I didn't quite expected. Then santa waved back, and took off his mask/beard thingy, and gave us the "call me" gesture! haha. We giggled like 10 year old girls, walked away, and didn't quite believed that we caught a santa claus flirting. Speaking of odd santas, a group of drunkards dressed at santas caused a huge riot in Auckland, throwing around bottles, doing crazy stunts, and even injuring security people. sigh. What will the kids say?!

Anyway I finally successfully downloaded the song "Simple things" by Amy Grant. Simple lyrics with a profound meaning:

Wake up baby look around
Birds sing, ooooh that sound
Reminds me of a line
From Unchained Melody

Feel like I'm a little girl
Best thing in the whole wide world
Is I can see the makings of a memory
I remember how it used to be
Well I'm still dreaming...

Cuz I dream of simple things
I can believe in
Like the feeling this day brings
True love and the miracle of forgiving
I believe in simple things

Ain't nothing like a sunny day
Chit-chat at a street cafe
Just paint the picture, baby
Where you wanna be

Take a walk, take a ride
So far, you and I
Don't need a plan
But we can share
This revelry

I remember how I used to want it all
Funny now the big things seem so small

I dream of simple things
I can believe in
Like the feeling this day brings
True love and the miracle of forgiving
I believe in simple things

Through all the days
The blues, the greys
A ray of light keeps shining...