Lee Hom's " Forever 1st Day " Album Diary

89/11/25~89/12/01 @ Part 25

Dear Friends,

It's 4:00 a.m. and my family is asleep, but in two hours, I'll be checking in my luggage at the Rochester airport. In 24 hours, I'll be back in Hong Kong. "Wait!", you say, "Why are you still in New York? Weren't you going to Japan first?" That question will be answered in time. It's a bit complicated. But for now, I have to go back and mix the song "China White" which will be the English theme song of "Lei Ting Zhan Jing". Back to work.

Wait a second! I haven't even left home yet and I'm already talking about work! This cannot be! I'm still going to enjoy my last hours of Thanksgiving vacation! Ahhh.(deep relaxing breath) much better.

Let me start over:

Dear Friends,
This has been a wonderful week. Thanksgiving 2000 turned out to be all that I had dreamed it to be. My mom is the world's greatest cook and once again flexed her culinary muscles to the joy and amazement of an audience of hungry brothers, cousins and father. Might I add, that the audience is no longer hungry.and quite a bit fatter after this week's bacchanal.

It all began with working up an appetite. My cousins and us three brothers went sledding for most of the day on a gigantic hill behind the local middle school. The snow was dry and fluffy, not wet and sticky, so it provided the perfect consistency for sledding. Sledding, is a sport that I have not played in probably seven years, and I had forgotten how genuinely silly it is. It involves 15-20 seconds of childish ecstasy as you rocket down the hill in a whirling cloud of snowdust (Wheee!!!), and then a much longer period of time running back up the hill (which is the part that works up appetites). Sledding is simple, and pointless, yet can provide entire afternoons of entertainment and thrills. After all, I am a kid who loves to have a good time. It's just funny how easily I am amused sometimes. Wheee!!!

Thanksgiving dinner included cranberry pudding, salad, stuffed mushrooms, stuffing, baked sweet potato, generous amounts of sake, red wine, and white wine, and of course, the main attraction was a juicy 18 pound turkey baked to a golden, shining crisp. Dessert was four beautiful pumpkin pies with whipped cream on top. We ate and talked about good times we've had together, and then ate some more, and talked about my younger brother's future educational plans, ate some more and talked about my goals as a musician, ate some more, and then were about ready to burst. That was Thanksgiving dinner, courtesy of Wang Ma Ma! Bravo!

This week, I am grateful for having been able to spend time with my dear cousins, brothers, parents, and some of my best friends from high school and college (who I consider to be part of my family anyway). There is nothing so important to me as my family, and I feel truly blessed to have them.

God bless them, and bless you all as well this holiday season.

Happy Holidays,
Lee-hom Wang