Hohoho! Merry Christmas!

First of all, I would like to wish everyone, Merry Christmas! I hope everyone did have a good time celebrating it..

So what Christmas means to you? Do you actually celebrate it? What this Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer have to do with Christmas?.. If anyone of you guys know about it, do let me know.

For me, Christmas is a very peaceful festivity, where people celebrate it in a less hectic way, unlike some other festivities, when people start rushing back to their respective hometown and jam up the road everywhere. And I like the idea of Santa Claus!

I really feel inspired by this Santa Claus, though some had said that Santa Claus has become a marketing tool for people to spend more during this festive season. Yet it is still very inspiring to me: Someone so selfless that during this festive season, he go round to each house, to give out present, to bring cheers and smiles to the people. Recently there was even a Santa Claus giving out money to the people in New York, during this financial crisis in the US.

This story really inspired me, though I did not have the best of Christmas this year, as I have been bothered by the road project. Yet, I can still look forward to the coming Christmas, to really feel the joy of this unique festivity.

The Incomplete Collection

Time really flies when the end of the year is around the corner. And coupled with procrastination, I failed to collect the complete set of James Bond cars by Shell, yet again.

And this time, I miss the BMW Z3, the one who appeared on the Bond movie of 1995, Golden Eye acted by Pierce Brosnan. Z3 is now considered to be 2 generations old, as BMW has just unveiled the latest 2010 BMW Z4. More information can be obtained from the link here. The car is really breathtaking!

But for my collection, *sigh... Incomplete!

Free Games by Phelios

I'm sure you have experienced this before: After a certain period of work, finally, you are having holidays, the much awaited holidays. But suddenly..you found yourself to have nothing much to do.

So you decided to play computer game. You go to the store to buy some computer games. You then pay for it, install it on your computer, play it and find out that it's not really what you want, nor is it what you thought it would be... So you go back to the store and they tell you that it is too late! The store won't exchange it nor refund you...

So can we have better options, so that we can really enjoy the holiday with a nice game? I found this site, Phelios, who offered free download of games. This will gives us a taste of what the game is about, a type of 'Try Before You Buy' system.

All you have to do is to download a free version of a game to try it out, and if you really like it, you can buy the full version directly from your computer from the comfort of your own home. No more return trip to the game shop and ask for refund, or installation method, even for mac games!



Phelios is an independent developer of downloadable games for Windows and Macintosh. They offered fun and creative computer games for mac and PC, that we will get the most out of the free time playing. And the games offered are unique and can't be found in other site, as these games are created by this site. There are many genre of games offered, all kinds of games like action/arcade games, challenging, fun puzzles, and non-violent family games. One of my favourite, sparkle for mac let me use the Orb Slinger to shoot colored spheres into groups of three or more and reclaim every corner of this once vibrant forest.

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