There was Christmas party in my corridor yesterday. Most of my corridor mates are going back to their home during winter vacation, some of whom never come back again here in Sweden. So it was virtually final party with our Ekeby members yesterday.

　　We put a lot of ornaments on our Christmas tree and decorated our room in a nice way. Then each of us has cooked some food or desserts. I made a cheese cake which my Japanese friend taught me how to make. This cheese cake was so delicious that everyone wanted to have another pieces.

　　After eating dinner, we had a present exchange game. As I have written before, we have been doing Christmas present game since November. Each of us has duty to give present every week to his or her secret partner whom only you are supposed to know. So each person had to guess who your partner was when he or she got the present.

　　This was really awesome Christmas game I had ever had. Each presents we got had their own unique taste and sense of humor. The uniquest present was the one that French girl made for Bosnian girl. She made a calender for 2009 which was filled with a lot of pictures in this Uppsala life.

　　Moreover, although there is nohing to do with Christmas presents, a girl who is from Lithuania voluntarily made a SlideShow(PowerPoint) with nice music, which was full of our memorial pictures. She must have put a lot of effort and time in it. It was so great that everyone almost burst into crying.

　　I was really impressed and a bit jealous with their talent. I thought from the bottom of my heart that I was really happy to meet them and the fact that they are leaving this Ekeby makes me all the more sad.

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　　Come to think of it, Lithuanian girl gave me a chocolate present and a special card. In that card, there is a speech by Winston Churchill. ” We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give”.