This year, my special X'mas greetings are for friends in China's Guangzhou as well as those with the St. Peter & St.Paul Catholic Church in Muscat, the capital of Oman where I spent eight days as a guest of HM Sultan Qaboos at the State Banquet and Royal Military Tattoo held on the occasion of the 30th Renaissance Day in July 2000. Well, I have been dreaming for the past many years to spend a Christmas vacation or two in Melbourne with teachers and friends.