an hr or so too late, but den again, it's nvr too late for well wishes, isnt it? hee...

this christmas totally burnt me out, but it was good, really good.
for once, i actually managed to meet up with ALL my huge groups of close frens... coz normally outings will clash, and i actually have to choose between 2 diff gatherings, which really sux... but this yr, everything juz fell nicely! partly coz my frens accomodated to my schedule... thanx alot guys!

i did miss out on my sec 4 overnight xmas gathering... =(
i'm sorry, i noe i didnt attend last yr too... but it was kinda last min, so i had no choice.
next yr tho! i promise!

so updates updates!



had KTV with our old engin gang, which we haven met up for a damn freaking long time. and tat day, to our horrors, we finally realise tat we've nvr had KTV tgt before... -_-'''

so anyway it was good seeing each other, tho KTV is not exactly the ideal place to meet up and chat and catch up on each other's lives, so next time let's go drink!!!! wahahha...




only $10 for NUS students!!!! and it's NETT! tat's the best... some bizad promotion apparently.




damn suay tat day! i woke up in the morn with a blocked nose and croaky voice... so not only does my voice sounds croaky (yes! like a frog!!!! arghhh!) it oso sound nasal, which was horrible.
managed to sing a few songs and torture their ears for those few mins wahahhaha...




anyway, i had to rush off early coz i was meeting my sec sch gers at orchard... which is by the way, a really nice place to be at during xmas season!!!!

i noe how some ppl avoid orchard and its likes during xmas coz of the crowds etc... but i love crowds during festive season! i think they add to the ambience and atmosphere... and may i reiterate tat the lightings in orchard are really nice this yr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the only reason tat could possibly keep me away fr the crowded crowded orchard are stoopid banglas (i'm sorry, as prejudiced as it sounds, i HATE them. to the core.)

anyway me and peiting were walking along the pavement outside taka when we saw these few exhibits there, with ppl all dressed up and acting their roles...




becoz we had to rush thru the crowds (i still love them by the way hee...) to get xmas gifts for our bfs, we were nearly an hr late in meeting the rest of the gers at sakae sushi...




xmas is a really bad time to be broke, and sadly for me, tat was exactly my financial situation. i am more den broke. i'm utterly BROKE! dun even ask me wat i spend on... i haf no idea... mebbe it was the bintan trip... mebbe it was all the shopping... mebbe i go out too much... mebbe it was due to both mine and les's bdae in nov... NO IDEA! one day i check my bank account it juz happen to have only 2 digits.

and the first digit isnt even greater den 5. =(((((((((

so i was so broke i couldnt even eat to my fill at Sakae Sushi... haaz had a chawanmushi and 2 sushi for dinner... great. good for my slimming programme -_-'''




dun even ask how tat name came about... it was an adolescent mistake tat was still funny even 9 yrs down the road.

omg. 9 yrs.
we've known each other for 9 yrs!!!!
shd celebrate our decade-nniversary next yr hahaha...




i love gift-exchanges!!!! they're damn exciting. u dunno who's the one giving u the gift... u dunno wat's in the gift... i love surprises. =)

and besides celebrating xmas, we celebrated lee cheng's bdae toooo!!!!!






went walking ard orchard aft dinner, and we saw michelle chia!!!! i wasnt wearing my contacts, so couldnt really see her clearly, but according to my frens, she's really pretty...






today's a totally packed day with the s5G ppl, aka my JC class...

and i was totally looking forward to it coz the activities included Sentosa in the morning and afternoon, den MINDS cafe in the evening and stayover + drinking at nite!

superb outing, courtesy of our dearest class rep, cai lin! haha... wat would we do without you... =)

anyway she picked the perfect day, coz the weather tat day was hot hot HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!

it drizzled for like 5mins in the late afternoon, before the sun came out in full blast again. so dun ask me why i'm so dark when u see me, it's bintan + this! haha








den cai lin suggested the gers take the typical kinda gers-at-sentosa photo...




i had no idea where to place my hands tho, as u can see fr that awkward position haha...

and jumping shots!!!!!!




i love jumping shots!!!

anyway we played volleyball and frisbee... but there wasnt courts around coz they barricaded the area with the most courts... and it really does look like they're pulling down the courts, which i'm crossing my fingers and hoping they dun! =(

we drew our own court tho... kinda weird to play without a net... but really fun!

den some of them went for lunch, while the rest went to cafe del mar!!!!!






i tot i could sneak all of us like how i did last time, but apparently the staff there had become smarter... the moment i step into cafe del mar, tis waiter approached me with a menu... -_-'''
haix, no choice haf to order drink...

more of the class ppl came to look for us at Cafe del mar aft tat... it was soooooooo relaxing juz soaking in those waters (esp aft a really hot morn) and juz chatting, and splashing water at each other =)








went back to volleying and frisbee-ing aft tat... can i emphasize again, how awesome the sun was tat day! hee...






i didnt wanna leave tat place, seriously. it was so fun, and for the first time in a really long time since the stoopid monsoon season started, i actually feel healthy... YAYSSS!!!




went to MINDS cafe at Dhoby Ghaut where the rest of the class met us there for games and dinner... there were 26 of us altogether tat day... i think the staff at the cafe was goin crazy serving us and dealing with our noise... we were really really REALLY noisy tat day haha...




i didnt eat salmon pasta by the way, i ate chicken cutlet! i haf no idea why i took photo of the pasta...

MINDS cafe was fun fun fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it's like my next fav kinda gathering aft sentosa... i've nvr screamed as much as i did on tat day... my frens are crazy seriously. haha... oh wells, all 22 but all young at heart so there! =)






the guys who're supposed to go drinkin with me 'one day'... but it nvr materialise coz our schedules always clash! roarsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

went to xueping's hse for stayover aft tat, bought alchohol mixers, drinks, snacks and pasta all ready to binge our whole nite thru...

started off with gift exchange!




tat's our santa claus at the top left hand photo hee... who helped to coordinate the gift exchange... it was really fun coz before tat day we registered for the secret santa website which will generate randomly who u're supposed to buy gifts for and send the person's name to ur email so no one else noe who ur secret santa is!!!

so tat day we gave out the gifts and each of us unwrap our own gift and guessed who gave us tat gift... which became an hr of analyzing the gift, scrutinizing the handwriting on the wrapping paper and tryin to match the kind of wrapping to the person haha... fun fun FUN!!!

photos are abit blurry coz everyone had really jerky and fast motions when they were unwrapping their gifts haha...




den it was the presenting of bdae gifts coz there're 3 nov babies and 1 dec babies in all... i mentioned tat i went out with my JC gers to pick my gift personally and oso to pick gifts with the other bdae gers... well, aft tat shopping trip we dumped all our gifts at xueping's hse so tat we could officially present them haha...




anyway i love the clutch bag! thanx alot guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me and ping cooked pasta for everyone aft tat, i think we overcooked hahaha... the amount of pasta we cooked could feed abt 15 ppl and we only had 8 (les joined us aft tat)... so we tot the pasta was too much... apparently we tot wrongly.

les and nic finished the remaining pasta which was abt half the pot... i'm impressed...

guys.

i wonder wat's in their stomachs... hahaha...



aft i came home from ping's hse in the morn, i slept for like 4hrs before waking up for tuition and den rushing down to clarke quay to meet the ROLEX peeps at Settlers' cafe... yes, as u can see, i love playing games hahahah...

i think i'm shortening my own life span seriously... 4 hrs of slp gosh... and there's another stayover tonite. we played at settler's cafe for abt 2 hrs (by the way, minds is much better den settlers i feel) and i intro-ed them the "Saboteur" and "Dinosaur" games which are at the top of my "fav games" list hee...

went to the supermarket at my house there to buy food for teppanyaki steamboat dinner at nite... we bought a total of $100 worth of food, drinks, alcohol mixers and snacks... haha...

and wah lao! dinner was sumptious can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is not the first time we're having teppan dinner tgt, and yet time and time again, i keep forgetting to take photos of the food!!!!!!!!!!! arghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

i love it when they come over for teppan dinner, tho the whole table ends up oily aft tat hahaha... but it's really fun to prepare food tgt, to cut and chop the sausages and crabsticks tgt, to marinate the chicken tgt, to lay the food tgt, to cook tgt, and to wash up tgt... =)




we played "saboteur" aft dinner coz apparently wilson has the cards... wah lao superb superb superb game!!! all of us love it! we played for nearly the entire nite hahaha...




and some random photos...




we had gift exchange aft tat, using the secret santa website too... hee... tat website is damn good lar! hahah...




the giving of gifts and unwrapping of our own gifts are damn fun!








and this! is the funniest gift of tat nite...




my sis and mom bought les a xmas present too... coz his mom and sis bought me 2 gifts for xmas, haha...




it's a superbly nice gift!!!! i want it tooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahah...




we ended up drinking the whole nite, playing "Saboteur" and poker, chatting... the gers gossiping abt our bfs and some of the ppl in NUS (wahahha) and the guys watching soccer... it's the perfect nite out... and i totally love it =)



24th dec saw me rushing from one party to another! it's crazy! my camera was low batt and i forgot to charge it plus i didnt haf time so in the end i haf no photos from xmas eve! arghhhhhhh!!!

anyway 24th dec saw me goin to a fren's xmas party, den rushing to my cousin's hse for xmas party before rushing down to join les and his sec sch frens for yet another xmas party...

and i actually haf another sec 4 xmas party which i had no choice but to forego... =(
i'm sorry i'm sorry!!!!!! you all are no less impt k!!!! juz tat it was last min =(

so anyway becoz we were travelling fr les's fren's hse to our supper place, we spent countdown in a car!!!!! a car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

arghhh!!!

next yr. next yr, i'm goin to go for a proper countdown at a club.

anyway me and les caught "Alvin and the Chipmunks" at 2am haha... it was soooo freaking damn cute can!!!! esp THEODORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he's so adorable i juz wanna grab him out of the screen ahahah...

stayed over at les's place aft tat and xmas was spent nua-ing in his hse hahaha... he hates crowds and anyway lotsa shops would be closed on xmas plus dinners outside are damn freaking ex, so we decided to rent a dvd and cook our own xmas special dinner at his hse...

hee i love cooking with you baby!!!

and this is wat we got... (the food in real life look and taste much better den photos by the way! wahhaha...)




basically it was spicy garlic marinated chicken thighs, fried peppered calamari rings, baked potatoes with mayo tuna, buttered spicy corns, and roasted garlic potato soup...

it was so nice can!!! and we only spend $6 per person... plus we had chocolate eclairs for dessert too...

anyway we rented "Zoolander" to watch which was ok at the start, but freaking hilarious at the end... the ending was so ridiculously funny can!!!

soo...

tat ends off my 5-day xmas celebrations! haha... there's one more tml (or rather later) but oh wells more abt tat next time...

26th is doomsday! coz it's results day! sux... *cross my fingers and pray*