Christmas 2007

This year was the most number of times that I had celebrated Christmas... schedule was so packed and I even had to forgo another gathering with my ex-Sec School gals and Home Econs Teacher, Mrs Yeo at her place. Ok, let me share with you how Ah Sze spent her 3 days of consecutive X'Mas celebrations...

1st Celebration - 23 Dec 07

Venue >>>
Euphony Gardens Condo (not Botanic Garden as sarcastically claimed by the owner)

Attendees >>>
Sec Sch Sistas, their hubbies, kids and maids (however No.1 a.k.a Big Sis had to work and had to gif it a miss, if not it'll be a rare opportunity for the 7 of us)

Highlights >>>
Condo owner - No.7 and her "bo bian" maid prepared food for all of us... playing with the little ones... gift exchange as usual (for EVERYONE in the house k - not stingy wan~)... and this was what I got from the "lucky draw style" gift exchange... which was supplied by No.7 herself~

EVERYONE in the picture except me

This was what I got from the lucky draw... kinda big hor?

Hmm... somehow I dun have a good feeling about this
since it's from No.7 based on past experience

Out comes the head, and it's heavy

OMG... it's a kiddy "piggy bank"!!

Ok Ok... maybe I'll start saving for my next overseas trip~

Anyway I dunno how come No.2 can give me and Baoli LACY umbrellas as x'mas pressies when the both of us aren't the types who would carry them at all~!! Anyway thanks alot leh No.2... it's very "thoughtful" of you wor~ and I'll keep it safe inside my drawer forever... unless some kind soul come and tell me that he/she needs it cos I'll pass it to you secretly *hehe* (must put to good use mah)

This is the LACY umbrella for safe-keeping

Aiyo... look at the lace lah!! So not Ah Sze lor...

2nd Celebration - 24 Dec 07

Venue >>>
So many different locations lor... cos this year we didn't celebrate the usual way (which I won't explain how in case you say I'm so rich *hehe*)... anyway there wasn't a proper plan in mind... but confirm it's vey memorable cos you will know why later~

Attendees >>>
Ahem... The Fantastic Four (Me, Shirlene, Baoli and Adrian)

Highlights >>>
Christmas set dinner at Humble House (only this one is pre-planned)... the food is great though ex (S$500 for 4 pax)... but compared to someone else's Christmas set dinner (hint: PJ), ours is considered cheap liao. After dinner, it was only 9pm plus which was still early... so we walked around a while and decided to go West Coast Park for our gift exchange venue... eventually realised it's not an ideal place to open the pressies after strolling in the Park in search of our lucky spot (and the 3 of them kept blaming me for not choosing our usual way of celebrating x'mas - so I already PROMISED them that I'll say YES to the usual arrangement next year *so naggy lor*). Anyway, surprisingly we got to see how Adrian's Getz can transform into a temporary gift exchange area, which made Shirlene laugh non-stop, and eventually we abort the idea cos she was so paranoid that someone would take a video or picture of us and post it on STORM *haha*

Well, here comes the best part... after deciding that the Transformer Getz was out, all of us agreed to look for a cheap room where we can settle down properly to open the pressies... which left us with Hotel 81 or Fragrance Hotel *weird right* and the time was already 11.30pm. So Adrian, our F1 wannabe, "flew" us to Balestier immediately (my suggestion since that whole stretch was full of what we're looking for). When we reached Balestier, it was about 11.40pm and because Adrian need to drive and Shirlene REFUSED to get down to ask, me and Baoli had to go to EVERY hotels and asked "is there any available room?"... which is kinda weird cos it's me and Baoli (and both of us were so small-sized). Eventually only ONE hotel is able to provide the place but we have to take 2 rooms instead of 1 because there were 4 of us... and each room costs S$25/- for two hours (total cost = S$50/-), but we decided against it cos it's such a waste to get another room since... we weren't using it for the "usual" purpose *haha*. Finally, at 11.50pm, Adrian suggested going to K-Box at Toa Payoh so that we could get a room for the celebration... and all of us readily agreed. We should have thought of that in the first place mah... cos now me and Baoli had a memorable X-Mas Eve, running into those places and asking weird questions... Ya, so that's how the 4 of us celebrated the special 2007 X'Mas together.

3rd Celebration - 25 Dec 07

Venue >>>
My house

Attendees >>>
The Gang (total 6 of us)

Highlights >>>
Food many many... meat many many... end up can't finish meat but we tried our best liao~ Gossips also many many and not forgetting the same old "lucky draw style" Gift Exchange again... well, Shirlene got herself a kinky pressie from the draw as well as a surprise gift from me >>> a black i-pod 8GB Nano (because of this, Baoli kept bugging me *again and again* for her surprise gift too~ and she started reminding me of the 16 years of friendship that we have, saying that her fingers also not enough to count)

PS: I know that this post came abit too late... but busy people is like that wan lah... hehe...