Merry Christmas!!

finally it is the eve of my most favourite holiday, Christmas Day...
left the office at 3pm, the official time for all staff...
simply no mood to work... lolz...
on the way home, picked up a couple of packets of mint leaves...
requested by James for his mojito...
got home, showered and drove dad’s car to pick Sonny and his “critically acclaimed” fried tom yum bee hoon up...
the weather was gloomy and drizzling...
dropped the mint leaves at Kenneth’s place...
took the chance to look around his newly rented Bedok Central HDB flat...
nicely done... i especially like the cosy balcony...
James will also be moving in as his new house maid mate in 2009...

as we were driving from Bedok to Dover (via ECP and AYE)...
the rain started pouring...
this was the first time that i am driving under such extreme conditions...
luckily by the time we hit the AYE, the rain became lighter...
despite having the map and memorising the route, i missed AYE’s Exit 8...
saw Exit 7A and expected an Exit 7B...
but there was not to be...
eventually still managed to find Tianwei’s place...

dinner was simply pasta, chicken, fried bee hoon and some snacks from Old Chang Kee...
we were chatting most of the time about Shanghai, the city where the school Eric will be teaching in 2009, is located...
we played our own versions of “Don’t Forget The Lyrics”...
with four categories: 80s, 90s, 2000 to 2007 & 2008...
could only manage songs from the first 2 categories...
totally crashed out of the last 2, especially 2008...
not been listening to music and radio for the longest time in my life...

after the game, we had our log cake and ice-cream...
before proceeding to Pictionary...
somehow i was unable to draw as well as i could before...
and we lost the game to the other 2 teams...

gift exchange came next...
my gift was from Eric: a cushion and a pen...
there were also separate gifts from Teck Cheng & Youxiang, Steve & Daniel, Eric and Tianwei...
i came prepared too... gave them the Herbalife quencher to keep their faces moisturised in air-conditioned Singapore...

after that, Sonny and i left the gang to continue with their mahjong at around 1:30am...
drove to Kenneth’s gathering...
by the time we arrived, they were still playing games...
Kenneth was red like a lobster with all the alcohol...
James, Jason, Thyetus and Shaun were still sober...
David and Shawn had left the party...
managed to catch up with them until around 3:30am...

i was so tired by the time i reached home...
slept immediately after shower...

Merry Christmas everyone!!