MERRY CHRISTMAS!

this year's christmas can be considered the best in my life so far, in terms of the number of presents i get. got prezzies from gek suan, huwi yin, eileen, ee lin, chin chin and another one from jun kee which i haven't collected. didn't really have any celebration on the day itself, just a simple celebration during the eve. went to affryll's 21st birthday party and met a lot of mmu students which i know by face but not in person. too bad most of our secondary classmates can't make it to the party. i would love to see how they're doing now. some of them will be getting their first paycheque soon! how time flies.

after that i went to a small gathering at kea loon's rented house with kea loon, zhenjian, wee how, joe seng, hui yen, liyen, chee hui, ching yin, chin chin and lay wei. before this we had a small agreement whereby we would exchange presents with a certain price range with a certain person. a person would draw a name from a small ballot to determine who he/she has to buy a present for. in the end it was determined like this :-

chee hui bought for kea loon and vice versa
ching yin bought for zhenjian and vice versa
wee how bought for chin chin
chin chin bought for me
i bought for lay wei
lay wei bought for wee how
hui yen bought for liyen
liyen bought for joe seng
joe seng bought for hui yen

*zhenjian bought separately for siew eng, who joined us later.


after opening our presents, we took photos and also a video. i was the one who wanted to take a video after looking at wiyang's chinese new year reunion dinner video taken at germany. somehow i felt that it does have a warm and nostalgic feeling when viewed. but the video doesn't turn out like what i wanted it to be because everyone knows about the shooting and acted unnaturally. i wanted to shoot it while they were opening their presents but they were already done with it before i could start! oh well, better luck (and better video) next time!

our celebration (sort of) ended with a yamcha session at a nearby mamak shop. the initial plan was to continue chatting/playing games until the sun comes out but many of us were feeling tired already (we still had classes earlier that day) so everyone headed home and had a good night sleep...


p/s: i think i spent quite a lot for this year's christmas. but i think it was worth it. have to control next year...