this is meant to be a 'christmas-eve' post, but somehow the little christmas party we had lasted till the early hours of christmas day. so MERRY CHRISTMAS!

christmas eve for me started with an early rise from bed to go to fairview mall. i had to go early as i knew that it would be crowded with last-minute shoppers (like me). bought a pair of jeans and a long-sleeve t-shirt. then headed home.
spent the hours watching japanese anime and also cheaper by the dozen. though the show is kind of a tacky family movie, i have to say it isn't bad. at least it managed to made me shed tears (of both joy and sadness) with their heart-warming family moments.

after that, i helped my two housemates, juyenty and nora, prepare for the christmas-eve dinner. the head chef was juyenty, and me and nora were assistants. hehehe.. i set the cutlery on the dining table, and nora folded napkins and placed them on the styrofoam plates with a ferrero rocher on top each set. also helped with cutting, chopping, washing.. our guests arrived as we hurried in our final preparations. then we went to change into something nicer and less kitchen-smelling clothes.

the menu
1) appetizer
- bruschetta (italian bread with chopped tomato toppings)
- garlic bread (with bits of sausages)
- wine (to last till main course)
2) main course
- beef steaks and salmon (with mushroom gravy)
- spaghetti (with tomato-puree)
- vegetable mix (consisting of jukini, mushrooms and capsicums)
3) dessert
- chocolate torte (made by christina, one of our guests)
- coffee/tea

the wine tasted like beer. the food was tasty, but a little salty the more we ate. the chocolate torte was nice. overall it was a wonderful dinner. had laughs and good conversations. and we took pictures!


did i mention me and nora made a paper christmas tree with presents included on the day before the day before christmas (aka december 23)?


me with my shared masterpiece.


sweelay, me and nora promoting the new 'paper christmas tree'. ;p


me and juyenty trying to position the christmas wreath made by my brother and nora during last year's christmas (which was then hund on the lights above the dining table), and re-decorated on friday with a red ribbon by nora to hang outside the door.


the dining table.


the dining table WITH FOOD! our appetizers: garlic bread (left) and bruschetta.


me, my brother, nora and sweelay...


now with juyenty..


and now without nora, but with christina and nick.


cheers to christmas!


waiting to dig into our main course.


christina's chocolate torte dessert with almonds. yum!
we settled down to watch a thai horror movie, shutter. me, my brother and juyenty watched it at christina's house some time back.. got bored so some of us went to watch pck on vcd. so nice hearing singlish again. lol. but after some loading problems in the second disc, we gave up on it.
after the horror movie finished, our guests left. that was when the people of the house started going crazy. we set the timer for the digital camera and took many funny pictures..


being happy.


being happy, acting cute.


acting cute.


erm.. cannot think of a proper caption.


we kungfu kick butt!


the craziness wears off...
played card games like 'heart attack' and 'daidee', with penalties! dissolved powder solution smeared onto the face of the loser. and yea, i got the most-decorated face award.


(continued) but not for long! powdered, patterned, saddened faces.
finally, we retired to our rooms. watched some shows before tucking myself to bed. so this was how i spend my first christmas eve here. some crazy fun i had..