once again, this is meant to be a 'christmas' post. i'm behind in my blogging as i wait for the pictures to be sent to me, and also because i'm having late nights. holidays mean late nights and waking up late in the day, but for me it's true for the former, and not the latter.

we woke up to a not-too-cold christmas morning. prepared and waited for the host of the hotpot dinner to come drive us to her house, since we brought our electric griddle and some other stuffs. when we reached the place, we helped with some preparation like wrapping wantons and setting the table, as we watched the tellie.

i was kind of irritated before the dinner started. i was already hungry, but had to wait for some of our host's other guests. it was so cramp as we fit 13 people into one dining table (4&5 on each length, and 2 at each ends, and i was sitting at the 5 people side). all i can say is that i ate whatever i could eat from the hotpot and bbq. then, before cleaning up, we chatted and took some pictures of the group..


wanting to bite nora's finger as hungry us wait for the food.


all perked up, presenting the preparation.


the group after the dinner.


me smiling widely with my full stomach.


me, my brother and nora.
desserts included cheesecake, chocolate and DURIAN ICE-CREAM made by the host. yum! i miss the strong pungent smell/taste of the actual durian flesh, and durian ice-cream. tasted SO good. durian is indeed the 'King of Fruits'.

me, my brother, nora and kusuma started playing charades with the magnetic doodle board. we used 'movies' as the category and drew corresponding images as we tried to guess the title. it was funny seeing the drawings, especially kusuma's interpretation of 'crouching tiger hidden dragon'. LOL.

and then it started to snow quite heavily. perfect- truly a snowy white christmas. we wanted to have a snow-fight, but it was wet snow so we couldn't. we did go out for some pictures though. we didn't wear our coats out. i felt the wet snow falling on my clothes and then slowly melting away. the road was empty, so that became our photoshoot venue.


joyous freedom under the falling snow.


me, my brother, nora and juyenty.


close-up of us.
we left in the cars of the host and another of her guest. and after showering, i spent my time typing this blog (yes, i am writing it in the past tense now), so i can just add the pictures later on and publish it all at once. the next thing i did (i will do) is sleep, or maybe watch an anime episode.

so this was how my first christmas in toronto went. my first white snowy christmas in canada.. (: