movie marathon/potluck/jenni bday/ new yr countdown/ belated xmas gift exchange/VJ's homecoming!!!... IT'S A SLASHER PARTAYYYYY!
THEME: SPECTACULAR SPECTACLE! come in glasses/shades/specs!
ATTIRE: RED! HUAT AH!
TIME: DOORS OPEN AT 1930HRS
pls prepare present(s) for exchange. total value $20, max 5 gifts. there will be a game of gift exchange.
itinerary:
7.30pm - welcome!
8pm - feasting
8.30pm - movie marathon I
9pm - little nyonya
12 MN - toast (with alcohol)
12.15am - gift exchange + jenni's bday celebration
1.30am - movie marathon II
food list:
xuan - banana choc cake + golden pillow
lixin - tang hoon and something soupy + alcohol + muffins
loo - spicy drumlets and honey wing, oven kind + bee hoon
lionel - drinks
xinyi - chicken wings
belle - vodka + baileys
bee - PINEAPPLE RICE
jenni - dumplings, aka guo tia + eggroll
chingyee - satay + ben & jerry's ice cream
celest - ice cream
yien - golden pillow
gilbert & edwin - drinks
huiwen - mcnuggets
liling - choc fondue and fruits!
CONFIRMED movies:
- harold and kumar 1 & 2
- 12 lotus
- edward scissorhand
- the coffin (horror)
- rule #1 (horror)
- superbad
- august rush
brace yourself. 2009 is gonna rock.
having approx 20 ppl squeeze into my place is not exactly the easiest of party to have. this had been the largest party i've held at my place, with all the food, logistic, and all the smses sent out. i just kept inviting people and lost count hahahah. in the end, though it was squeezy and hot, i think they all had a great time. at one point i almost thought that my floor might give way, or my fussy neighbours might call the cops on me for making so much noise. thankfully, all's well ends well.
it was rather easy persuading my mom this time, surprisingly. i guess my die-hard intent to make this work, and my promise that i will clean up the place after it left her with no room for rejection. and she helped me fry bee hoon, which took a little more communicating to materialise. hahaha. and the biggest surprise was how supportive my dad was. he took the initiative to pack up his stuff and make room, and even bothered to offer to buy food and drinks. it was a surprising change of character, and i'm touched and thankful for their level of tolerance.
the amount of food we had was enough to feed 2 Africa, and it was SUPER SUMPTUOUS. and that's undermining it. it had love, sweat, and hardwork all thrown in it.
mum's bee hoon and spicy drumlets
the return of jenni's gyozo and eggroll, which was great i must say =) burnt her hand while cooking it. tough love man!
and then there's the return of Bee's renowned, legendary, and highly sought-after pineapple rice! this is what remains of it, half of which was swallowed by me at 5am hahahaah. it's not everyday we get to sample her rice. =)
then there was Little Nyonya at 9pm. watching tragedies at a mass always turn into a comedy. at midnight we had a toast and an exchange of presents, which involved some stealing of other ppl's presents and luck. we're supposed to buy 5 gifts max, adding up to $20 value. we're allowed to buy any items, then we'll throw a die and decide whether to pick 1/2/3 gifts, pick someone e;se's gift, or give our gifts to someone. and some of them came up with BRILLIANT stuff, like the pineapple wrapped in aluminium, the brocolli-in-a-box, the ginger, the abalone (instant noodle), and my own chun-lian, which i thought was a great gift for susan hahahahahaha
the pile
Ms "Susan" Tan and her attentive "students" in red
and it was great to see some people whom i havent met in eons. ppl like Suriya, Liling and Huiwen, who i meet like once every yr or so. i'm glad they came to catch up. and of cos VJ, who's back fr the States in time to catch us. and catching up with celest is always a joy. i'm always amazed at how much she is able to put up with, and how strong she is.
Liling
Celest
VJ
and Becca was there to skype us all the way from Beijing =)
and so 2008 wrapped with a bang. a huge resounding bang of a toast at that. as i get older, i realise i dun need much fancy countdowns anymore. while i have no doubt some yrs down the road it will come back to make me crave for a jam-packed, crowded celebration at Marina Bay or the latest hotspot with fellow Sporeans and foreign workers, but this yr, i'm fine and contented, and happy to have the people that mattered with me. thou it's (only) 20 of us, i beleive we had a hell of a laugh and hell loads of fun. thou at points it got a lil noisy and i had to take a breather with all those hiding in my room hahahaha. nothin fireworks-worthy here in the west, but everything we need. and i'm thankful that 2008 ended on a happy 24 hrs with great friends around to join in the celebration.
i'm glad that they didnt mind the crammed space and the heat. i'm also glad that 2008 has been a yr of integration as well, with xinyi and lionel showing up for many gatherings, and yien comin out of his mugger mode, and with bee and susan and their bf additions.
i love my friends. with all the change in this world and in our personal lives, i'm glad that we've managed to remain in touch. i hope we will have many more years of celebration together, with each of us contented and living a fulfilled life; with each of us getting to know each other better, and being there for each other through ups and downs.
2009 will be the year jake and bec and szechao return.
2009 will be the year we have another batch chalet.
2009 will be THE year.
2008 has been a yr of ups and downs on hindsight. (whose wasnt anyway?!!?) hahaha. but personally, 2008 was disappointing. i dun believe i've achieved much, despit me keep saying that "2008 is the year i live better". sigh. i've left Starhub, picked up tuition. Gotten myself involved with JJ prom (and with ACC for next yr), and CSS prom at York Hotel. these were some of the highlights. this yr i have a longer list of resolutions, and a more detailed plan to fulfilling it. so here's hoping that 2009 will truely be the year i live better than 2008.
wishing all of u nothing but the best in 2009.
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