Merry Christmas to all who visit my blog, may all your wishes and dreams come true.

Anyway, yes, I just got back from the Christmas countdown at orchard and it was a total mess, packed with people and car...mad ppl running around spraying people with foam. Sad to say, I lost my temper and cursed quite a number of times, especially when I was sprayed directly in the face. And the worst thing was that my hp batt was flat and I couldnt locate my friends among the throngs of people. It was sooo lonely wondering around orchard like a lost soul on christmas eve and I was ready to call it a day and go home when thankfully I spotted Stephen. Anyway, lets start from the beginning.

I had to work half day today, if u call it work....People started to exchange christmas presents early in the morning. I was in such a celebratory mood that I was pretty unproductive. But I was sent off to collect 3 logcakes from swensen's for the xmas party at 11.30. At first I was quite excited about going to collect the logcakes for obvious reasons. But I soon realized it was no mean feat carrying 3 heavy icecream logcakes for a distance of perhaps about 1km or 15mins of walking back to the office. My hands were seriously aching by the time I got back. From then on, it was food and more food and more cakes and more logcakes....yes, I am scaring even myself. It was followed by some xmas songs and gift exchange.

In the afternoon, I went with mom to her friend's place to witness her getting baptised. It was held at one of her church member's bungalow which had a tiny swimming pool. It was a pretty meanful event and I was glad I went. All her friends exclaimed over me, oh so tall, so preeetty, *blush*...haha...anyway there were many other ppl getting batised too and I didnt know them, so it got pretty boring,but consolation came in the form of a oh-so-handsome eurasian boy, the son of mom's friend. Sadly, I think he is 1 or 2 years younger than me,though he sure didnt look it. I went for mom's christmas service later on which was the first service I have been to in ages, since AC days. It was really lovely and I enjoyed singing the songs, though I nodded off for a few minutes during the sermon due to exhaustion.

We had dinner with mom's friends, their family, including the kids. Well, not that young, Brennan, who is my age and whom I know from AC and 3 others who were a few years younger. It was pretty fun, after dinner, the kids clamoured to go celebrate xmas and we ended up at holland v and while the adults went to the food centre for kopi while we went to NYDC for another round of sinful stuff. Oh well, xmas only comes once a year after all..

After that, on the spur of the moment, I decided to follow Brennan to orchard for the countdown as well, to well, immerse myself in the xmas atmosphere and I got more than I bargained for. We parted ways at Orchard MRT, where he went to meet his friends and I met steph, bianca and gsy...Stupid shiang had already left to catch a midnite movie??? We had a nice walk and chat from grange road,where my mom dropped us off.

After pacing around topman where I was supposed to meet Steph, who was despatched to meet me, I had mixed feelings, one part great relief and another part deep annoyance when I finally spotted him Then we had to squeeze though the zillions of people to find the girls. I kept behind Steph to avoid being sprayed,not that he had a bigger surface area than me,but it was nice to have a cover...After a while, I decided to heck it, it can't be helped after all. After a wild goose hunt from orc mrt to wheelock place and back to orc mrt again, we finally saw gsy and bianca and some of their frens. It was around 11.50 by then. We then managed to squeeze our way throught,just in time for the countdown. When it neared 12, everybody started chanting 10,9,8.....,2,1 and then BANG!!!And people started goign crazy,spraying foam everywhere and we just ignored them and hugged and wished one another merry xmas. I felt that it was nice being part of the crowd and finally taking part in a countdown, but it was way too wild for my liking. We walked to orchard blvd after the countdown where Bianca and I tried carolling but failed miserably, with me going very out of tune and breaking out into fits of giggles. Gsy and steph just stood aside, trying to look as if they didnt know the two mad girls with the cannot-make-it voice. I reached home pretty early, at around 12.45 and still ,full of energy despite my early fatigue....It was definitely an enjoyable day...New year countdown anyone???


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