Christmas Eve
the bf was sweet enough to wake up early to specially send me to work. i brought along the big bag of presents i prepared for the colleagues and my family. at noon, we had our lunch in the office; buffet catering consisting of fried rice, noodles, teriyaki chicken, sambal mussels, fried chicken, salad, huge turkey, cakes, cookies, a log cake... after lunch, we get to pick our presents from under the christmas tree. then, we did some picture taking, drinking of sparkling juice andwine, before the main highlight of the show - lucky draw! everybody loves lucky draw and receiving presents.. everyone took turns to pick out a paper star from a fish bowl, alphabetically. my name, R was quite towards the back and i dont know if im lucky or what, i actually pick out no. 1. not that i fancy the gift, in fact, i was hoping i wouldnt get no. 1 cos its a blender. but like my colleagues said, its better as compared to get chocolates. right! to end of the celebration, we played charade. 2 teams competing for the fastest time and we won!! despite our questions were not as easy as the other team. we have a good team leader who acted well. haha.
the xmas lunch spread
the xmas tree with all our pressies
supporting staff (on the right is my manager)
my lucky draw prize - 1st (blender)
charade
i left the office at 3-ish. the bf came to pick me up and we went over to lucky plaza to do some last minute shopping. after doing a bit of survery and comparision, i bought 2 eau de toilette from dollar and scents. one for my "weekly dose", one for my bro's gf. satisfied, we went to macs cos the bf's stomach is not satisfied. haha. the plan was actually to bring my mum to the optical shop to make a pair of specs but she refuses to. so, we spent the next couple of hours doing nothing, the bf napped while i watched television. at 6.30pm, we went to tampines to collect the log cakes, as instructed by my aunt.
like past years, there was a wide spread of food. my granny's popular yummy bee hoon, nuggets, fries, calamari, honey baked ham, bite-size sandwiches.. .. i had so much bee hoon cos its so irresistable. the bf left for work at 8ish while i spent my time being a couch potato. at 10ish, reluctantly with sleepy eyes, i pulled myself up from the couch and went over to grace's place. at 12, we sang christmas carols..
Christmas Day
i joined grace and her mum for the christmas mass at 11am. then we had lunch over her place. the lunch was awesomest!!
in the late afternoon, the bf came for the party. we made merry, drank wine, eat good food, laughed and talked about everything under the sun. the bf left for work at 6pm. grace, cp and i met the gang at city hall. we had dinner at new york new york. after dinner, the rest of the rang went for drinks while those who had to work went home. )=
this year christmas celebration is slightly different from the past years, a more peaceful one, away from the crowd but i enjoyed it very much. i feel the love, joy and warmth of the season.
merry christmas!!
