For the sake of remembering what it was exactly that kept me occupied this December, I will try to recall my days here in this blog. It's hard though, cos it seems to be a special property of December when every day seems to blend into each other, leaving me in one big happy blur of festive cheer and excitement.
3-7 December
I spent 4 days with Clem doing everything ranging from movie-marathoning to suppering and shopping. I also spent the 7th packing for the KL trip, which I did very haphazardly and quickly cos I came home late that night.
8-12 December
KL was beset by a clan of Angs! :D Flew off to KL in the morning of the 8th and we hit the shops and the food non-stop til we left on the evening of the 12th. It was also my first time in a Malaysian club and I think the Zouk in Singapore pwns the one in KL, anytime. Most boring club I've ever been to in my life. Shopped, ate and spent time with the cousins and Clem, which was probably the best part of the entire 5 days. I like these big family trips, makes me relive my childhood spent with so many people surrounding me.
On the way from the airport to KL itself!
Yellow-table restaurant with super good food.
Salted egg calamari (I liked the salted egg a lot heh), shellfish, satay...
Abriel: RIBENA HUP! :D
Ribena flavoured muachee which was damn hup la.
Where I had the best Peking duck & sio ba in my life.
Just thinking of it makes me want to fly back there pronto!
One of our many feasts!
My very lovely family and boyfriend :)
I'll do a separate post for that soon when I have time to sort through all the photos!
But for now, these will do :)
13 December
I spent this miserable day at home in bed with a very bad bout of cramps.
Was supposed to be helping out for confirmation mass, but I couldn't even get out of bed.
14-15 December
Then off I went to Malacca with Clem, and Tri & Andy! Had such a good time with the bestie and the boyfriend, what more could I want or need? :) Ate a motherload of food, we had something like 5 meals a day. Heh. The hotel we booked was really pretty to boot, was a Peranakan place.
Watched Princess & the Frog too for like half the price it would have been in Singapore.
Some pictures just to sort of remember the gist of the two days:
The view from the other room!
The satay steamboat thingy we had.
Super good at first, but damn jelat after a while!
Fricking good chendol but I think we got ripped off. RM3 bloody hell.
The view of Malacca from the top of the hill of the ruins of the church.
How cool are we, we actually found the night market that the locals frequent.
And we ate ourselves silly. :)
16 December
Went to church with Clem for his Jam with the Lamb session before heading to Timbre to meet up with the CNM girls - Praise, Eunice, Maryanne. I got there too late and they were about to leave already, but that didn't stop Clem and I from staying on to enjoy EIC and some buffalo wings. Hehe.
17 December
Clem's family day - his cousin got married, and it was an all-day affair!
18 December
Went down to school for my first HT meeting with Susan Ang. Was fricking nervous at first but turned out all right :) Was also very re-affirmed by her faith in my intelligence heh.
Came back home and went for a movie with the family.
19 December
Lunched with Clem near his place and went shopping for some of the picnic items for Monday.
Dropped by Timbre in the evening to see Shaun and the guys, before heading off for Geylang tau huey.
And, damn suay, got fined $70 for parking illegally. First time in like 2 years it's happened.
20 December
Went to Marcus's place for a little steamboat cum drinking get-together with some of the lit hons people.
Didn't get to take pics on my cam, so I hope some of the other pics taken find their way to fb soon! Heh.
21 December
CLEM PROPOSED TO ME TODAY.
This definitely deserves a separate post, but I am officially engaged. :) :)
The pretty lilies Clem surprised me with when he came to pick me up :)
22-23 December
The 22nd was spent going down to town to resize my ring and trying frantically to retrieve my exam results via all possible avenues. Finally found out that it was cos owed NUS money. Fricking irritating.
Clem and I also watched Avatar in 3D! :) Really cool stuff there!
The 23rd was spent going down to NUS to pay my stupid bills. Had damn good char kway teow at Ghim Moh market (1/2 queue!!)
Came home and dinnered with Tri dear before heading off to town again to pick up some last minute shopping. I think I also cleaned my room while Tri came over in the afternoon to study.
24 December
Christmas eve!!
Woke up late and spent the afternoon running around the house wrapping presents and cleaning my room. (So random, I know) Went for 9pm Mass cos Clem heard Fr Joe was coming back. But I don't think I like 9pm Mass very much, it just doesn't really feel like Christmas then.
Dropped by Samantha Neubronner's place for Clem's Acts II party, then off we went to Shaun's for the usual Christmas eve hang out. No pics cos I was so demoralized upon finding out that my card reader is not compatible with Windows 7. :( I really need to get one that's Windows 7 compatible ASAP.
25 December
It's Christmas Day!!
Full family day!
Dragged my carcass out of bed for tea at my dad's side and gift exchange at 3pm.
Rushed over to mom's side for fabulous home-cooked dinner.
26 December
Met up with Denise, Tim and Andy for ice-cream at Udders in the afternoon.
Went for evening Mass then went to Justin's place for the ZJ Christmas party.
Clarke Quay-ed with the guys after that, went to a couple of bars and drank myself somewhat silly. Was spouting nonsense by the time I got home at 4am.
27 December
It's Angs' Day today! It's an annual thing my family has where some branches of my extended family come together to play games and eat for a day. Played games like coconut bowling, bucketball, badminton, and table-tennis. It was Clem's first time there this year! No pics cos I looked horrendous with just 4 hours of sleep last night. Hah.
So that pretty much sums up my December so far. Some of the days deserve separate entries and photo collages, but I have not time or energy to do either at the moment. Also, my computer is not co-operating with me especially after I upgraded to Windows 7. Programmes that I have become so reliant on like Photoshop and Picasa have to be reinstalled. And my WoW!!!!!!! :( :( :(
I am sad that December is fast coming to a close, cos looking back, it's been the fullest month of my entire year. The rest of the year save for the May-June-July break, I have practically no life. Shows how dedicated a student I am. Heh.
I am bushed. I will go sleep now.
