25 Dec
Started the morning making dessert for the dinner and the the rest of the afternoon, getting stuff for the dinner.....family dinner at my place.
The sisters-in-law came with food for dinner......there's ham, sausages, curry chicken , vege, pork, bee hoon, fish ball, sotong, soup, etc... A lot more than enough to feed the family!
After dinner, giving out of presents to the kids and adult (me) . Then, it was gift exchange time....... as usual, Steve would take out S$50 .....ang pow....see who would be the lucky one.....Me! It was ME!
The evening ended well......with lots of doggy bags.....
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A couple of reminders from Raymond to all attending the party and finally......
Sam was kind enough to give me a lift.. had a lot of stuff with me....... the weather was pretty bad.....started to rain....when we got to Wong's place, the rain stopped.
Was the 1st to get there. Wong & Tony has a Taiwan friend, Jason, in town. Derrick soon arrived and we proceeded to get and get ice. Raymond and Tim arrived with the food and after laying out the food, decided to get more food.
The rest of the guests started to arrive. Soon, its time to tuck in!
Then, Thomas came with more guests......
Time for gift exchange. We started with about 11 people and ended with 18! Not bad! 18 gifts and everyone got 1.
Lots of wine, plenty of food & snacks, etc....
Stayed till after 12.....still raining.......
It was a great evening.....the crowd was good!
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9 Dec
A working day as usual, except some sms coming in updating me the whereabouts...... Arrived, walking to immigration; on the way back home by MRT ; at home now.. Stephen was in town and he made his own way to my place!
Called him to come by my office. Met up and went for dinner. After clueless walking around, we decided to have dinner at Toastbox. Ordered mee rebus, laksa and also curry chicken. The taste was not bad...
Went to a new pub for a drink at chinatown before retiring for the night.
10 Dec
Had to wake Derrick up first....and after breakfast, he came over to pick us up for photo shoot. Our first stop was NUS.Tried looking for the NUS signboard but could not find. Instead, Derrick drove us to Faculty of Arts n Social Science. Managed to take some nice pictures
Next, Derrick drive us to a marina (not sure the name). Lots of yachts...nice environment! Our last stop was at Merlion.
Went with Derrick to return the car to his friend before proceeding to Ibis Bencoolen for check-in. Booked a night under the promo and had a lucky draw.... 50% discount off the room rate charge and with free breakfast! Wow, it was great!
Stephen had a work assignment and we spent the afternoon getting it done. Decided to go over to Tao's for dinner, something different from the norm. The dinner was great!
11 Dec
A lazy morning........(after the free breakfast!).
Got home and decided to put up the Christmas Tree. ....did not take long to get that done... then, went to the market for a late lunch and then walked over to the Link building to check out the warehouse sales.... left empty-handed!
Went over to Tiong Bahru Plaza and bought some fruits n cakes. Bought some ingredients for the maid to make some pancakes...hokkien pancakes.
Spent the rest of the afternoon counting my Piggy bank's money....it's that time of the year again! Later, went over to Katong to visit Wong's new place - very cosy! Wanted to have dinner after that but most places were already finishing. Met Thomas and Yoshi at 112 Thomson and again on the road when trying to get a cab. Thomas gave us a lift home! So sweet of him! Managed to catch some dinner at Anchorage.
12 Dec
Another lazy morning...a quick stop over at Chinatown to buy the pineapple tarts before proceeding to the airport for the flight back to Hong Kong!
It was a short trip and it went well......................................
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