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2006... new year, new beginnings

31.12.05

Bloody hot is what it is!

So, I must say that I'm looking forward to 2006. Not that 2005 has been a particularly bad year at all. It's just been a very quiet year of lazing around. I'm hoping that 2006 will be a little more exciting and life changing (?!). I intend to:

1. Get fit - no laughing, i'm serious!!!
2. Sit for, and pass my exams.
3. Dine at at least one new restaurant each month.
4. Holiday somewhere I've never been.
5. Get the house spick and span - this is subject to 1. above.

I think I'll stop there. Don't want to be too ambitious on a hot day like this.

Out with the old, in with the new.... Happy New Year to all!

Ho Ho Ho

28.12.05

As I get older, I find my enthusiasm for celebration and festivities wane. I used to get all excited over the get-togethers, the food, the presents (of course!) and just the overall sense of the something special in the air. I still get excited nowadays, but only because festive seasons = holidays for me. I suppose being in a place where you can count the number of related family members with hand could have a contribution to that ever fading enthusiasm.

This year for Christmas Eve, I had KFC and pizza - these two foods seem to top the list of items to bring for a last minute gathering. We ate, we drank, we played poker, we played mahjong, we were very holy indeed. Christmas was a little darker having had a small tiff with the boyfriend but there's nothing a little sleep can't cure.

The people...~~Haris~~ Tony, Gavin, Faith, Mel, Joanna & Ru Hann

The other people... jack, mel, ben & yu ann

The girls... mel, angeline & yu ann

The lovers... mel & yu ann

The couple... mel & jack

The gamblers!

I decided to join in the Boxing Day madness this year. It really is madness. Driving past the Gucci shop on Collins, there was a queue 30 people long just to get into the shop. Not something I've seen before. Sad to say, nothing I wanted to buy was on sale - but that didn’t really stop me anyway =).
It'll be New Years soon. I believe I will be making some of those resolution things for 2006. I'll have them sorted by Dec 31, don't you worry.

24.12.05

lhave yourselves a MERRY CHRISTMAS

a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! l

19.12.05

Basketball can be extremely entertaining when it's a team of over-hyped, unfit bunch (see above!). There's Ru Hann, the talented ball juggler. Ben, the 3-pointer fluker. Nick the tall-ie, who got mighty cosy with Jack. Wei Chen the confused soccer player. Then there's Gavin who has a ball magnet for a head. Jack the 3-pointer uncle who can barely walk a day after, and Eric, whom Gavin tried very hard to defend. Then there were 2 other younglings who didn't make it into the team photo.

Last but not least, there's Lola, scoring 2 shots from the free throw line. All hail Lola.

Sing sing sing a song

7.12.05

I must admit, we karaoke way too much. But according to the guys, it's the cheap way to drink the night away. I won't disagree, but then again, I don't drink. I'm learning a new song each time I go - a new Chinese song! For someone who can't speak and can't read, I'm doing pretty well! I can now officially sing like 4 Jay Chou songs - all thanks to the boyfriend influence =p.