christmas eve is a family tradition kind of ting for e last couple of yrs nw. we wld invite sme relatives over n just get together. den ah mei wld invite sme frens.

dis yr's christmas eve was kinda out of control. too many ppl. i invited my partner n family. ah mei invited like 10 frens. jianglin invited 3 frens on top of our usual crowd.

was quite stressed over it. but though was kinda messy, guessed still turned out all right. tink my relatives din enjoy it tat much dis yr though. they din bbq-ed. they reached late. they din toked much. they din eat at all. just hang ard n left after awhile. wonder if they wld turn up nxt yr. hope they do. =)

24-12-2004 was an extremely long day for me.

woke up at 5.30 to get ready. had to go airport to pick up dad n ah di fr camp before tat. drove dad's car. it was fun going at 140km/hr coz tpe was carless literally. haa... went for e famous bak kut teh tat is so delicious near owen rd after fetching dad.

ah mei was supposed to go with mom to e market while i catch 10 winks. tink my family got bad habit one la. jianglin oso. like e previous nite agreed on doing dis den nxt morning, they wld b yelling they r tired as they slept late n not to disturb them.

jianglin specially called me e previous nite to ask me to wake him up to go to e airport n eat breakfast together after tat. but i called him at 5.30am for numerous times n he din ans. ah di oso, if not for e fact he is dying to get out of camp, he wldn't haf woke up. i called him at 5.30am, he says he wake up already. who noes he go back slp. when i reach camp at 6.15am, he was just brushing his teeth. *grrrrr*

anyways, mom called ah mei in e car on e way hme to wake her up but she refuses to wake up n say shes tired. haha... wats new. so end up, i went with mom to help carry her stuffs.

den got hme, dig ah di out of bed to go giant imm together. asked ah di to wake ah mei up. haha... n he got a big scolding fr her. but she did wake up. so off we went at 11am.

i went to get dar's christmas prezzie too. last yr i bought a fila boardshorts. went into fila 1st. saw dis pouch tat looks nice. not working so cannot buy too x coz using his money to buy oso ma. haha... but its e thots tat counts rite? =D

well, e joke is i told e salesger to get me a new pc. its S$24.90. den e ger say got promotion. pay S$5.00 can get a female sling bag. so total S$29.90. i tink e bag quite nice so went to ask ah mei wan anot. den she say ok. din tink of buying for myself though i rather like it coz dun wan to spend money on myself ma. who noes, after i paid n saw e receipt.... hahaha.... e female bag original price was S$39.90, after discount is S$29.90 n e pouch is a free gift. wahahahha... but i paid S$24.90 for it n ah mei paid S$5.00.

so after i got dar's prezzie den went to buy e food for e christmas party.

picked up e satay at jurong west. so expensive can. bt timah one nicer n cheaper. its S$0.50 for 1 stick whereas e latter sells for S$0.30. den after ah di bargain like siao e satay seller say "ok la, give u 2 sticks more!" *faints* wats 2 sticks? =(

last stop is e christmas log cake fr jp swensen. its sticky chewy chocolate. nice! we redeem it using dad's singtel red rewards points.

sent ah mei food to process e food. den me n ah di went to pick regan up n den to bt timah to collect his jigsaw puzzle (calyn's long belated bday prezzie) before he sent us hme as regan needs his nap.

as dar n regan still napping but i gotta go help out wif e food, got ah di to pick me up at 5pm.

cal was there already. hee.. wif her sis. not enuff hands so got her to help wrapped e sting rays n make e mashed potatoes. lolz... "thks hor!"

i cooked spaghetti as usual. but dis yr mom cooked fried bee hoon for those preferring chinese food. which is MOST ppl lor. so sad nobody patronize my food. =( *sobs*

jianglin n frens at least made themselves useful n got e fire going at 5.30pm.

1st guest was auntie linda. bought along her chicken wings, bottle of red wine n a prezzie for regan. y i dun haf ar? hmm... hahaha...

den e rest of e ppl started coming. forgot who came after tat but i noe all invited came la. hee...

set up e mahjong table at abt 8pm. hands v itchy but i din play. oni squeezed in 1 round coz not enuff legs.

{regan playing wif e dies}

minor accident happened. jianglin frens was eating dun noe wat. den felt unconfortable in his throat. apparently i tink he was eating satay dun noe how a splinter fr e satay stick got stuck in his throat. he approached my mom 1st. whom tried using e traditional remedies. like forcing him to eat a bowl of porridge (coz no rice cooked tat day) den swallow a cup of veingar. *yucks* but still din work.

so end up dar help to send him to e clinic but e clinic said they dun haf e quipment n it din help tat e clinic was packed so e nurse wasnt at all happy to help or chk. den dar n e poor chap went to nuh a&e. waited for a while, did an xray to find e splinter. but coz its made of wood it din show up. so e doc had to insert a camera (i dun noe how to spell it, its ste-de-scope) through e nose n find it. *yeewwww* finally located it. took out e cam. had to tie a mini pincer wif e cam n re-insert it. dar had to help to clip it out too coz they were understaffed tat day. after a long while, they finally removed it. e nurse was nice. at 1st still had to Q n wait to pay but e nurse told them since its christmas eve n guess they also like to go hme faster, asked them to go 1st n they wld send e bill to jianglin's fren hse.

but they spent e countdown in e hospital though. by e time they got hme it was like 12.30am le. but i did call dar at 12am to wish him 'merry christmas'. hee...

n e fren amazingly after all e ordeal when he got back he continued eating SATAY. *faints*

left at abt 1.30am after cleaning up abit. jianglin frens were still bbq-ing. n e mahjong game was still continuing. haa...

jianglin was playing too. though he like keep training but still 'ZHA HU". n had to pay us all. =P

so tired after such a long day. fr 5.30am to 2.30am. had fun though i tink it was choatic. hope dis yr's is better. hee... looking forward to it again!