let's recall:

xmas eve 2004: i had to perform at bleeding CCO concert. unbelievable alright? both xmas eve AND xmas!

xmas eve 2005: i had to go back for bleeding CCO general meeting. hahaha.

xmas eve 2006: i was cooped at home, but it wasn't too bad because i had my favourite foods and my all time favourite movie Love Actually was on tv.

xmas eve 2007:

with jiayin, mr chua and chinyong!

it was a rather last minute thing, with all of us being people with nobody to date :( so we decided to hang around jiayin's house and have a quiet xmas eve of our own.

and it i'm being quite literal when i said we rotted; we were all sprawled across the sofas watching tv, until around 1130 when mj decided to drive out to mount faber to join in on the xmas countdown. haha most unfortunately everyone else seemed to have to same idea and we were jammed at somewhere uphill of mt. faber at 12 midnight.

after that it was supper at Hong Kong Cafe at siglap.

despite going to bed at almost 4, i had to wake up at 9+ to get to jiayin's house to help with the preparations for the party.

the food preparation in progress. i have no idea what yuexin is doing. hahahaa.

the food and dessert. beautiful artsy pics courtesy of jieying and huimin :)

the girls.

the boys. (aiyo mj, you look so pretty here. HAHA)


皇上，老佛爷，阁阁, and the leave-me-out-of-all-the-politics-县官夫人. hahahaha. (anyway my chinese really cannot make it now. so any typos don't fault me. i just type in the hanyu pinyin and the system generates whatever combination that makes sense. haha)



mr chua!

only mollie would oblige taking ugly photos with me. hahaha.


DESSERT. we had way more dessert than normal food. :P
kudos to mol and jyn for the yummy tiramisu and the pudding which they made from scratch!
kudos to yuexin's dad's log cake and huimin's mom's cupcakes!
and the tons and tons of famous amos cookies.



group B!!

eric and jit playing with jiayin's photo. HAHAHA.

i like this photo!!

and this too :)

the other group photos and miscellaneous.

DHSCO COM!! we have come a long long way :) 5 years and counting.

and for the finale
xmas party photo 2006.

xmas party 2007 :):)

and after the others headed home just around before midnight, the study group girls had our very first sleepover together. although it started off on a slow note where nobody knew what to do to pass the time, eventually we found our own entertainment ;) it was just HILARIOUS and we've all sworn to keep it a secret within ourselves. heh heh.
(but hz was not in 状况again and nearly told the whole world on jiayin's facebook wall. hahahaha)
for the next couple of hours we were all just drifting in and out of sleep lying on the floor of the study room, gossiping about just about anything we could think of to keep ourselves awake, before we all gave up and ordered mac breakfast.
that lasted til about 7am where we finally all concussed and slept til about 12.
one lame movie and a leftovers-lunch later, we finally all headed home :)


for some reason, the party this time round seemed much cosier than the one last year, despite the fact that there were more people. and it was a lot louder, what with the karaoke-ing, mahjong-ing and bridge-ing all going on simultaneously. but there was something distinct in the atmosphere; it was a feeling of warmth and happiness, not just from the christmas mood. you probably could say it was from the culmination of the years of friendship that we all shared :)

many of us have been friends for so long! me and huimin for over 12 years! mol and jiayin around 13 years? most of us having known each other for at least 5-6 years, we've all become so comfortable around one another. and once again, i cannot say how thankful i am that i chose to go to dunman and was blessed with such a wonderful group of friends that i'm sure would continue to remain friends in the decades to come. :) (in fact, just now halfway through the Loreal discussion, me yuexin and hz were discussing who would be bridesmaids for jiayin's wedding. hahahahaha)

it's all these little things that let you know, you have these friends for life :)

so i'll just end off with this nice little quote that yuexin found:

一些伴着我们长大的事物，即使再久，想起来还会有“味道”。不是特别去记得，而是因为已经成为自己的一部分，所以忘不了