Thursday, December 29, 2005
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This year's christmas celebration was fun. We actually took some $$$ out to buy a christmas tree and presents for our dearest friends. Also, YY and I spent four hours planning two games to play on Christmas eve night. No alcohol involved. Just casual fun, and not to mention the oh-so-delicious food on the table.There were 11 of us. A big crowd in a relatively small apartment. Nevertheless, we managed to shift the dining table around so that all of us can sit comfortably around the food. We had hotpot for dinner. I ate so much that night. I drank too much of the tom yam soup I think, haha!
After dinner, we sat around the christmas tree where all the beautifully-wrapped presents were. We girls (the six of us) played Secret Santa among ourselves. We set the budget for the presents to be no more than $15. It was really exciting. Seeing the happy look on my friends' faces after receiving their surprise is a feeling of joy. It is also great to receive more than one present! Haha ... not only did I get a gift from my Secret Santa but also a gift from my date! ^^
Just before eating ...
During the scrumptious meal ...
Before the gift-exchange.
I received three items from my Secret Santa - a cell phone charm, a note stand, and a keychain. Very, very pretty! And the best part was ... I received an iDog from my date! He knew I liked it from the very start and he bought it for me :)
Cute or not, cute or not! ^^
This iDog is so cool. It dances to music. Basically, you have to "feed" it music. If you feed it enough music, it will be happy! And it can develop a personality based on the kind of music you feed it. This personality of the iDog can be shown through it's twelve LED lights on it's face. If you press it's nose button, it will acknowledge you with a cute bark! But if you touch it's tail, it will get angry and growl at you, hehe!
After that, we proceeded to our first game of the night. It's called "Wacko" but better known as Public Caning to some people. And the cool part was we played it with not our own names, but character names from Harry Potter. So you can imagine everyone repeating the easiest name, "Voldemort" when in danger. The hardest names to call out were "Hermione Granger" and "Neville Longbottom". It was fun although we played it for only 20 minutes. Next, we played "Poisonous Present." This game is very similar to that one game we used to play when we were kids - "Pass the Parcel." However, the forefeits are more creative. Nothing scandalous or hard to do. It starts off with simple dares like "Ballroom dance with yourself" or "Pose like a murderer with a knife from the kitchen and take 5 pictures" ... However, as the game goes on, the tasks are more difficult ... I would say more challenging and *ahem* embarassing ... A few interesting ones were:-
- Blindfolded; sit on the chair; put your feet and feel this "thing" (it was a mix of flour, water, tapioca starch) and guess what it was. Eeeew... it was goo-ey!
- Get the opposite neighbours attention and shout to them "Hello! I am your neighbour! Merry Christmas!!!!"
- 5 girly hair clips, 5 girly hair bands; a new hairdo for you, boy! This was funny!
The finale was ... not that horrible ... but I felt that it was a pretty good one because it was unexpected. Since YY and I made this game up, we thought it was fair to include two Deejay switches along the game, and two free passes as well. But I tell you ... it was retribution - I ended up having to enjoy the finale >_<
And what was it ...
...I had to suck on a pacifier!!!!! >_<
Those flower stickers on our heads - "Stick this post-it on your head throughout the game. You can pick other two friends to join you!"
It was a simple game. Nothing to devastating and it was fun. At least, everyone had fun. It was a great christmas celebration, especially when we are far away from home and all we have is each other. Great company, great friends!
Well, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!
