CNY : Day 3

= 31 January 2006 (Tuesday) =

The Plan
To have some friends over for the festive season.

Transposed Reality
Easier said than done!

The Process
- 2 hours at Robinson's in search of a pitcher, ice tongs, glassware & quilt cover set.
- a trip to Ikea for their colourful spiral coasters [ Yes, I know it's sheer madness ]
- 1 hour at Isetan scouring for a floor mat [ Bingo, yet another baffling decision ]
- 1 hour at Takashimaya shopping for a clock. Finally settled for an Umbra clock that was at a discounted price of $110.
- 4 hours packing lingerie [ I know that sounds incredulous. After hoarding them for ages without proper organisation, they've finally been categorized according to colour & type. ]
- 6 hours clearing [ Definition: emptying the cupboards & shelves of unwanted clutter and assembling items in order]
- baking / buying new year goodies
- many hours at NTUC / Giant supermarkets purchasing groceries
- Goodness knows how long it took to wash / scrub / flush / spray / clean / _____________ (fill in the blank)

The Day
Vern & Hum arrived at 3pm, followed by Eugene & his girlfriend. Shortly after, Joshua was at the door. Through a freaky twist of events, Joshua's current girlfriend happens to be my friend of 7 years. Talk about coincidences. Trickling in at 4.10pm was Del. Eugene's fever raged on and he was evidently ill. He left with his girlfriend before 5pm.Ange & Vincent were really, really late at 6pm. Just as I thought everyone had arrived, Ange announced that Danny & Ziqing were on the way. His Royal Lateness strolled in after 7pm. By the time we had champagne courtesy of Danny, it was close to 8.30pm. We filled our tummies at Fish & Co.and left at 10pm. I was exhausted but I had great fun with these boisterous people, especially Ange who's blessed with an infectious gift of the gab and charisma.

After Action Review (heh, does this sound familiar?)
Stressful, physically anguished. Compensation in the form of fun, laughter and bonding. 2007, here I come!

Just before dinner

One last shot before we left the house

In the day: Del flipping through my Chris Ling album intently

Del & Mich

Del & Mich (again!)

The Early Birds: Vern, Joshua & Hum

Joshua looks dead serious but he was actually chatting with Hum at this point.(If you peer really closely, you can see my reflection in the glass, where the blue vase is.)