Festive Fat Buster

Went for a run, yes, RUN to East Coast with Matt as a coach who was going "Come on, you can do it!" by my side.. It was my first run ever, in my adult life and it was hellish.

I couldn't stop caughing and felt like puking. I was serious about calling the ambulance.

But I did it. 2.5km?

.....and that classic tune from Rocky in my head.......

Merry Christmas!

Had X'mas Eve dinner at home when Calven received a turkey and the frills for free! Not knowing what to do with it, he called Matt, who called Lucas and I called Keith over - and what was supposed to be an impromptu party turned out to be a great relaxing night with lots of laughter.
On X'mas day, Simon & Carol invited us for a real English style X'mas meal at their beautiful pad. Started popping champagne from 2pm and had a slow slow sumptuous meal that was just amazing! All the goodies on the table! As an English tradition, there's a 'Secret Santa' where we exchange gifts that are the most useless gifts and we wear silly paper hats the whole day. Nobody is exactly sure what time we left but it was definitely pass midnight. My thoughts on my first English style X'mas day meal.... I forgot how fun X'mas was! That is how it is and how it should be!

Keith's B-day @ Brewerkz

Keith's birthday is on Dec 23 and every year I was away for his birthday bash.

Last year was his 40th! so it was huge, and I missed it.

This year, he didn't even plan for it til the last minute, but quite a lot of us (mainly the alcoholics) managed to turn up.

He's taking up "Ikebana" (flower arrangements), and I know he loves flowers so I gave him an oil painting of a Poppie for his pressie.

BritCham Ball

Went to a Ball organized by the British Chamber which was held at Shangri-La Hotel.
We first went to Robertson Quay to meet the boys and a house party for a pre-drinking then to the party.
I wore the dress Mom designed and Bang Anen made and even though I didn't know there was a 'Disco Fabulous' theme til I arrived, I felt good in it as I always do.
Wine and champagne flowed freely and we hardly remembered the food, everyone was everywhere.
My thoughts on my first Brit Ball..... It's ALL and ONLY about drinking, and they are proud of it!

Calven's Birthday @ Chez Rat's* Chilli Night

We celebrated Calven's birthday and it was also Matt's turn to whip up a meal and be the host for his friends on the monthly drinking club, so he cooked his meanest chilli at home.
I helped to prepare garlic bread, mash potato, rice, coleslaw and a mocha birthday cake while everyone brought a bottle or two.
The idea of having 8 blokes at home freaked me up but everyone was on their best behaviour, drank a bit too much for Wednesday, but with great food and fun friends, it was a successful night.

*Matt a.k.a Rat (he was a rat in Pinocchio play when he was a child therefore this nickname)

I Won!

Out of sheer curiousity, I Googled my name and found I won an iPod Nano from Zouk!

I didn't even know I was on a mailing list or some kind of member with Zouk.

It was announced in April 2007 and the collection due date is April 2007...it's now December isn't it?

I don't think I either received a call, email or sms during that time, or I would have collected!

Doesn't hurt to have another iPod, does it?

I think it's a scam! I hate Zouk management anyway.

http://www.zoukclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1743&sid=39813a0790ec2ad7a8a683c732ecc11b

So anyway, when I Googled my name + Singapore, my blog "Survivor Singapore" came out.

So did Emi Takeya. So I'm going to type out my parent's name here - Sumiko Takeya and Satoshi Takeya for the sake of being found out on the www, in case some of my parent's friends might be Googling them.