Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Merry Christmas 2006 (Part 2)

Xmas Celebration Part 2: JB Movie & Food Feast and Crazy Nite Out

This is the first time I am celebrating Xmas with my uni buddies. Looking exceptionally forward to meeting them cos they are always the most happening bunch of friends I have. hehe!

Xin, Jul, Kel, Ling, Lun and me met in the afternoon for JB. Xin, being the "guest of honour", got the honour of being scolded by everyone for being late by 30 mins. Surprisingly, the causeway and customs were very clear and less crowded this weekend, so we managed to reach JB in less than 45 mins. Ling suggested catching a movie over at JB City Square since it's still too early to go for makan feast.

In the end, we decided to watch Jay Chou's " The Curse of the Golden Flower" after a quickie lunch at Secret Recipe. Being the most typical Singaporean (except Lun but he has long gotten the Singaporean traits..) we are, we cant help gushing and exclaiming about the cheap movie tic. Their weekend movie tic cost RM 10.. which is about SGD 4. So much cheaper compared to our Weekend $9.50. Whats more the cinema is run by Cathay.. so quality of the cinema theatre is of the same standard as Singapore. Bloody worth it!

Alrite. Let's talk about the movie. It's a fantastic arthouse film by Zhang Yimou and definitely worth catching (even though Jay Chou doesnt look very appealing in the movie *shrugs*). As Zhang Yimou likes to use very strong colours in his movie, this one (as the title mention) was extremely golden and glittery. So be aware of being blinded by the strong contrasting colour of the palace's interiors and Chow Yun Fatt/Gong Li's ultra glittery GOLDEN costumes! Argh *Cover my eyes*... but nonetheless, the backdrop was magnificent.

The plot was easily understandable. Nothing too complicated... Gong Li's suppression as the Queen and Chow Yun Fat as the most heartless, callous, tyrannical King.. were all well-portrayed. Exception being Jay Chou again.. Cant help laughing at his face... and his futile attempt to squeeze out some emotions on his face. He just looked very off in his costumes and his moustache. *Cover my eyes*

Oh and you cant miss all the girls' boobs, almost spilling out of their clothes. Damn gross when you see their boobs wobble as they walked. According to my mama, she thinks that the boobs ressembled some kids' buttock. muahaha.

Late in the evening, we head off to our favourite place for a big feast:




Look at Ling, the one who cant resist sticking her tongue out when she sees good food... even when she only sees the menu. From left: Xin, Juan, Ling, Jul




What is life w/o good food man.... hehe. We had Chili Sweet Potato Leaves, Tofu on hot pan, Deep fried baby squid, Butter Crayfish, Steamed Soon Hock Fish, Beggar's Chicken, Dou miao. yummy.. all for the grand total of about 16 SGD per person.


Unfortunately, there's no purplish dragon fruit juice but no regrets! We tried Weilun's recommendation of another fruit juice which is a mixture of 3 fruits (strawberries, plum juice and cant remember the last one). It's a helluva good drink to die for!!! Hehe. That is if you are a sucker for sour stuffs.




How can we not pose for some photos with our favourite crayfish..... Gosh.. look at the amount of meat!



Back from Msia, meet up with Les and Cehao. What's next? Xmas xchange and Bowling at Safra Mount Faber!Thinking that Safra Mount Faber would not be as crowded with bowlers like Marina Sq. Wrong wrong! In the end, we were put on the waiting list.. and it was all waiting and more waiting.... while we were waiting for our turn, we took some bo-liao pics..





Jul, Xin, Juan and Lun illustrating ε–œ, ζ€’, ε“€, 乐. We are good eh?




1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. No 9 cos we dunnoe how to do it. hehe.




Les, Ling, Cehao's version. Who's better?

Now finally for the Xmas xchange... hehe. After a few rounds of drawing lots... I got Cehao's Piggie bank. (actually is froggie) hehe. And lucky Ling, got my red leather card holder.... :P







Everyone gets a present! Lesley gotten Ling's pillow case, Kel gotten Xin's (?) Nalgene bottle, Xin gotten Kel's piggie tissue box cover, Ling gotten my red leather namecards holder, Cehao got Les's MUJI tibits pack. Lun gotten Jul's shoes bag. Me got Cehao's turtle piggie bank. Jul got lun's present (not bought yet). hehe.. Merry Xmas everyone!

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