Saturday, December 18, 2010
i brainstormed @ 4:21 AM
Wow. I thought things would slow down after my semester ended, but boy was I wrong.
The night of the first day of my exams (4th Dec) was also the celebration for our 3rd anniversary.
The next night (5th Dec) was a celebratory dinner for my brother's birthday.
Two nights later (7th Dec), I attended Theng Chuen's wedding dinner.
Then, on Friday (10th Dec) was the last exam paper of my academic life (I hope).
Saturday night (11th Dec) was a baby shower for Frederick & Serene's newborn, Russell.
Then the next night (12th Dec) was a surprise birthday dinner for Bubu's new squeeze, Esther. That night itself I only managed to clock in a few hours of sleep before I had to wake up early the next morning (13th Dec) to start packing my stuff to be moved to the new house. Thank God the houses were only about 5 mins away from each other.
My mom stayed at the new house doing the cleaning, while me, my dad and bro did the heavy lifting to and from the houses. Sure made me feel like the second son my parents never had hahah. We were rushing about the whole day, and I was out at the supermarket in the evening running some errands when Jeremy called to tell me he was at the new house. I rushed home to let him in and found myself having to entertain some relatives who had come over to gawk at the new furnishings. And then I had to unload tons of stuff from the car (including a tray of eggs. Don't ask.), and set them up in the house. Then I had to quickly shower and get ready for dinner with three of my closest cousins to celebrate the homecoming of our wanderlust of a cousin Jane, who was home from the UK, post-graduation.
After dinner, they all came over to gawk at the new furnishings as well as check out my new room and didn't leave till almost midnight.
Later (18th Dec) I'm gonna need to head over to church to help with the cleaning and preparations for the coming Sunday Christmas luncheon, from 6pm-10pm.
Then on Sunday (19th Dec) is the actual Christmas luncheon itself, for which I would probably be at church for and serving from 8.30am till late afternoon. I wonder if there's gonna be a yumchar session at night.
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Wednesday (22nd Dec) will see me feasting at Essence, Sheraton Imperial KL. Since Mom gave me this voucher for a complimentary buffet dinner sometime back and it expires end of this month, I've no choice but to put it to good use. Do say hi if you're nearby hahaha. Oh, and it's the day Kevin's coming home too.
Thursday (23rd Dec) is the proposed date for a reunion dinner amongst my high school classmates. Though I most probably won't be joining them for dinner, I plan to join them for after-dinner drinks. Depending on what time church service ends. And depending on whether the plan actually materializes.
Oh and Aaron, it's not a once-in-a-decade meetup. We've been meeting up once a year at least lol. And we've only been out of high school for 5 years. Damn, I feel kinda old now. My parents sure make me think that...... Although, in retrospect, I finished high school when I was 16; started college almost immediately in my 17th year; and will still be 21 going on 22 when I graduate. Not too bad lar. I don't know why they're hassling me. Sheesh kebab.
Ironically, there are no plans for Christmas on Saturday (25th Dec). Although, we had been chatting earlier and depending on what the group consensus is, we might actually drive down to Sepang GoldCoast for a BBQ. And maybe go-karting, although the rates seem kinda steep.
And sometime during that week, which is next week, me and the cousins are probably gonna take Jane out again. This time Hao Wei suggested a whole day of hanging out at Sunway Giza. He's promised to bring me to Snowflake lol. And he said we could all yumchar and talk cock at Asia Cafe. As much as I love them, I don't even know if I have a whole day to offer them. >_<
I suggested a meetup (which will probably pan out) on the 27th or 29th, since Kevin's only back on the 22nd and it's usually family time for the first few days. Plus, Jeremy (Goh) has said that a meetup with Kevin Kang-kang once he's home will definitely be in the books. Although, he didn't say so in as many words lol. If he goes back on his word, I can easily find out where he lives and confront him. He's on foursquare. ;)
Although.... Bukit Beruntung is such a painful distance to have to drive.
But I already miss him after hanging out with him the night of the wedding dinner. :(
Anyway. Bruce has said that we should organize a dinner at either Tak Fook (Desa Aman Puri) or DeFoodland (Taman Bukit Maluri) to satiate everyone's seasonal craving for crabs. Even Hao Wei has expressed an interest in going for a crab dinner. So that means two crab dinners with two separate groups of people.
Alan has suggested doing something before or after Christmas. Although he never said anything specific, I'm guessing it's got to do with eating.
And then Hao Wei told me just now we should make a trip down to Malacca sometime in January. This plan has been postponed and shelved since his return from the UK in August lol. I might have to drive separately, sigh. By myself too considering the number of people going and if my jantan doesn't want to take leave on a weekday to make the trip down with me. Anybody who wants to follow me and be my radio, please let me know. Seriously. Jeremy Goh, Ian, Kevin, Jia Hoong, anybody who's in town then...?
And either on the 8th or 15th Jan 2011, we'll be dining as a group at Westin. Again, this is to use up a voucher that entitles us to 50% off on the total bill, but the catch is that we have to have a minimum of 6 persons, and a maximum of 12.
If the Sepang Goldcoast thing doesn't pan out this Christmas, we would probably be making the trip down there on the 22nd of Jan 2011.
After that is Chinese New Year.
Sheesh kebab. Stress giler, trying to remember everything and keep the dates straight.
Haha typing all this out helps me keep track of what the confirmed and/or tentative plans are by the way, in case you were wondering why I'm typing this out at all.
Oh and congratulations to Eric Ho & Karen Leong on the newborn baby boy! Haha if he had been born an hour or so earlier, the baby would've shared his poppa's birthday. Earlier, we were standing around outside the lobby after church when Sister Caren rushed up to us and asked if Jeremy had brought his phone cos she had forgotten hers. She needed Jeremy to call Eric, cos another church sister, a doctor, had strongly advised that Karen Leong be brought to the hospital first. Their overnight bag, which was at home, could be brought over later and since Karen's water had just broke, that was more urgent. But they had already left before the doctor said that and Caren urgently needed to pass the message along. So we were all standing there and Wei Hern said, "Hahah, Caren's calling Karen."
And then, "And then there's this Karen (me)."
LOL.
Eric texted Jeremy sometime past 1am to inform him it was a baby boy and that everyone was well. Congrats again, proud parents! It was just last Saturday that we were all at Russell's baby shower, watching their eldest, Rebecca, whine for a cupcake. :P
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