Christmas and Parties

I really meant to post this up some time ago... oops.

so now that New Year is coming right up, i HAVE to post up these pics before they become obsolete... haha

Let's start with the Basel Christmas Party at a restaurant at Hotel Phoenix.


the 3 TBOs and 2 SOs...


Eve and SH and me... SH looks young hor... hmmm she's older than she looks. haha cannot reveal too much else she'll kill me.


My supervisor.... with a santarina hat... hahahahhaa... he's so sporting... so FUN!


The guy behind is one of the consultants... one of the nice ones.


the Basel team! from TBO up to VP... wooooo.... i am not worthy....


our starters... soft shell crab, deep fried milk and escargot in choux pastry.
surprisingly quite yummy! i had thought that all the fried stuff would not be that fresh.. but i was wrong.


Merry Christmas everyone... Cheers!


Had dinner. sang songs, got saboed by the game master... and now, after all the fun... it's time to go home! cos there's work the next day... sigh.

Christmas Eve...


On the way to church to give out ang pows... (left over money from my china trip, i have to distribute it.)


After the nice dinner... Jan, Ber, Mich, Jac, Me, and Shuy.


Jac wanted a funny pose... haha.

You can't see my dress very well but it's green, and a little grecian looking. I love it! it's kinda transparent though...


Jacky, our designated driver for the night...


Me and Mich.

Now for Christmas Day.
I love christmas service. so nice sweet and meaningful.
the drama was good... i can't call it a musical even though there was singing cos the singing sounded unrelated to the play.


TTITs... that's short for Tai Tai In Training. Daphne named us...

Ber and me...pretty dresses.


Me and Jac... she was dancing for service. Vincent came to church... that's good...

Me and the brother...



Weird faces


Last Christmas Party on Christmas Day itself...

Had a party at Shen's house at Balmoral Park. the condo looks like a chalet... not at all like a condo.

Me and Vonnie


Seri and I


Me and the guys.

OK... that's all the christmas pics... In 3 hours time, i'll be off to KL for New Year's with the family. hope i'll have fun... more pics when i get back. :)

China Trip Installment 2

So here's the 2nd half of the trip.

Day 6:

We conducted an english quiz game with some craft work at the end of it.


After the end of the quiz, the teams each have points to "buy" materials to build a tall and stable structure.


The Winning Team!

Day 7:


We went to visit ann's house and Yihui and Shuying decided to exchange clothes. Don't they look cute...

Day 8:


Friday outside the mosque. all the men are going there for their weekly prayers.


Collecting alms,... so interesting

We had a concert at the end of that night, but i had no time to take photos as we were all performing in one way or another. so... dun think anyone took pics. got video tho...

Day 9:

Our last morning in China! me and Shuying woke up early specially to go and eat the beef porridge. it's really good... and super cheap. like only 3 yuan for each bowl... which like in total costs 70 singapore cents. SHIOK!

Anyway our parting team shot at the hotel.




Home Sweet Home! Arrival at Changi Airport at 11.15pm. it's great to be home! i'll miss the cold (just a little bit) but it's good to be back in singapore. haha.

Bonus Pic of my family's Christmas Party.


We had a Chen Clan Pasta Party, with pasta that we cooked on the spot. i made my own tomato base. wow... it was surprisingly yummmy! the pasta was really good. pasta is so easy to make compared to other things.... e.g. chilli crab...

Anyway, Merry Christmas to all my friends... more christmas celebration pics tomorrow!

Photos from China - Instalment 1

Hullo... I'm back from China! for those who didn't know, I went on a cross cultural exchange trip to China. It was a really cool trip. literally and figuratively... the temperature was averaging 0 to -15 degrees celcius! Because it wasn't just a holiday, it was a really enriching and fulfilling trip.

So anyway, here are some of the photos from day 1 to day 5.

Day1:

a super fuzzy picture of me and Shuying on the plane


Yihui looks retard... but i look pretty! :) haha...

We landed at Guangzhou airport at 12.30, and had to wait for the airline people to settle our hotel. and unbelievably, we waited for at least 2 hours! after 2 hours, they told us that we be given a hotel abt 25 min away from the airport... sigh. Initially, the plan was to go to Guangzhou city and eat dimsum, and do a spot of shopping... but because of the delay... that plan was scrapped. so sad...


This is our free hotel in Guangzhou... provided by our airline cos of the 1 nite stopover. not too bad I guess, for a free hotel.

We went for lunch at the hotel restaurant, and cos we didn't know what to order, we got a set meal. cos that would be faster. to our horror, what came out was a HUGE pile of rice, a few strands of cai xin, a few slices of char siew, goose gizzard, and snow peas fried with lup cheong. and guess how much we paid for that???? approx $10 per person. YUCK!

So we decided not to trust the hotel people anymore and order our own dinner...




Yummy food! and we paid like about the same amount as for lunch. plus we had our own room with a TV and all that. This was just the beginning of even better food to come!

Day 2:

the view out of the airplane window... looks just like what i imagine heaven would be like. see that cloud over there on the left... i'm gonna sit on one of those and play a harp next time. haha.

Landed at our final destination...

Trying to do the mist thingy... it's -8 degrees temperature... *shivers* cold!


Us in our beanies


typical scene on china roads... it's some tractor thing.


Lunch! And we thought we would be suffering.... haha

Day 3:

Dance Lessons for the china youths...

Day 4:

A donkey drawn cart! my first time seeing one.


Various meats hanging outside the butcher shop. this entire street is filled of shops like this one.


such a cute little baby!!!!! her name is jayna and she's half korean. anyway this is the day i looked particularly ugly. terrible dressing, no makeup at all. sigh.


Yuna, elder sister of jayna. prettier, but slightly less cute.


one of my favourite foods there... BBQ sotong! slurp!


do you feel the heat?

the end result... Yummy!!!!!

Day 5:

The Grand Mosque. it's interesting how chinese and muslim elements are mixed together. look at the dome at the top and the pagoda like structure beside us. weird...


a circular overhead bridge


some government building. the guard actually shouted at me and told me not to take pictures. scary...


at the city park... looks like an ice skating ring behind it rite? it isn't tho...


our whole team... like statues.


The view of the city from the top of north mountain.

okie... that's the beginning half of my trip... more to come later.