as "promised", an update. won't be a really long one because i may have forgotten about the details but let me try my best to recall the christmas and new year periods.

24 december 2008 - christmas eve
went to marina square with shaohui to shop. actually we already had the item we wanted in our minds so we just set off for a shop named fourskin, and each of us bought a slim cut pants (or more appropriately, shorts), black in colour, for $49.
went over to suntec and discovered a new version of maximum tune 3. not entirely a new version, but more of an upgrade - max tune 3dx. new cars like the mitsubishi lancer evolution x (evo10 or e10 in short), subaru impreza wrx sti (the hunchback one), and one other car which i have cleanly forgotten. didn't get to play though, because it was really expensive, so we told ourselves to do so some other time, together with aug.

mrt-ed all the way to boon lay to meet with my friends while sh went elsewhere to meet his. was looking everywhere for mel but she was the one to find me in the end. sorry, you really too short, i didn't even noticed until you tapped me on my arm LOL. so we waited and waited for the guys to reach (before this they were at jurong swimming complex enjoying themselves, i didn't join them, i dislike swimming heh). so after they reached, we talked cock and walked to the bus interchange and boarded some bus to a neighbourhood coffee shop which sells zi cha. had dinner there, food was decent enough, and i was happy as long as there was something to fill my stomach with. it was cheap too, $10 per person, and we had 12 people there.

at this point after the dinner, we wasted a LOT of time pondering our next move. where to go, what to do, etc. so we finally decided, and that is taking a walk from buona vista mrt to kent ridge park, then all the way to mount faber, and to harbourfront mrt which would bring us back home. sounded like a real good plan. so we walked. and walked. and walked. it was almost close to 2 hours before we found a sign that said kent ridge park. and we continued walking. til we got to a split path. took the right one (as in, literally the right one) and found ourselves walking on a road not long after. turns out, we had made a wrong turn, but we were tired, so decided not to turn back, and walked all the way to pasir panjang road which would lead us to harbourfront mrt.

along the way, as we were nearing a petrol station, a police van went past us and stopped at the entrance. out came 7 or 8 police officers and they ordered us to stand in a straight line, demanding our ICs. we gave it to them, and they asked us a several questions, including a couple of lame ones, like why i joined the airforce instead of the police force (-.-"). we told them we were on a night hike, and they just came from vivocity's countdown event and moving around to ensure nothing happens in the vicinity.
AND THEN... and then, right at the stroke of midnight, they wished us Merry Christmas and then drove off. it was an unexpected surprise; what a bloody coincidence. i mean, they couldn't be any more accurate, HAH.

31 december 2008 to 1 january 2009 - new year eve & new year day
went to school as usual in the morning, but it was a half-day so the lessons ended at 12noon. all of a sudden, just right after my lessons ended, i received a call. "1.30pm... meet dhoby ghaut mrt..."
when i got there, some of the guys have already reached. i enquired what we were gonna do. i got clueless faces back for an answer. okay... so we went over to the cathay to wait for the others to arrive, they were suggesting a movie. took a look at the movie listings. twilight - bloody chick flick, no thanks; ponyo - selling fast and sold out in a flash; yes man - never really looked appealing; australia - what the hell is this about? so yeap, that kinda summed up what we felt on that day. so when the 2 late guys arrived, we changed our minds and went over to paradiz for lan. but before that, some of us desperately needed lunch, so it was off to macdonalds.

after finishing the meal we just sat there and lazed. and out of the blue, my friend asked, "HEY... how about coming over to my house for bbq action?"
it was a brilliant idea. right after spamming our handphones informing others about our plan of action, we walked back to plaza singapura's carrefour and did some shopping for bbq food and necessities. tiring but nevertheless it was a fun process, no wonder some mothers LOVE going to the supermarkets LOL.

so after shopping was done, it was off to quek's house! ain't gonna describe everything but it took quite some time to eventually get the fire started (using huge aluminum trays as the bbq pit) and take the first bite of food. but we wouldn't have been able to if not for quek's parents, who helped us out alot, hah. so there were like 2 main groups of people there. one group was playing mahjong while we fed them with food (rofl), while the other was there cooking the food. i sort of drifted between both groups, lol. after midnight, everybody grew tired, and those doing the bbq went into the house to play the ps3, while those playing mahjong previously busied themselves with the food and bbq. then when most of the food was gone and finished, leaving behind several sticks of satay still uneaten, i went out to finish the job. it was never completed though LOL.

then we had soccer at a nearby basketball court. it was thrilling because we played in darkness. it wasn't entirely pitch black, thanks to abit of light coming from the shelter next to it, but still, it was one hell of an experience. goddamn it was sure fun. played from about 4am to 5.30am, went back to quek's house, cleaned up, a couple went to bathe while the rest played the ps3 again. then we went home as soon as everyone was ready to go off.

the most enjoyable outing with my peeps so far. it shall be marked. :)

right, on to more recent stuff. got a couple of new tee-shirts and polo tees, cheap and good ones from Giordano etc.

my first gym sessions since months made my muscles so sore i was fucking limited in my movement, but after about a week i was back to normal again. can still feel a little abit of stretch at some parts of my body though.

got my samsung PIXON on friday night! they finally called me after i waited for 5 days. cost me $538 with a 2-year singtel classic plan, damn heart pain la. :( nevertheless, it's a worthy buy! 8mp camera goodness, mmm... time for some seriouz camwhore shiz man LOL. pictures coming right up (none of the actual phone itself though, just a few of the box and stuff).