I had always LOVED christmas. Even though i am not Christian, but i like the atmosphere of it. The songs...the people...the gifts...the things ppl do on Christmas. I like it very much...so much so its always my favourite festivity of the year.
LOL yes....to me it beats CNY too. =P
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I had to work on the week leading to Christmas Day and after it...so i was abit down cos i thought i pretty much won't be celebrating much as all my friends are busy or out or timing not right to hang out(i work till 10pm every day...sigh.). Being particularly excited on Christmas Eve(cos the next day is Christmas Day!), the feeling slowly fades away as time slips closer to the midnight mark.
I thought for this year's Christmas I'll just past the midnite mark alone in my room and texting everyone...until Crystal mentioned to me there's gonna be a countdown that night and she's going to stay for it. I was like, "Got mehhh???" The countdown will be at Spring Mall....i could walk over after i finish work!
That got me excited. Something is going to happen after all!! It won't be dull...thank goodness. And after that my colleague talked to me abt it and mins later another text came in telling me to go for the countdown. =P
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When i finished work i went as fast as my tired legs could get me to Spring. The mall extended its opening hours to 11.30pm, which i was SO thankful for cos i need to buy xmas present for sumone~~ LOL this is literally last-min shopping, ppl. And i only have 1hr to do it....was runnning everywhere looking for the right present, and my foot was so painful i tell u. But i went on anyway...its Christmas dammit!!!
And then Crystal said she couldnt stay for the countdown. Bummer. =( I went look for Greg and asked him to stay for countdown too, but too bad his parents arrived to pick him already....HAIZZZ....
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When it was just minutes to midnite *giggles* i went outside and waited for the fireworks, all the time taking pics of the crowd and the carol-singing choir at the stage there. Lols. Then Sharon came with Kath...and to my surprise Peter too. And Kath's young sis Jeannie :)
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Nearing 12am...let's all rush outside....
Just look at the crowd.... >.<
The carol singing on stage...
10 seconds after that shot, the countdown started...i hold up my camera at the sky(and so does most of the people there) and my phone in my other calling sumone as i want her to hear what's going on around me. But it was engaged and so i stopped and focused on the fireworks.
Let them begin~~~~
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My verdict: Not jaw-dropping, but it was good enough for the night. The crowd cheered along to sum of the fireworks, and it was fun. I wasn't happy with my camera(again, sigh) but oh wells. It wasn't until later when Peter passed me his camera and i took sum shots....
Merry Christmas!!! =D
When everything was over, they wanna go McD. I was like 'damn i shudnt have bought the bread earlier!!!' lol cos i was hungry after all that walking around...in the end we went to 3rd Mile McD and feasted outside the place cos they were closing LOL.
We opened our Xmas gifts there too. I opened mine, which was from Sharon, Fab and Kathleen. They were expecting me to scream...LOL....but i didn't =P =P
This is what i got.
Lipgloss from MAC. My first Mac! Lol. Ahem. 5 different shades. SO far i only used two. LOL. These thing must've costed quite a fortune.....thanks alot alot!!! =) I LOVE it! I prolly din show it much, but i was thrilled when i saw this. =D
Kathleen opened her present too...and there was alot of picture taking of the crazy time we had eating and laughing there. LOL. Why do i say 'crazy'? Cos i was being super SOT and high...made everyone laugh but deep inside i was bleeding and miserable but it was Christmas and i want everyone to be happy~~
What crazy thing i did all the evidence is with Sharon. Lol...i kinda dread the day she gonna post it up =X But oh wells. I didnt regret anything i did that night outside McD. Nice memories~~!!
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*Note: This is drafted on 25/12/09...too busy to finish. Pictures in this post are not edited, though i would very much like the time to do it, but unfortunately no. I have other Christmas presents too, from the Christmas gift exchange i had with my friends earlier in the month. And also the pressie that my brother gave me in 2010 =.="" But i won't put them in soon cos i dunno where the pics went =.=!!!! Sorry...
Still, it's the thought that counts! Even thinking of buying one for me is good enough for me already. Thanks to everyone who made my Christmas '09 so lively that day!! Love you all! =D
