Last night was one helluva way to spend christmas eve and the first few hours of christmas. We had a mini gathering at Mel's house - Fel, James, Qibin and I. Mel and I actually came up with a potential menu for our dinner gathering a few weeks back that we personally prepare on christmas eve. We wanted a roast turkey, beef, pasta, baked potatoes, salad, logcake and wine.
Under unforseen circumstances, the menu changed. We had Shepard's pie and curry & bread prepared by Mel's mum. Pasta that my mum prepared. Fel made really yummy tiramisu! James and Qb bought chips, bailey's, logcake and HAM&JAM. WHO EATS HAM AND JAM TOGETHER? When James first mentioned that they were buying ham and jam I honestly thought they were just trying to rhyme but when I saw the ham and the blackcurrent jam, I realised that it wasn't a joke. A truly novel way of eating that none of us girls have heard of and the two boys claimed to have been eating this strange dish from young.
After we were all stuffed with food because we kind of over-prepared, we played a few rounds of TABOO! where we spent so much energy laughing, we could have dessert after that. In one particular game, team SJI (consisting of James, Qb and Mel's primary 3 brother) had to guess the word "pierce" and Qb was desperately trying to describe it to James through the description of piercing ear holes but instead of using the word "pierce" like normal people do, James used to word "punctured" - hahaaha- puncture a ear hole.
POST dessert saw us taking a risk on the adventure of our lives - a ride in Mel's car (after Fel left). Before we were even out of our condo's compound, she already mounted the curb once and nearly crashed into the wall. We made it to Dempsey successfully and took about 15 minutes trying to park the car nicely into the lot but we still failed in the end. But it was the trip home that was most exciting! After dropping qb off, we were cruising along the highway peacefully when a crazy car sped past us. Mel panicked, swerved right and crashed her right mirror. So from that moment onwards, we were practically driving around without knowing what dangers lurk on the right while changing lanes. But we managed to get back home safely albeit the little adventure.
Oooh we took so many pictures last night on Mel's new camera! I'll post some here once she uploads them - that may mean weeks later when she gets back from Japan.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!