Been really a hell of a week..up to my neck with work with no signs of abating. Xmas is drawing nearer, so have you bought all your gifts yet? Heh...
We had our office Xmas lunch on Thurs, at Moses' friend's eatery near Arab Street. We went there last year too, but this year's food was much better. There was turkey, Salmon and beef during the main course, and the Xmas log cake was great too. Sprinkle of hazelnuts, a foamy-like cream as topping with a dash of carrot-cake taste. And I don't mean carrot cake as "chai tou kweh"...carrot cake as in the cake *duh*
Anyways, the highlight was when we exchanged our presents. We wrote our names on balls of paper which were thrown into a bowl and everyone just picked. Amazingly, Eve got mine and I got hers! She got me this doggie door wedge. Quite cute and certainly useable. Hehe...I felt a little paiseh though...Coz I bought Bath rocks from Natural Source. I figured that with the number of guys in my office, likelihood of a guy receiving my prezzie is rather low. True, but never did I think that my gift would also go to Eve, who doesn't use such stuff....sigh -.-
Ok, we did our big gift exchange today. The spoken rule was that everyone was supposed to just bring a gift for exchange. And I thought me and Isabel are the only ones who bought prezzies for everyone else too. Imagine my surprise, when after we whipped out our prezzies to distribute to everyone else, they too have something up their sleeves. The unspoken rule I guess.
I spent a huge bomb this month, not just my own expenditure, but because of the festivities (aka Xmas) and the gifts. Sigh. I'll leave this to next month's credit card bill. Bound to come up to a dazzling and impressive figure. Not to mention intimidating. *shudders*
Who got what (from Isa & me)?
Let's see. Tricia got a cute pink piggy bank. Before you think I'm cheapskate, allow me to clarify that it's something she liked very much and she wanted to get for herself. But of course, I disuaded her. Wahahaha..
Lena got a nice Mickey Mouse mug with lid. The Mickey Mouse is the vintage looking one. Yeah. Well, there was nothing in particular to get her. And since she and Michael will be leaving us for good next week, I thought to give her something that she can see and use (then remember us. If not, out of sight, out of mind). *sob*
We got HuiYing a hp holder in the form of a banana. Why banana? Well, there's a story behind the banana. Insiders' joke. Hahaha..."Xiang Jiao!"
Eve got 2 bars of choc. One dark choc, one white choc. Expensive bars ok...from Topshop. (yes, Topshop sells choc. Real nice wrapper and all, with good copywriting. I must say I was attracted to the wordings.) Sigh. I do regret buyign the choc for her after that. Coz I felt that I didn't give enough thought into it and simply settled for the easy way out. *Kick myself* There were some stuff that she certainly could do with. Besides, the money would have been spent more worthwhile if I didn't buy the chocs. Oh well.
Boss Cindy...what can I say. Of course must reserve the most pricey one for her lah. It isn't easy to buy prezzy for her. For one thing, she isn't like any other ladies who likes clothes/jewellery/fashion. She's the more intellectual sort, and you would think books, CDs are stuff for her. True, but the problem is, its hard to pinpoint her taste. So this time, we decided to buy her a working shirt. We went into Polo Ralph, and got her a Polo T instead. One of their later designs. Nice. And I purposely chose hot pink for her. Her wardrobe is the typical safe zones, like black, white and blue. Duh. Something different now. =D
The rest of the office peeps like Moses, Michael, Angela and Jimmy got our specially packed packages of selected choc candies. Lovingly packed and personalised. Of course we are thoughtful. Hehehe...Time to calculate that bill now. -.-
My haul this year was rather fruitful. A handphone holder from Lena, a pair of sweet earrings from Tricia, a salt shaker from Ms Patricia, and a handphone accessory from Isa. Not to mention the cookies and chocs and stuff. =D Oh...and my biggest gift this year is from Cindy - a Fila bag. Nice. Isa got a T-Shirt from her, and Angela got a wrist rest. Oh but I think the gift that beats all others, is the one given by Moses to Tricia...Guess what? iPod Nano! *scream everyone* Yes...so generous rite...
Ok, I'm meeting the girls on Boxing Day, Monday. Our practice since we were in Secondary School. We figured that Xmas is normally "reserved" for Church/Family/Boyfriends, so we being best-est friends, should gladly settle for "second-best", that's 26 Dec Boxing Day. Sensible, aren't we? Ha..Anyways, guess what I bought for the gift exchange? Let's just say it's unlike past years' kinda present. Embargoed till Monday..Hahaha. Am curious what I would be getting in the exchange. Heh
Think I'm coming down with something. Probably caught some powderful virus from Eve and CIndy. THey were sick before they even left for China, and now that they are back, they still have yet to recover. Croaking and coughing away, spreading the "good" stuff around. Xmas is indeed the season for sharing. *shakes head* Moreover, I think the fact that I haven't had enuff rest is probably getting me down. This weekend is gonna be worse. My mom is going to Taiwan, and everyone in the family has been roped in to help her in the business while she's away. Smart. Benefits of having a big family. Only my heavily pregnant 2nd sister is spared. Ha...I'm gonna have to wake even earlier than I ever have on both Sat and Sun morning. I need sleep! Ample and overdose would be most ideal! *slaps myself to reality* Rite...to reality and to bed then. Ciao.
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