Practically a weight-gain program.

It’s kinda boring…. except for the fireworks and the huge red packets I received. =p

Last night, we went out to get the fireworks for the strike of midnight.

This cart of fireworks cost around $700.

Preparing for the firecrackers.

Kids happily playing with the sparkles.

I had my fair share of firing the fireworks. Feels darn good. haha..

I should probably attempt firecrackers the next time.!!!

I’m now typing this post on the train to Wen Zhou for CNY, which allowed me some free time to edit the photos. My laptop battery better last me till the end of this post!

Countdown was more than a month ago. The days are getting passed faster each year. Our initial plan was to bar-hop for the night but I went against it. We were hosting a Russian friend – Igor, and so we decided to start out with dinner at Inna’s place, having it the Russian way.

I was baffled at why they are decorating the Christmas tree on 31 Dec – it is so a Russian tradition.

Sergey was the chef for the night. I was amazed that this man can cook! Haha.
Some starters for the dinner – those mini sized whole cabbage is a tradition Russian dish.

Take a peep into the cheese fondue. Added with white wine for the extra omph~ super yummy!
I enjoyed dipping the bread, the cabbage, and the cold cuts into it. Yummy yummy.
Diet plans? Oh well, another day. Haha..

With Russians around, how could we miss out on authentic Russian vodka?

The dinner was excellent  with the ever-flowing of vodka and food plus the jokes and laughter.

Sergey insisted on popping the champagne at midnight.
Such a cute act, standing in front of the TV, waiting for the 3, 2, 1.

Happy 2010!

It’s amazing how fate works. These 2 russian men, went to the same middle school back in Russia – different years though. And only here in Singapore, they met each other, on New Year’s eve! Just so coincidental!

After the countdown, we headed off to Attica to party on. However, the photos are too unglam! Haha. I’m not gonna show it here.

Alright, just one. Thanks guys for the great night!

check out the bouquets of flowers on display!
been a long while since i received flowers…. *hint hint*

We had the company of the ducks for dinner!

Evelyn and Iris joined in as well. =)

We booked the swing seats and had the best ambience in the whole restaurant. The group of us attracted many people looking into the restaurant. For a moment, we felt like the animals in the zoo. Lol.

The dinner started off with an Ettusais Quiz!
which I missed because I was late due to earlier appointment.
Christine won herself a limited edition Ettusais Tote Bag!

I had lamb rack. badly done. boo….

the peach cake was unique! nice but overly sweet…

Pretty ladies! *whistles*

with sarah and christine!

Sheradine was really sweet to prepare an award ceremony!
All of us were a prize winner!

Sarah was awarded the “Ettusais Biggest Fan”! that miniature fan is so ccuuuuttee~

Christine banged the “Awesome Creative Writing”. You go girl!
The miniature newsletters are so darn lovely lah! I’m jealous!
Gonna sneak into ur house at night and steal it! Lol.

The other ambassadors with their awards:

For me, I won the “Most Print-Worthy Blog” and aside, I get 1-year free CLEO subscription!

Im feeling really honored as it was selected by the CLEO Team.
So thank you CLEO and Ettusais!!!

it was a wonderful time with the girls! Wished we had more get-togethers.

With Sheradine! I hope this will not be the last session. =X

we have been patrons of Kuriya for almost 2 years! It’s good to see them injecting new ideas into the market and expanding. I’m pretty excited about one of their new plans for next year. Hopefully I will be around to attend the opening!

Located at the top floor with contemporary decor, Kuriya Penthouse  spells a twist to the traditional Japanese restaurants.

Emcee for the event was Benedict Goh!

Top quality sake barrel imported from Japan…

The serving wooden cups…

one, two, three and go~ i loved the sake, smooth and sweet. *slurps*

Everyone beamed at the free flow of food.

Food was needlessly to say – Excellent!
hohoho… the toro sushi was heavenly!

Side dishes – tofu, japanese yam, grilled cod fish..

Master Chef: Koezukan-san.

Japanese musicians… They did a collaboration and cut an album named “Kuriya”.

it’s so rare to see and hear them nowadays..

Award-winning bartender from Japan performing… he’s really good at his tricks!

green, yellow, orange cocktails.

The whole team from Kuriya Raffles City moved to Penthouse.
Love them all! Always providing the best service.
With Paul, Manager.

been busy with whole lot of other stuffs rather than exams.
this is my most ill-prepared semester, i hope i don’t fail any. *prays hard*

new toy in the house:

I’m pretty much hopeless with DSLRs. especially during com 206? I hated the school’s DSLR. I can never figure out on the shutter speed, ISO and focal what??

Anyway, i shall leave the technical aspects to Kelvin.

Say Hello to Adrea!

I’m glad she’s got lots of hair!!! I’m always so worried when I see babies with little hair – balding at such a young age?

She’s really tiny! And she’s gonna take on her 1st flight end of this year and spend her 1st winter at age of 2 months old. You go girl! See you in Shanghai!

we went to surprise her at midnight earlier on. the last house visit surprise was years ago! haha… too bad rebec isn’t feeling well today……

anyway, project MJ is made possible by:

I guess the best gift this year would be:

I do hope so! hahahha…