I wanted to do some new year resolutions on the spur of the moment after I saw some on my friend’s blogs but I refrain since it will probably be a waste of time. And worse of all, I will end up feeling sorrier that I did not fulfil my resolutions come next year.

This Year had been a bad year.

1) I lost one of my grandparents.
2) My work had been going from bad to worse.
3) I was the victim of a viscious smear campaign which had my superiors implicated.
4) Friendships were lost or deteriorate as we are all too busy with our own lives.
5) I lost track of what I want in life.

On the bright side, I realised I have grown much within the year. Emotionally, mentally and physically ( put on weight. TMD) . With all the shit thrown at me during the year, I have walked away unscathed and ready to face a new year. I am a fighter and I know it.

I decided to give my tuition kid a nice new year eve present by refraining to shout at home even though I was boiling in frustration. Smoke went out of my ears instead.

As for me, I spent the whole day reading Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons. And strangely the last portion of the book, there was a sense of deja vu and I seriously think that I read that part before even though I am sure I haven’t. And that is how I spent my eve.

Today is Miss Teh’s birthday so the tai tai gang together with Mr Gay wanted to give her some birthday special. Since Miss Teh is a little vertically-challenged, Mr Gay and I thought of an evil idea of buying a sunflower bouquet which is tall so as to drawf her. Evil us. Initially, I wanted to think of more embarassing things for her since it has been a tradition but Mr Gay said that the flower idea will make her happy although she will teh.

sunflower bouquet, originally uploaded by mrslim.

This is the sunflower bouquet which we gave to Miss Teh

Our sunflower bouquet only has one sunflower but the bouquet was not tall enough. The florist had to cut the stalk in order to wrap it up nicely.

The initial plan was for me to meet Mr Gay early after he bought the bouquet but some important things cropped up like 1) the florist had not open for business yet 2) Mrs Lim is still putting on her makeup ( I insist that putting on makeup is considered important.)

Meanwhile Mr Gay hit upon this brilliant idea for the next birthday. Instead of having a flower bouquets, we decided that he can make a vegetable bouquet. Wahahhaa. And we shall have cherry tomoatos, carrots, brocolli, blueberries, cauliflowers in our bouquet.

vegetable bouquet, originally uploaded by mrslim.

And we are talking about the main “flower” to use and Mr Gay thought of the dragon fruit.

dragon_fruit, originally uploaded by mrslim.

Pic from sixthseal.com

That will be a very interesting looking and heavy bouquet. Damn sia suay to bring it around also. Poor Miss Sporty have to be contented with this DIY bouquet since her birthday is next on the list. Miss Sporty was in fact saying about that she wanted Tiger Lilies for her birthday and we told her we will give her a dragon. Different animal but still a bouquet what.

random lone ang moh, originally uploaded by mrslim.

This Caucasian was sitting alone at the restaurant.The taitai gang and Mr Gay were daring me to approach him. Mr Gay even said some lame things such as ” You see, both of you are wearing black. You can walk over there and tell him that.”

I didnt know what came over me but I replied ” Might as well I walk over to him and tell him that maybe we are wearing matching underwear colours right? And then go to the toilet to check.”

The Taitai gang shuddered at my reply.

The food at Pete’s Place was good esp the chocolate log cake and the black pepper prawns. I realised that the italian pasta is cooked a tad harder than those I eat at pasta mania.

choc cake, originally uploaded by mrslim.

The delicious log cake. XMas is over but we can still eat log cakes.

After such a hearty lunch, I had to depart to work while the rest indulge in shopping.

While at work today, Miss Pooh and I presented our working system to the Big Boss while wang wang ( who is extremely pleased with our work ) stood nearby. Big Boss started to give suggestions on how we can improve the working system to help the company better. Wang wang did not like what he hear and started to disagree. After which wang wang left and Big Boss continued to tell us his suggestions. After Big Boss left, wang wang told us to disregard what Big Boss said.

Hmmmm, tell me and Miss Pooh what to do? Time for a judgement call.

Mr Cute Guy from work ( gay colleague ) did not allow me to put foundation on his face ( TMD, he plucked his eyebrows )and he threw the foundation into the flower pot. This fired up Miss Pooh into a rage as it was her foundation. Miss Pooh seldom get annoyed or angry at people, Mr Cute Guy is so dead. And Nabeh Mr Cute Guy made a rude action at me today while I was trying to put foundation ( to no avail ) on him.

He showed me the action which guys normally do with their family gems. TMD TMD TMD!

But on the good note, he called me mei nu instead of auntie today. But he used the cane to cane me ( I forgot why ).

On a health note, I noticed a tiny swollen lump in my left armpit. I hope it is a swollen hair follicle like the last time or a cyst.

Life-time warranty , the packaging states.

” So if this got any problem, I can always exchange it right since it is life-time warranty”

“haaaa. This is made in taiwan. Only products from taiwan got life-time warranty.”

Nabeh. Cheat my feelings.

I am guilty of smacking my gay colleague and ruffling his headhair everytime he calls me auntie when I am a good zodiac cycle younger.

I used the cane on him again.

I am violent.

Guilty as charged.

Reality struck that I was really drunk when I could not recall half the pictures taken. I could remember the embarassing things but it somehow seemed more like a dream than reality.

And Miss Pooh has to remind me that my dress was the shortest yesterday. Tmd Miss Pooh.

Meeting with my taitai gang tomorrow plus Mr Gay. I can’t wait. Lunch is an expensive affair at Pete’s Place Hyatt Hotel. Tsk tsk.

Link to my fabulous lunch tomorrow.

And I stopped my carboh intake since dinner cuz tomorrow is pasta buffet. Miss Sporty told me to go for a run but I hate running. Period.

There is the EMOTIONAL drunk.

There is the UNCONSCIOUS drunk.

There is the REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DRUNK drunk.

There is the VIOLENT drunk.

I am just a FUNNY drunk.

Some of the funny things I do include exclaiming loudly a couple of times to the ENTIRE party room

” I WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR BOOBIES.”

In fact Miss Eloquent’s Boobies.

The weird thing was that I was thinking in the beginning that we should have a drunk and our party will be more memorable. In the end, I turned out to the the drunk.

The party went on smoothly for most of the people. (Certain people didnt enjoy as they do not know most of the other people. )

I got drunk cause we played the ” I have never” game in which people who have done the things mentioned have to drink. Nabeh. My friends all decided to sabo me and 2 full rounds were targeted at me. Which meant that I was mostly the only one drinking 36 times in a row. I drank kalau neat which had 20%. My friends managed to find 36 things which affected me only. Evurl things. Miss Pooh helped some of the other people think of things to sabo me. After that game, I just went to the toilet to merlion and everybody knew.

so paiseh.

Mr Different Wavelength lectured me on msn about my drinking habits and how I always drink with no control.

And lady’s luck is not with me today.

Some of the 36 stuff which I did
1) Got hit on by a po-piah hawker
2) Did not know how to use SAM machine
3) wear a polka dot dress
4) act as a mistress for a past uni school project
5) acknowledged that I am a M-A-M-A-S-A-N.
6) worked in a coffee shop before.

I got more xmas presents from Miss Superficial and Miss Mono-High Pitch Voice.
Miss Superficial got me a clutch, a pair of earrings and a badge.
Miss Mono-High Pitch Voice got me a nice angel $3.50 ( perth currency) magnet, a card and a small cup which says ” party babe.”

Miss Superficial just said that I am still highly drunk and in denial. I cant wait to see all my embarassing photos which I had taken especially the one with me peering down Miss Eloquent’s chest.

I still want to see Boobies.

I shall digress and talk about dress code. Our dress code for the night was dress. In my own words when I sent out the invites, ” dress code so dress lor”. In the end, the 3 hosts turned up in dresses with a couple more people tricked. The rest just turned up in semi-formal skirts with the exception of Miss Pooh. Miss Pooh being a helper decided to abuse the little authority she has and come dressed in *gasp* a pair of jeans and black tee-shirt. Some guys were tricked into business attires. Haaaaaa!

Damn it lah. Organiser a party with 2 other organisers which needed to be pushed is damn irritating.

I have to work ( my job ) and plan the party and be swamped with questions about the party tomorrow.

And somehow I seem like a major call centre or SOS helpline with pple contacting me while I am busy at work.

My Hp and msn is busy with people asking me on directions as to how to get to the party, what time to meet to help, whether there is anything they can help with, last minute peeps who cant turn up etc etc etc.

And I forgot to order otahs which meant that we have to forego it. I also forgot the ice box until recently which sent me on a frantic search for it ( uptil now still cannot find.) The other organisers forgot too. Damn damn damn damn. The other 2 did not care abt the logistics and the whatnots or even think about the things we need, whether we can cover our costs and etc etc.

Fuck. I am like in a lonely battle. I might as well get the other 2 to be helpers like the rest of the peeps instead of co-organisers.

Yes, I am in a bad mood cause I worked till 10 pm tonight together with Miss Pooh so as to take off tomorrow. And sick people arent in good mood.

TiT, originally uploaded by mrslim.

This is the shirt which my fellow taitais bought for me as a xmas present. They said it is a meaningful gift.

TiT= Taitai in Training.

and my dear taitais didnt realise the other meaning of the word tit which is splashed across my chest.

This shirt is from localbrand and has its own video.
Link to video

finally I got time to recap my festive weekend.

Eve of Christmas Eve

Miss Pooh and I got half day off from work. We rushed to town to watch the Chronicals of Narnia. I haven’t read the book yet but this is just my style, to watch movies without reading the book.

I have to say that Narnia is fantastic. It is a movie I will watch even when I am damn poor. I got a turkish delight to devour during the movie but sad to say, I misplaced it in my messy bag and only found it one day later.

Yup, so get a packet of turkish delights while watching the movie.

narnia, originally uploaded by mrslim.

I passed by this narnia exhibition at orchard after watching the movie.

After the movie, it was dinnertime with the taitais. We had dinner at this Jap restaurant called Shimbashi Soba which serves one of the best soba in town. This jap restaurant is oppposite Spaghettis. The food is very good, the service is very good ( my ice water got refilled alot of times very quickly), the price is not so good. But you pay for quality and service so we shouldnt nitpick about the price so much.

At the dinner table, Miss Tall-and-thin was talking about this guy friend whom we all know and the inklings of some sparks occuring between them. She said that she was the one who smsed him out. Upon hearing that, I exclaimed, ” CANNOT,you must PLAY HARD TO GET!”

I think I exclaimed abit too loudly cause the table beside us which has a couple sitting was visibly amused at what I said.

After which we headed to ngee ann city to watch the christmas christian play. I realised in relation to my previous post that the cute performer was asking who is NOT from singapore in which I raised my hand. Tmd tmd. I thought he asked who was from singapore. No wonder my taitais were visibly takened back and embarassed when I raised my hand.

Christmas Eve

I gave tuition the whole day even though I was sick. Nuff said.

Christmas Day

I went to Miss Tall-and-thin’s church service even though I am a non-christian. Miss Teh prepared me for the church service by telling me that there will be hands held in the air, jumping and prayer in tongues.

I only turned a little uncomfortable when the pastor asked christians to raise their hands and look around to see who did not raise their hands. Of course, I was the only one at the table. It was abit unnerving to see eyes on me. But I was prepared for that since my christian primary school had provided apt training ground for me. Nevertheless, Miss Tall-and-thin egged me to stand up when the pastor asked for those people who wanted to be touched by Jesus and God to stand up. I just told her I am not ready which she respected my decision. Maybe one day I will turn christian but I am happy being taoist at the time being.

It was my first christmas at a church and it is a different sort of christmas I must say. A non-commercialised sort of christmas.

After the church service which lunch was served, Miss Teh, Miss tall-and-thin and her cousin and I adjourned to east coast to have some desert at secret recipe.

Miss Sporty the other taitai was down with the runs.

Miss Teh and Miss tall-and-thin bought me a very nice teeshirt from localbrand which suits me to a T.

The taitai-in-training t-shirt. ( I will post pictures of the teeshirt later)

Boxing Day

I am such a pig. I slept from 7 pm on xmas to 12 noon today. A whopping 17 hrs of sleep. It must be the flu medicine I ate.

I am supposed to meet my friends later for a birthday celebration but I am still hesitating whether to go. Firstly, no $. Secondly, no energy since I just drank a cocktail of 2 panadols and 1 flu tablet. Thirdly, I need alot of rest since I am working overnight on tues.

enjoy your last day of holiday peeps.

Edit: No, I didnt go out in the end. I finished the packets of brownies, cookies and muffins that my friends gave me in a span of a day. I realised that I did not send out any xmas sms greeting at all this xmas despite receiving so many. This xmas for once is a quiet affair.

xmas girl, originally uploaded by mrslim.

Mrs Lim wishes everybody a Merry Merry Xmas!