Y Thursday, December 27, 2007
1:38 am
Wow. Been some time already. These past few days were hella hectic, complimented with extreme and irregular sleeping times. I can feel fatigue snake its tendrils into me. Tired.Xmas eve was a slow affair, pretty much just welcomed Darren back into Singapore, had the countdown at his place and exchanged some presents. Came back home and saw my sisters friends having a countdown party, those newbs took like 3 sips of alcohol mixed with soft drinks and knocked out. Some were more tolerant, but they looked like they were gonna bomb anytime soon.
Christmas.. well, you'd expect me to write something long, but at the time of writing, I'm really more enamored by the party I just came back from.
Anyway, Christmas. Yeah, MC and Darren crashed my place coz they had no where else to spend the Christmas. Cousins and extended family all came, and what can I say. It sucks having your cousin and her boyfriend be Ex-VJ alumni while they ask you where you went.
TPJC, okay? For anyone that still doesn't know, that is. No I'm not proud of it. Go ahead, troll me. Elitist jerk that got into a rock bottom JC. Heh. If I really end up there, I'm topping the school. Lesson learnt.
Anyway, I digress. Some new (or rather, old faces not seen in sometime) faces this year. My dad's ex-colleague, and his family. Gawsh he's son's grown. Aww. Still pretty much has the same face as I remember him though, cept his hair is dyed and he doesn't seem like any type of chap I usually mix with.
His sister looked like an 18 year old with a 30 year old boyfriend named "Kong" who, as you guessed, dyed the entirety of their hair brown, looked rather gruff. To match his look, the fella does stunt biking.
Now I'm not saying anything. IF you read and elitism or arrogance, it's misplaced. Bottom line: These people, not my type.
But hey, I'm not saying that the dyeing of hair is a sign of "OMG LOL FAIL". No.
If it helps, another new face had his hair dyed, yes, but he was pleasant company and we chatted for a bit. A year younger, 15, in Queenstown Sec. taking PoA. Always wondered what exactly they learned. I suppose I'll ask when I have the time.
Anyway, Darren came over and we jammed Guitar Hero 3 for a bit. Effin failed Through the Fire and Flames. Crap. We passed it twice, I swear. Pretty much sums up Christmas.
Boxing was a really more lively and fun affair, despite me being dead for a big majority.
MC got me a super nice and big Billabong pencil case. Woot. Finally, a place to store all my stationary. I swear I won't lose it. :D He got himself and Darren polo tees, which looked pretty good too.
Jollyn gave me a really sweet handmade Christmas card that she spent 2 hours on, Darren had one too. I really appreciate it, would have beat any gift you got. Thanks (:
HIGHLIGHT: Some party MC and I got invited to, and Darren was given the green light when we asked if he could tag.
Skeptical at first. I was practically a living zombie, floating and flitting around PP and talking like a twit, attention practically not there to do anything.
Also, it was something organized by his Youth Service leaders, so yeah, I was kinda afraid I wouldn't be too comfortable.
Boy was I wrong. The people there were totally (pardon me) awesome. /end
Teenagerspeak.
Really uber friendly and sporting. First we ate a lil, not too hungry, but the food was pretty good. All home made too. Well done sisters =P. (The hosts.)
For most part, the peeps there are like uber smart. Mostly VJ, there was this SCGS girl, Audrey, who effin 7 pointed her prelims. SCGS? 7 points? Wtf.
The sisters themselves, 3 were in NUS, one taking law, and the remaining planning to go into a U in Australia. Straight As for her A levels. Lawldongs.
Really, for the first time in my life, I was like, hey, I'm pit bottom. That kinda feeling, I tell you, really really blows. Hard.
Anyway, yeah, the real fun part was when we played the games. Hunter and Polar Bear ad Villager-game-thingy was especially fun, a lot better than the lame icebreaker thingy, since basically everyone was unfamiliar with each other, points were scored by random lucky answers.
Yeah. Polar bear thing. A few people are selected at random to be either Polar Bears or Hunters. Rest are Villagers.
Polar Bears: Kill hunters!
Hunters: Kill polar bears!
Villagers: Get killed, and hold voting power.
Hunters know who the polar bears are, but not vice versa. Villagers are idiots and know nothing. So a round goes like this
Polar bears pick a person to kill off, of course everyone has their heads down. so no one knows who the polar bears are. Huntards can be killed as well. No arguements. Game master informs who becomes bear chow after.
Then villagers get to pick who they suspect to be a polar bear, and vote the bugger out. Of course he gets a chance to argue his case, but for the most part, the more you talk, the less convincing you are. LOL. No one except hunters know who the hunters are. So hunters must aid the villagers while making sure they aren't suspicious themselves.
Upon death, said person must reveal if he was innocent or not.
Yeah, Darren and I were the newbies, who were thinking and discussing too much. Yay for getting killed off early. Darren had experience, MC too, and was the polar bear. Bleh.
Next was some story telling thing. Cute. They had people act out the scenes about how Jesus came about. Well, whether I believe or not, it was pretty funny and cute, watching them makeshift actors fool about. (Acting was 'orrible. But funny anyway rofl.)
After celebrating the birthday of 3 people, and taking some pictures, the party basically ended. A big chunk of people still stayed, and some played Cluedo while the rest opted for assorted party games. (Aka Darren, MC and I)
BIG FUN ROFL.
First we played that 7 level pig thing. Think heart attack. Slowest becomes a pig. Last again and you become pig level two. TALK to the pig and you become a pig of the same level. Sabotage and table smashing ensue.
Shit, I took the cake though. I got 4 matching cards, showed them, and was the last to cup my hand on my nose. (The heart attack action.) WTF? I was like one of the two remaining humans ):
Next game was kinda short, but fun. Drinking game, cept there's no alcohol. Water is good 'nuff. That stuff fills people real quick. Ace to 5 are the number of units you drink. Half a cup = 1 unit. Black, you drink. Red, you select who drinks.
The rest are assorted power cards, like toilet pass, immunity, change the one rule etc. Ya can't say the words Water, Drink or point at anyone. Sabotage again. Honestly, these games are really really fun at parties. Good to unwind, break the ice and in general just make a fool out of yourself.
Thank you Yisi for laughing as you were drinking and spitting out the contents onto all of us. LOL. Hella funny.
MC in particular, was the master saboteur. Crap, for the whole game, he was trying to think of ways to get people to say "Drink" "Water" or point lol. Except everytime he succeeded, he said Drink or Water.
Gotta love Matthew (whicked drummer) for introducing the game. Lawl.
Well it got late, and yeah, time to go. Hell, Tim went off earlier than us. We shoulda gone, but it was too much fun rofl. Zhilin drove us to the nearest MRT station, a gesture which was rather unexpected but welcome. Honestly, these people are really nice. (Though at the start Zhilin and Zhini, both twin sisters, tried to trick us. Bugger. Wanted to kill us in the icebreaker games.)
Good fun, and though it was a Christian Christmas party kinda, I had a great time. Maybe I'll tag along when Tim calls me again, if there's any function. Sadly, attending the service seems unlikely. Clash of beliefs. Going there just for making friends is just wrong.
Had a blast. Maybe I'll attend one service to see how it goes. Peace out.