my best xmas ever

Christmas 2006 will be one xmas that I don't think I'll forget in the near future. In my 22 years, I think I can safely say that the Christmas that just passed was the best of the festive season that I've ever had. And this can be attributed to two groups of people: my family; and my boyfriend.

This is the first time in my life tt I've actually celebrated Christmas, since it was only earlier in the year tt my parents converted to the faith. We had a xmas tree [a small one, but a very pretty one still] with presents for each other all laid out underneath it properly, labelled to the right person. And we also had a good dinner on Xmas Eve - its really quite rare tt the four family members sit down together for a nice dinner nowadays, save for birthdays and special occasions.

And daddy says this is going to be a yearly event! *yay*


Mummy and me. This took us 3 shots to get it right - cos mummy kept bursting out in laughter whenever she saw tt Daddy wld smile while trying to take our picture -_-"


Daddy and me - I think we both looked rather sombre here. Haha daddy says we can't smile too widely else he'd look weird. No idea where he got tt theory from anyway!


Myself with Rus - he never takes a pretty photo with me! Rebel with a cause [tho what it is I'm not too sure]; rebellious and sometimes makes me wonder how come we're siblings when we're total opposites. But deep down I know he's a good boy, and he's protective of me. Sweet. Hee. [but mustn't let him know tt I know tt, it'd ruin his image of a bad boy. Hah]

Post-dinner I met up with Chong, who had told me tt he had "everything planned" for the night; and so I was anticipating to see what kind of plans the boyfriend cooked up. The first surprise came after we reached Harbourfront, when he turned to me and asked, "so do you want to take the bus, or the cable car?" I tell you tt when I heard the words "cable car" I almost turned into a little kid again. Haha. Of course tt was the obvious choice!

So we bought a round trip ticket, and Chong said we were getting down at Mt Faber first. He refused to tell me for what reasons we were going there for, so I decided to just wait and see. The lights from the top of the cable car were beautiful, all shiny and twinkling in the silence of the night. Fortunately there was no rain, there was a light breeze and the scene was breathtaking.


In the cable car! I almost gave a whoop everytime the cable car swooped down from the tower into the air - it felt like some sort of thrill ride at those moments. Hee. No pictures of the night scene since I'm not a scenery-photo person. *hmm* see how fair I am compared to the boyfriend - rather, I think he's quite tanned. Hee

When we reached Mt Faber, Chong still refused to tell me what was the plan; except tt I had to wait till midnight. So we did what most couples did - walk around hand-in-hand and taking in the (rather fresh) night air. There was a countdown party going on; but tt was not on the cards.

And since I was already feeling like a little kid, I basically ordered the boyfriend to get me this ice-cream cone [which had gigantic scoops and really worth the 5 bucks!] and we started eating the ice-cream.

By then I surmised tt there was going to be snow at the stroke of midnight! (= So we milled ard, eating our ice-cream, counting down to Christmas and trying not to get snow onto our cone. The boyfriend said since I like snow so much, he'll bring me to a country with real snow next time! *whee* Though we'll have to wait one more year. Hah. Took photos too!





Come to think of it, when I was in Germany, there was snow, and slight snowing. But I didn't get a chance to build snowmen; throw snowballs or ski. I shall endeavour to do so tt next time!

On the cable car ride back, I realised how much effort the boyfriend had put into making our first xmas spent together a special and memorable one; and how romantic it was, to get to sit in a cable car, visit sentosa and have snow and ice-cream at the top of a hill! *muaks* to the boyfriend for being so thoughtful in his plans. Hee. The night ended with us having a nice long chat with each other, and which rounded up xmas eve perfectly. -smiles-

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Xmas morning, all of us ripped open our presents! And I received, from my family:
- A sweet angel figurine from daddy
- A necklace+pendant from mummy
- The Devil Wears Prada novel + a Marks n Spencer shower gift set from the brother

Loves to them all! Helped mummy to cook the tang-yuan before setting out to meet Chong for our 1 mth anniversary/Xmas outing. Yes! It's been one month; 30 days; 720 hours (blah blah) tt we've been together. Even though we were physically apart for 3 weeks out of the 4, I think we still managed to make up for lost time. Hee.

The thing tt is absolutely sweet-as-honey/sugar/lollipops about the boyfriend is tt he takes the effort to remember small things tt I've said or mentioned. Even things tt sometimes I've forgotten that I've told him - he remembers. And tt just proves to me how much he likes and cares for me. [ok I'm being thick-skinned here.] Hee.

Dinner was at a Chinese restaurant, and the reason why we went there, was because Chong remembered how I had once casually mentioned tt I'd like to try the dishes there. See what I mean! -incredulous-

Things tt I've casually said, the boyfriend takes note of, remembers, and then tries his best to make it come true for me. And that in itself, is one of the nicest and sweetest things a boyfriend can do for me and for me to feel xin-dong.

We exchanged presents too [I got him a Abercrombie polo and a card-holder]; and Chong wanted very very badly for me to open my present in front of him - he said he wanted to observe my expression upon opening the present to see if I liked it. Thing is, I wld like the present no matter what it was, since it was a gift from a special someone.

When I had gently removed all the tape from the wrapper and looked at the box in front of me, all I could say was "oh no, oh no, oh no!"

In a white box, was the white Adidas watch tt I've been desiring ever since it was launched!! All I could say was, "you got me the watch! I've wanted this watch for sooo long!" And you know what, the boyfriend got it for me cos while we were out watch-shopping just last week, I had told him I wanted the watch ever since it was released, just tt I never got the chance to really go and buy it. [See what I mean again!]


My precious spanking-new beautiful white Adidas Candy Digital watch! (:

Added to tt, winded around the strap of the watch was a silver chain, with a pendant of my initial E. Another pretty present tt I definitely like, and definitely in my taste cos its bling-bling! Again, he takes notes, and he remembers. [See what I mean - and if you don't get it by now, you'll never will!]

Okie you can all go "aww" right now, because tt's what keeps going through my mind whenever I think about what the boyfriend has done. I must say tt this is the first time tt I've felt that whatever I say really matters; and I do feel blessed tt he has entered my life and enriched it by making me feel so loved. I really appreciate you, honey!

*smiles*

And that's why I say, Christmas 2006 is the best xmas ever! I *heart* my family... and I *heart* the boyfriend for being such a darling too! (= What can I say, I just feel damn blissful right now. Hee.