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It’s Christmas Eve and hubby and I are keeping it quiet this year. Or rather, I am. As I type, he is engaged in fervent online warfare with his brother, having recently – finally – discovered the joys of X-Box Live. Safe for the sounds of gunfighting and valiant fighters dying and er, respawning(?), it [...]
For Christmas Eve this year, we decided to put my virgin kitchen to the test (I don’t consider instant noodles cooking). So G roasted a chicken, I made mashed potatoes, C prepared chocolate fondue for dessert and everyone else came bearing their various culinary and alcoholic contributions.
We dressed up for the occasion – scarves, [...]
With Christmas just a couple of days away, the raging debate in the office has been: should the 26th, which is a Friday, be declared an off-day for all? Many companies are closing for the day, but we won’t be. At least, not as of right this minute.
I think we should, if nothing else, [...]
Y and I got our very first Christmas tree this year, a thousand thanks to Wan Yen.
As we were putting it up together, I realised that decorating a Christmas tree is one of those things that sort of get ingrained in you, especially if you, like me, grew up with a Christmas tree [...]
Our first Christmas abroad looked set to be… a very cold one.
Forget that it’s December and technically summer in Australia, Christmas day saw alternating rain clouds and sunshine, a shower of hail and a maximum temperature of 16 degrees! Well, that’s what the weather forecast said. Someone must have been praying really, really hard [...]
There are definite plusses to being the only girl on a road trip. I get the front seat everywhere we go, a bedroom all to myself, plenty of strong young men to carry my stuff except I brought a smaller bag than all but Yuchun (who takes the cake with only a Crumpler bag [...]
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