Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jingle All the Way... to Chunming's house...
It all begins at a lunch with Chunming and Lilian whereby they suggested having a gathering at Chunming's empty house in Serangoon (he has two houses; one for living and one for storing stuff). For a few weeks in December, Lilian, Chunming and Chunming's parents helped to clean up the house which was left abandoned for 5 years. They bought Christmas decoration (which includes a a Christmas tree) to liven up the festive mood , a mahjong table, a mahjong set and plenty bottles of soft drinks. Without Chunming, Lilian and CM's parents, this gathering will not be possible. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
When we first reached CM's house, we watched AJCO's past years' concerts i.e. 15th/16th batch and 17th/18th batch concerts. We laughed our heads off, while staring at our old fashioned hairstyles (centre parting hair) in disbelief. Nevertheless, we felt a sense of nostalgia and a longing to return back to our JC period. We are also looking forward to be involved in another one of such outstanding concert (especially pertaining to the 17th/18th batch concert). After watching the videos, it was time for MAHJONG. Yeah!!!
In the 2nd storey where the rooms are, we found a bookshelf of ancient Chinese books e.g. Chinese versions of Reader Digests (读者文章) dated back to the 1970s. It seems that a hidden wall will open when one of the book is taken out from its original place. Anyway, from the shelf, we managed to find a very special book written by the author called 白中发. We laughed like crazy when we saw the author's name. I think it is easy for anyone of you to guess what the book is all about i.e. 白(板)(红)中(青)发... Yeap. It is on Mahjong - 麻雀必胜战法
(see picture below). Anyone who wants to borrow the book by 白中发 can give Chunming a call. Hee...
In the evening, we went for dinner at the famous Chomp Chomp. We ordered stingrays, satays,
hum, satay beehoon, bbq chicken wings, hokkien mee, sugar cane drinks etc. It was a wonderful dinner until it rained heavily and a few of us were drenched.
(Top): I was drenched after eating at the semi open-air Chomp Chomp.
(Top): Xiuhua, Shihui, Lilian and Serene with the super big sugarcane juice servings.
(Top): Erik, Chunming, Zhiliang and Mervin
The second batch of our friends came at the night when it was raining. Xiao Ting, Peiling, Chee Yong, Wei Ning and Jianjie only came at night. Due to the rain, they have to
tabao the food back to Chunming's house. So nice of Jianjie to pay for most of the
tabao food. =D
(Top): Cheeyong, Puay Leng, Jianjie, Qi Ling, Wei Ning and Xiaoting eating at Chunming's dining table.
When all of us finally gathered at Chunming's house, we exchanged our Christmas gifts randomly. Our names were written on pieces of paper and dropped into a bag where all of us will take turns to pick up a name. The name we picked up reflects the whose Christmas present we will get.
(Top): Lilian, our organizer telling us how to exchange our presents.
(Left): Jianjie giving Choya to Lilian.
(Right): Huiling giving a hamper to Serene.
(Top): Shihui, Zhiliang, Xiuhua, Serene, Huiling, Erik, Xiaoting, Lilian, Puay Leng, Wei Ning, Mervin, Qi Ling, Chee Yong, Chunming and Jianjie
(Top): Chocolates, Clock (送"钟"???), Matchbox (with match sticks), Middle finger hand-held fan (Kaoz... Who got this?), a bottle of Choya, Books, Cute Photo Frames, Mini Hampers (that were nicely wrapped), Dustbin, Candle Holder etc etc.
And guess what the President of AJCAACO got? What a special present!!! -_- (see below)
As darkness falls, it was time for mahjong and drinking... Something that should not be missed out during festive season. The highlight of the night was marked by Mervin getting dead drunk, with a few others high on alcohol though still sane (Enjoy listening to mervin's screams when you 'listen' to the video below). Thanks Mervin for making it so hard to sleep at night =p!!!
(Top): The "Huiling Jia Jia Footage". Taken in an unlit room.
(Top): Serene with her rosy cheeks.
(Top): The most happening bunch of CO alumni posing
(as their faces got redder and redder into the night)
In our second day, we watched "Final Destination 2" whereby a few of us got very paranoid after that. Finally, the gathering ended with a 4 hour KTV session with our KTV queen Yang Tze Shing (and her bf who got a superb voice).
Thank you (especially Chunming and Lilian) whoever have made this gathering fun, crazy, wacky, high, delicious and enjoyable. Merry Christmas to the 24 Batches of AJCO Peeps!!!
@@@ AJCAACO - We Work Hard... We Play Hard... @@@
~~ Liang Ah Lucas ~~
