jasmeaan♥♥♥: It's been an AWESOME DAY! :D

Boy, what an awesome day!

Today's a marvelous gathering for NPCONCC!!!! :D
(Chiulee, I REALLY REALLY REALLY MISS YOU!)

Nothing beats spending a long lazy afternoon preparing food for people I love and, sitting together in a huge round table with everyone of us for dinner!!
It was an awesome celebration with NPCONCC, and I really do hope to do this every single year!! Hehe...

Alright, woke up late this morning (again), and hurried over to Compass Point. Met up with Cindy, Weishan, Gary and Soohou in Cold Storage. Got our ingredients for tonight's dinner before settling down for lunch at Pizza Hut. Aftermath, waited for Yaping and Yanling before cabbing down to Jolene's place.

Unexpectedly, we were warmly ~~barked~~ welcomed by 3 really enthusiastic dogs! Lol. Like Soohou has said, they are as noisy as their owner. =x
Started off with the preparations right after unpacking the ingredients we bought. It was a longgggg afternoon.

Main Chef: CINDY!
Assistant: ME ME ME ME ME! And some of the girls. :D
Turkey Chef: GARY NEO! ;)

Had a nice long chat with Cindy! :D I really do hope we can do this more often.

92 pictures up ahead! ENJOY!!

PICTURES ALONG THE WAYYYYYYYYY!

Getting all the ingredients laid out nicely. :D

While Cindy and I were busy in the kitchen, the rest of them watched some shows and got ready the gifts.

Numbering the gifts...

Though Chiulee wasn't able to be with us tonight, her present was there!! :D
I bet every single one of us agree that her gift was the prettiest and the most wanted gift! Lol. Lucky Jolene~

Didn't take alot of photos in the kitchen; we were too busy chatting and preparing the food. ;x Lol. And, Yanling had her fair share of fun hula-hooping~ LOL!

PRETTY SALAD! Taste really nice too. :D

Spot the heart shape! :D

Gary started preparing his Turkey at 6pm. There were a lot of commotion please! Lol. Getting the stuffing in the turkey was pretty much gross (you'll see why). And, having the whole turkey baked was difficult! Lol. Gary and the rest of them were exclaiming and figuring out how to heat the turkey in the microwave without having it stuck. Lol.
It was nicely done though. But, Gary couldn't stop praising himself. -.-

THE STUFFING!

Gary's first attempt...

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww~

After a few attempts,

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I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA WHY HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION WAS LIKE THIS!
LOL. Don't think dirty please. -.-

Yes, all done. :D

We should have more gatherings around a round table. Really nice, noisy, fun and... COZY! :D

Dinner served!

Mash mellow and Cinnamon stick for Fondue!

Settling down...

CHEERS!!!

To take this picture, we had to cheers like.. 3 times?! Lol.
&Yanling kept going "Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyy.... CHRISTIMAS"
She has got a freaking long breath! Lol.

Then, we had our usual 10 continual shots. But this time, with two cameras pointing at us at the same time! Lol. It was challenging alright. Getting to look at the correct camera at the right time~ Lol.

Soon, we got tired and bored of the non-stop shots...

And started eating. :D

We will all gather again like this 10 years down the road...

When we grow up... :/
:D

Helping out, passing the food...
It really felt like Christmas. LOL!

There were too much fooddddddddddd~ Lol.

Then, we played a game. Lol. If I'm not wrong, I got the idea from Haniza. ;)

Errrr~ I'm a tad lazy to explain the thingy. =x Sorry!

SHOULD HAVE USED A CUP FILLED WITH WATER UP TO THE BRIM!!!

DESSERT ALERT!!!!!
The chocolate was just nice, not too sweet and not really bitter!
BEST COMBINATION WITH BANANA!!!

Then then then, someone got this crazy idea to have our teeth filled with chocolates!!!
Expected, pictures were taken. ;)

LOL! Fun fun fun~
We had a hard time laughing at each other yo!

WE ALL LOOK LIKE KIDS EATING CHOCOLATES~ Hehehehehehe!

After the fantastic dinner, we took down the gifts and started to exchange our Xmas presents! :D

Look at Serene's really excited expression. Lol.

TIME TO EXCHANGE PRESENTS NOW! :D

First up, Serene! :)
She got a Toufu coin bank from Yanling!

Next, Cindy! A wind chime from Soohou~

And because Serene had to leave early, we took a few group photos...

Serene looking at the dog outside.

THE DOGGY CAME~ :D

YAPING! Where are you??? Lol.

After Serene left, we continued with the gift exchange. :D

Yaping~ She got Ivy's body butter... ;)

LUCKY JOLENE!! Lol.
She got Chiulee's present. The nicest year calender EVER! :D

And then, it was my favourite BB, WEISHAN. So lucky of her to have gotten mine. ;) HAHAH.

SEE HOW RELUCTANT SOOHOU LOOKED! Lol.
Guess what? He was freaking unlucky~ LOL! He got hold of Gary's present... the one we're trying to avoid getting. =x HAHA!

So typical thick skinned Gary. ;)

" This is my handsome best friend" -> then a photo of GARY. -.-
Can you imagine using a cup like that?! Lol.

HOHOHO! It was Gary's turn and he got Serene's present...
Guess what he got? Lol.

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They all say...
"What goes around comes around."

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He got the same thing as Soohou, a mug. But this mug totally suits him please! Lol.

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