twelve days of christmas

Christmas this year has been an amazing blast. Had so much fun preparing for it. With all the anticipation and the Christmas carols and the cakes and the cookies. Amazingly this year, we actually managed to do alot of things well in advance instead of everything at the last minute. This is the one time of the year where my entire family actually cleans house TOGETHER. Shall not elaborate on that ;)

Christmas Day itself went by smoothly and lovingly. I was graced with the love of so many beautiful people who came by and shared the glory of the magical day.

I don't wanna sound materialistic but let's face it, we all know I am so here is my list of the gifts that I received this Christmas! And believe it or not, Santa has been very nice to me this year. My gifts ROCK!

Gift from my parents.. I think I've been hinting about this one too much cos..

Here's another Monopoly! But different version. No complaints from me, cos I LOVE Monopoly!

Gift from my sister. I am crazy about all things Peanuts and for her to give me this just touched my heart.

Gifts from my bunnies ;) Foot scrub, hair/body wash and hand lotion. Gonna be squeaky clean after this. The best part, it's all easy to carry around!

Guess what this is. It's a vibrator!!! How damn cute is that?! Hahahaha!!

Gift from my dear cousin and her man..

The one on the left is an eye pillow from another dear cousin and the book is from my Godparents. For some reason, I've not heard of the book but it is apparently a MUST READ. So read I shall.

An alarm clock slash air purifier. Just what I need for these toxic times!

One of the books that has been on my reading list but never had the time to get it. Now that I have it, I need to make the time to read it!

A box of heaven.. Just to let you all know, the chocolates ain't there anymore ;)

I also got a beautiful iPhone cover which I've immediately used (thanks Rens and Bunc!). The David Archuletta Christmas CD and exactly 9 bottles of wine!! Would have loved to take pics of all the bottles together but.. some are already empty.. Also received two damn delicious cakes and a pot of gorgeous red flowers (only Lord knows what their called)

All in all, it was a grand Christmas. I think I'm still glowing from it. Thank you all who made it special.

Let's continue to spread the love.

Merry Christmas!

empire state of mind

This is a story of a little fat girl who could ;)

Yesterday, I attended a dinner party with a theme. Everyone had to dress up and mingle and eat and drink and socialize. One of those events that you simply need to attend just to keep yourself current in the social calendar.

So anyway at this event, the aforementioned Little Fat Girl (LFG) was there in her most cutest outfit according to theme. And let me say that LFG was in her best PR mode. Now normally LFG would be the one in the background, the one everyone laughs at because of her size but mostly because of her face, the one everyone ignores but at this event, she was the hostess with the mostess. She kept checking on everyone's drinks. She kept topping up everyone's drinks. She made her rounds with each social group. She laughed. She posed. She was extremely social. A fact that I never knew she had in her. And I must admit that I was quite impressed with this sudden change of character.

Okay.. Maybe her newfound confidence was due to her recent weight loss. She's half of what she used to be. Hence her new nickname Little Fat Girl (LFG) or else I'd be calling her Big Fat Girl (BFG). And the more people responded to her, the more she seemed to glow. Her crowning moment came when she was awarded best dressed of the night. A gesture that shocked each and everyone of us who knew her. Many people were like, "That fat ass won the Best Dressed? Somewhere on earth, it's raining frogs" And some were like, "There must be some mistake, she probably bribed the judges" and yet there were some who were genuinely happy for her. I shall refrain from saying which group I belonged to.

All in all, I must say that LFG left a good impression on me. In her mind, I guess she told herself that even though this was not her event, she was gonna make an impression. I guess with a new look comes new confidence. And kudos to her for being brave and having a thick skin and shaking up people's perceptions!

You go LFG!

it's beginning to look alot like Christmas

It's that time of the year again, and everything around me exudes Christmas charm. Am damn excited for the season and I've got three more working days left and then I'm officially on leave!! Woohoo!!

I recently acquired a new position in my field and have been spending the last two weeks trying to adjust my body and my mind to this new position. It's quite a challenge but I'm pretty sure I'll rock this new post. Time, of course is NEVER on my side. So in between work and shopping for gifts, I also need to find time to work out, time to chill and time to surf. And also time to hang out with my peeps and time to make love ;) And 24 hours in a day is NEVER enough!

This year, I'm determined to make my Christmas as stress free as I can. And to just sit back and enjoy the chills of the season ;)

Merry Christmas in advance!