post Xmas Celebration with Spice Buddies

yummy~ yummy~ it was a lovely cum fulfilling buffet dinner @ Carousel located at Royal Plaza on Scotts. there were quite a good variety of food ranging from chinese dishes such as dim sum to italian pasta to roasted meat such as turkey & primb ribs to seafood to japanese sushi to desserts & fondue. the overall dining ambience and service level were generally acceptable, as wat i had expected after seeing the recommendation from the channel 8 TV show. personally, i like the italian pasta & desserts very much.

anyway, tis post xmas celebration had been planned abt 1 mth ago. i am glad tat all of us were able to attend. it had been quite a while since i last went out with the Spice Buddies & i had been missing out in the xmas celebration with my spice buddies for the past 2 years. tis xmas celebration is actually quite special and memorable for me. i really look forward to tis celebration gathering cum xmas gift exchange. & i muz really say tat we all had made great effort in choosing presents for one another. all along our gift exchange had been pre-arranged as in we had a specific target to buy the xmas pressie for. so in this way, the xmas pressie will be personalised for the particular person. tis yr, all of us really made an effort in personalising the pressie. great job, buddies~!!!


i not only had a good dinner, but also had a good laugh on all the jokes we talked abt over dinner. we can simply joke and laugh on anything and everything under the sun. jokes tat had been cracked years ago could still be in topic during every gathering. happenings tat had occured years ago can also be talked abt whenever we meet up. haha... i guess we will nv get sianz in talking abt all these history & it seems tat this kind of memories recall once in a while is rather useful and heart warming. in general, xmas is a season of blessings, joy, laughter and warmth. i am glad tat i have all these with me for tis xmas with my wonderful spice buddies around. :D

we r together as Spice buddies for almost 12 years & definitely more years to go!

here r some photos taken for the night:

@ Carousel...

cutlery set... quite nicely placed but take up quite a bit of space on the table la... hahaha...

after the appetizer, before the actual feast starts...

woohoo~ here we go! wooo... jun was enjoying his delicious Carbonara pasta... yummy leh~

when we were almost done with dinner, we had our gift exchange. it was a pretty funny scene when everyone took out the presents of all sizes and colours. although it was a pre-arranged gift exchange, there were still excitement as to wat kind of presents to be expected.

satisfied after getting the pressies... heehee...

i received a Sephora eyes shadow set & a personalised luggage tag with my name from Jasmin. i loved my pressies very much! thank u very much, jas~!!! muackzzzz

Poh Lian's pressie was from ME! it was a scrapbook photo album (details of the album will be stated at the end of tis entry). Lian, i hope u will like this pressie~

Jas' pressie was from Jun & it was skincare products from Crabtree & Evelyn. our comment for jun's pressie was tat he really made an effort to change and upgraded from Bodyshop to Crabtree & Evelyn. haha...

awww... Lin surely noes how to choose a pressie for Jun ah. hahaha... so Jun, do rem to inform us if u r wearing it the next time, k? hahaha...

Lin's pressie was from Lian. it was a personalise calendar with our photos printed on every month. on top of tat, Lian noted down all our birthdays on the calendar to remind Lin abt it. how sweet and nice of Lian ah... we were all very surprised by Lian's pressie as we never expected her to actually handmake the pressie. we were even quite reluctant to receive her pressie after the various negative comments and revied abt the present stated by herself. but in the end, she surprised all of us. hahaha... great work, Lian! i'm pretty sure Lin will make good use of the calendar. heehee... *no photos of Lin & her present. paiseh ah..*

i like tis photo very much... cos all of us look good! hee...

jun & I.. do we look like mother & son? haha...

Lian & I... ewww... a bit too close-up taken ah...

Jas & I.. hmm.. jas looks a bit tired sia... she had been busy with work. hope her peak period will soon be over and she can rest well ah...

candid shot of me and Lin...

after dinner, we had a walk along Orchard Road as i wanted to take some photos of the Xmas lightings. i dun really like tis yr's theme as i tink all the lightings look kinda weird. hopefully next yr will be better...

Details of the present which i gave to Poh Lian. is a scrapbook photo album which took me almost 2 days to finish up. is true tat i am quite free now so i had time to handmake the pressie. but even if i have limited time, i guess i will still wanna handmake the pressie. i juz like the satisfaction after i finish making the pressie. & i am always eager to look at pple's expression upon receiving my handmade pressie. :)

the cover page which was not planned to be done initially. it was a last min add-on as i felt tat the pink album cover will look rather plain without any decor.

1st page with the receiver's name...

photo of the receiver~

tis photo album served as a journey down the memory lane of the friendship among us, the Spice Buddies~

hahaha... the most classic photo~ when we were 16 years old, the nerdy looks!

when we were in our teens...

bday celebrations, chalet gathering, farewell gathering...

photos of recent years...

collage of photos.. signing off wishes from ME~

hmm... Jun said tat since i made one for Lian, i muz do one for each of them. well, if i have the time, i will do one for each of u but u guys have to wait for next few xmas. hahaha...