Counting Down to 2008

Here's DC and CP wishing you a very Happy New Year ahead!

No movie watching, No shopping, No romantic dinner, No countdown parties in town and no fireworks display this new year's eve. We've decided to keep it really simple this year since DC's has not recovered yet, so it's just the two of us spending the last moments of 2007 together at home, watching the Calsberg show on tv and enjoying our favorite "Toblerone Cake" while counting down.

Why "Toblerone Cake" of all things? Simply because DC has been craving for it for days when he's immobilised at home on MC. I bought it specially for him after my work today for the celebration tonight. On another note, I hope all things turn out well in the year ahead, like a piece of cake! :D

New Year Countdown Parties

Which New Year Countdown Party are you heading to tonight? If you have no idea, here's the high-5 for you to choose from. :)


1) Singapore Countdown 2008 @ The Siloso Beach Party 2007
New Year‘s Eve Celebrations

Dare to Be Bare this New Year’s Eve? Ladies, pick out your favourite bikini. Guys, show off those six-packs. Then strap on your attitude is all you need to do as you head on down to Sentosa’s hippest beach with your best pals for the dance party of the year – The Siloso Beach Party!


8pm, 31 December 2007 till 6am, New Year's Day
www.sentosa.com.sg or 1800-SENTOSA (7368672)
S$29 (20 November – 20 December), S$35 (21 December – 31 December)







2) Marina Bay/ Esplanade Countdown 07/08

Usher in the new year with the light-up of Marina Bay and fireworks against Singapore's city skyline on 31 December.

Admission is Free.
http://www.marinabaycountdown.sg/


3) PARTY ON! SINGAPORE!
Countdown 2007 at Downtown East

Party away at the countdown party as we usher in the new year! Highlights of the event include ballads sung by Fan Wei Qi (Fan Fan), scream your heart out with SuperBand SOUL, rock to the electrifying music of Ronin and Say Whale- Battle of the Bands Winner 2006 and rock to the street dance by Break Force Crew. There are also other performances not to be missed!

After 12am, groove to the funky beats of DJ Jason Chow, formerly from radio station WKRZ 91.3FM, as he spins his unique blend of dance music that promises to keep all partygoers dancing.

Venue : D'Marquee
Time : 8pm to 3am
Ticket : FREE ADMISSION


4) CARLSBERG COUNTDOWN PARTY @ VIVOCITY

Party in style with your favourite celebrities at Vivocity. Featuring: Tay Ping Hui, Michelle Chia, Constance, Gurmit Singh, Jon (Singapore Idol Runner-up), Jade (Miss Singapore Runner-up), NAT.


5) THE JEWEL BOX: NEW YEAR'S EVE COUNTDOWN

Usher in 2008 with the Ultimate Fireworks Extravaganza! For the third year in running, this highly successful Sky Symphony Countdown gets better each year! The highly anticipated choreographed pyro-display will kick off with pyrotechnics emitting from cable cars and climax with a jaw-stopping fireworks show set against one the World's Tallest Artificial Christmas trees at The Jewel Box. So Celebrate the brand new year at The Jewel Box on this NYE for a night you'll never forget!

Main Highlight:
Catch the Musical Light Show & 'Snow' Show and bring in 2008 with a magnificent fireworks display together with your favourite Yes 933 and Class 95 DJs at the Magical Kingdom.

2007 Roundup

This year was definitely another eventful and fruitful year for us, DC especially! :)

One week ago, I wrote about personalising a special X'mas gift for DC. However, I dropped the idea and got him a tie for X'mas in the end.

My initial idea was to make him a calendar -- a calendar that contains our precious moments together in the past year, all pics taken with his camera. I thought it would be a wonderful gift to give esp. at this time of the year, a calendar would definitely come in handy. Little did I know that he has the same idea too! When I was finishing the last bit of design work, he suddenly told me of his "idea" to make himself a calendar. My expression must have given myself away... he somehow knew and guessed correctly that I was preparing a calendar for him.

It actually turned out that we have different ideas for our calendars, anyways...we should be working on it together. :)

We may or may not be using back my designs, nevertheless I thought it would be good to round up the year with the pages that I've designed for the Calendar as they marked the many monthly memorable events that we experienced together. Cheers!




January 2007
I had an enjoyable birthday. DC gave me a mp3 player and prepared a home-cook meal to celebrate my birthday.















February 2007
One of the seasons that I love: Chinese New Year. It's the first year we distributed red packets.
See how we celebrated our Anniversary.














March 2007
We welcomed our china relatives to Singapore and celebrated my dad's 60th birthday in March.
Also catch the following first times:
First fireworks we watched during CNY
First time I felt earthquake
DC's first attempt at Night shoots











April 2007
See how DC determined DC was at his new-found hobby and what he did to improve his photography techniques.

I, on the other hand was having fun at discovering a new side to japanese anime.












May 2007
May had been exciting for us as there were a series of fun celebrations:
Mothers' Day
Taiwan trip where we had great fun
And of course, our ROM Anniversary :)













June 2007
DC upgraded his PC, joined a new company, got himself a new lens, got me a Bonia and we went Buffet Dinner at Conrad for celebration!















July 2007
See our new personalised wall clock
More photography sessions and yet another new lens for DC...
Also see Our visit to Botanic Gardens














August 2007
The month of National Day and we were lucky to get tickets for the fireworks celebration!















September 2007
DC had his hands on a new lens
I had a terrifying experience with driving
We bought a new slim phone - SE W880i
I was fighting cough for the whole month













October 2007
Another exciting month for us...
We went Cambodia. It was a memorable heritage tour.
We went Garibaldi to celebrate our nine years of togetherness.
We went on our exploration trip to Pulau Ubin.
Also check out on DC's family of lenses and DC's first indoor photo shoot.












November 2007
DC's birthday month. We had fun eating and eating...
See how we prepared for StanChart Run and check how we fare in the run.
Also, check out Our unhappy spa experience and Oh, we experienced snow this Christmas! :)









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December 2007
Christmas season - Another of my favorites.
See how we celebrate christmas:
Setting up X'mas Tree
Catching up with Friends
Partying with Family
Celebrating with Colleagues
Having Games and Fun
Preparing Gift for Exchanges
Eating Log cakes
Have fun unwrapping Presents

Unwrapping the presents...

Besides the shopping, partying and eating, the part I love about Christmas is none other than unwrapping the presents. We've got quite a bagful of presents this year... most were from gift exchanges...

1) Dinner/Gift Exchange with Girlfriends
A Watch


2) CP's Office Christmas Celebration
A Toiletry set, shower foam, shampoo and such...


3) DC's Office Christmas Party
Feng Shui Almanac Calendar


4) Christmas Party with family
Piglet Handphone holder and waist support for CP


Eeyore Handphone holder and waist support for DC


5) Gifts from colleagues
A Coin pouch


A cow ornament


6) X'mas Gift from DC to CP
A Tumbler


7) X'mas Gift from CP to DC
A Skinny Tie!


8) Post-Christmas Lucky Draw
Lucky me won a DVD Player! :)


9) Not forgetting lots of chocolates and sweets in creative forms from vendors! :)
Fujitsu


SingTel


Starhub


10) We also collected some feebies that came along with purchases...
Brands Chicken and Berry essence


Samsonite Luggages - Just nice for our next trip! :)



Of course, besides receiving, we also give out these presents:




Christmas is a day to GIVE, RECEIVE & ENJOY... We had great fun on this day, hope you have a wonderful Christmas too!
Cheers!

Christmas Party - in the Office

I am appointed photographer ... what a pressure. Well, it does put my camera and flash to good use. Each department decorated their own spaces and it was quite a refreshing change to the whole office.

What went on were food, wine, songs and gift exchanges.




And here's what I got: