On The First Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me...

A heart tag charm bracelet from Tiffany!

My Christmas was off to a good start when Pen and I exchanged presents in the wee hours of Christmas Day. The sneaky husband had wrapped up the blue Tiffany box in wrapping paper (which I had bought) so I had no clue what it was. But as soon I peeked into the slit and saw that familiar blue, I yelled out in delight and gave him a huge hug. He tried to calm me down and cautioned that it might just be a box but I already knew he’d gotten me what I’ve been pining for for the past few years. Turned out he bought it for me while he was in Yokohama recently. OOooo...how sweet!

Here's a photo of us with our respective gifts. I got him a Canterbury jersey polo shirt (he's wearing it) and a pair of berms to match.

We had a lovely break over Christmas and spent some quality time with the family. On Christmas Day after church service, the Thie father and ladies made our way to the Gold Coast to visit Auntie Helen and family at Jacey’s house by the river while the Thie brothers went off to do their yearly tradition - play golf at Oxley golf course. We also met up with Uma and family at Surfers Paradise. Hui and I laid out a towel and sat on the beach with Daddy while Xiao Xiao amused herself with the sand. The boys finally tore themselves away from golf at 5 and met us at Jacey’s for dinner.

Over the next few days, Pen and I spent our time relaxing, sleeping in, Boxing-Day shopping, cleaning and gardening. We also watched heaps of movies in our home theatre. It was heavenly just being able to get out of our daily work routine and do pretty much whatever we felt like doing without having to stick to a plan.

Christmas is a true reflection of God’s love. The festive season brings with it so much joy, love and warmth and knits families and friends’ hearts together. I hope you guys had a blessed Christmas too!

More photos below:

Thie Christmas Party on 23rd - Thie newlyweds with Xiao Xiao, Jess and Nick.

EMP Christmas Drama Cast

Xiao Xiao and me at church after Christmas drama

Lights at Calamvale Neighbourhood

Thies out on a Light Adventure

Elf Yourself

Hehe, in keeping up with the Christmas spirit, I elfed my family! Take a look at the screen grabs below. I had a lot of fun laughing at our silly moves.

Wong Family

Thie newlyweds

Go check out www.elfyourself.com to make your own silly Christmas greetings.

The Sequel Party

We had our company Christmas party last Thursday at the Hilton Hotel’s pool deck and it sure was a barrel of fun and games. It was meant to be a relaxed and chilled out sort of atmosphere, where everyone was expected to be dressed in beach wear.

We were greeted at the door by a couple of Surf Life Savers, who were none other than Amy and Charmaine dressed in our clients’ outfits! The whole pool deck and patio area was set up with a variety of things to help us “relax” after a long day of work. There were the three-minute angels (mobile masseurs who give the BEST three-minute massages), a jukebox playing heaps of music from the 80s, a poker table and come-hither-sit-on-me couches.

The night continued with a yummylicious dinner - a wide spread of food ranging from anti-pestos, steak, pumpkin salad to my favourite Tiramisu. We also had our Secret Santa gift exchange followed by presents from the bosses! Woohoo! I received a bamboo plant from my Secret Santa and a box set of Clinique candy lip gloss and eye shadow from the bosses.

Here are some photos taken on the night, before my workmates turned into drunkards.

Our dinner table

Our presents

Me, Sabrina & Sian

Me, Emily & Jess

Geoff & Amy

Mel & Shari at the jukebox

Secret Santa Time

The List - Updated!

Since Christmas is quickly approaching, I thought I’d get into the wish list frenzy as well. Actually, it’s just my own shopping list which I’ve simply turned into a “wish” list.

So here I go...

1. Return to Tiffany Heart Tag Charm Bracelet
2. Return to Tiffany Heart Tag Ring
3. Jack Johnson Tickets
4. Matchbox Twenty Tickets
5. Justin Timberlake Futuresex / Loveshow Live at Madison Square Garden DVD
6. Supernatural Season 2 DVD
7. ROME DVD
8. Music & Lyrics DVD
9. The Devil Wears Prada DVD
10. Michael Buble Call Me Irresponsible (2 CD Special Edition)
11. My Steve by Terri Irwin
12. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
13. DAISY Marc Jacobs
14. Telescope

Those are what I can think of for now. They are just guidelines of course so please don’t lose sleep over it. I also accept other jewellery, bags, books, CDs and DVDS. I might update the list if I think of anything else. :P