right.. just brief summaries for the past few days..
24/12/04
ken went grocery shopping in the morning to get some stuff that we needed at home as well as some ingredients for the cake that he was going to bake for the christmas dinner that night. victor and kerwei had invited all of us (his flatmates and i) to their place. ken made us lunch (rojan josh - some indian style stir fry chicken.. served with rice and naan bread). wanted to help but he kept chasing me out of the kitchen saying that he WAS able to cook a meal.. not that i doubted but i really did want to help and not just sit around ya know..we started baking his chocolate cinnamon cake (served with banana sauce) , to bring to the party, at about 4pm and finished in 2 1/2hours. turned out nicely=) most of the people there that night were medics or students on that same route. the party was terrific, food was great, played 'taboo' (which was absolutely hilarious) to end off the night.
25/12/04
christmas day.. it snowed beautifully. the roads and roof tops were covered with a thin layer of snow. nice.. i was still recovering from lunch and dinner the previous day so i didn't have any breakfast or lunch. we attended christmas service in the morning at st georges tron. typical christmas message but i enjoyed it anyway.. =) christmas here is so different compared to singapore. all the shops and restaurants are closed. everyone's either at church or at home celebrating and u hear the sounds of christmas carols resonating from churches. lovely. chris, ken and i vistied the botanic gardens in the afternoon with the intention of playing frisbee. chris was our guide since he'd already been there 50 times (or so he says) =Phehe.. first time there for ken and i. fabulous place, nice scenery, amazing greenhouse which housed species from almost all climatic types, walked to humpback brigde which overlooked kelvin river. we didn't get down to playing in the end (leaving chris rather disappointed) since it got dark quite early and we were more interested in exploring the gardens instead. started snowing again while we were there.. really pretty white christmas, the first one i've ever had!
26/12/04
boxing day sales!! walked to town since the subway started operation only at 11am and we were out at 1030! had to get a pair of slacks but failed to find any to my liking. got a long bathrobe (6pounds) and a cap (50pence) instead.. nice prices ya? =) ken got a pair of new sneakers and chris got some new playstation games. headed to Pret for lunch, a place which serves the most amazing sandwiches. they have a whole selection of really amazing recipes. went to findlay memorial church (glasgow chinese christian church) after lunch. it was a combined service (english, chinese and cantonese) and there was a tea/dinner for everyone after that. in the evening sam aaron (ken's cell group leader) came over to our place for a game of risk. chris, baldwin(another one of ken's flatmates), siewkuan (baldwin's gf), ken, sam aaron and i were at it for hours.. i couldn't hold out till the last game ended so i left and went to bed at about 130am.
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