December 31
Fireworks at KLCC, from the apartment on Old Klang Road
The end of 2008 was dawning as we gathered for a pot bless at Calvin's apartment on Old Klang Road. Whilst he provided the drinks, the rest of us brought food, tidbits and boozes, of course! It was also an informal apartment warming for him since he moved in not too long ago.
We dugged into our mini feast of stir-fried roast pork, crispy fried anchovies which went well with beer, tuna spaghetti, shrimp nuggets, beef meatballs, egg sandwiches and coleslaw. When our stomachs were filled, out came all the other snacks - candies from Macau, chocolates and juicy strawberries (if we had cooked those Hershey's dark chocolates, we'd have strawberry dip...now why didn't we think of that?).
Fragrant glutinous cake, ginger candy with coconut, Hershey's dark chocolates; fresh strawberries
Coleslaw, egg sandwiches, shrimp nuggets, tuna spaghetti, beef meatballs
Crispy fried anchovies, stir-fried roast pork
To kill time, we had few rounds of charade using Pictionary cards, and since we were all playing, none of those hilarious and silly mimings were captured. Perhaps all that seemed silly, as we laughed our heads off, with us intoxicating ourselves with tequila sunrise and French rose wine. With all the energy spent miming, laughing and guessing, we stopped when we heard fireworks going off. We cramped ourselves together watching the symphony of colourful fireworks blasted into the black sky for a good half-an-hour.
Chivas on the rocks
2009 was ushered in with the first round of Chivas on the rocks as soon as the fireworks ended. We had another two rounds of that as we spent the early hours of morning chattering about everything under the sky. It was half past three in the morning when the last few of us left the apartment. What a boring way of celebrating new year, some might say. Well, we had our version of fun. Each to his own, and that was all that mattered.
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