Well it is finally 2006 but somehow it still hasn't sunk it yet. Apparently it was the warmest ever December with a record of 42.9 degrees! But it was really good weather to have a party.

For us, 2006 started off with lots of fun, laughter and definitely a lack of sleep! hehe. Went to Mel's place last night to welcome the new year. Was just a small bunch of us. About 20 of us brought food and drinks to Mel's place but I think we had way too much food. There were about 12 packets of chips, if not more, and when I left this morning there were still 9 packets! Mel will have to have another party at her house soon. lolz.

So anyways, Tina picked me up and we got to Mel's house around 8:30ish. No one else was there yet except Rani. Apparently he was just there for the ice kachang. haha. And I didn't bring all the ingredients for it so we had to do a little last minute shopping. A few more people had arrived by the time we got back and that's when all the food and drinks started piling up.

It was a simple night... nothing spectacular... but still very enjoyable. Consisted of talk, laughter, eating and drinking, sparklers and shouts of "Happy New Year!", playing my guitar, teaching Sara how to play it, singing along with people playing on the piano, eating and drinking some more. We played Big 2... well some of the guys did and I joined in on a few games. But by joining, I didn't know what I was getting myself into. The rules that the guys had set were that if you lost the games, you had to do 1 push up for the number of cards you had left and if you had 10 or more, it was multiplied by how many u went over. And it was just my luck that I had exactly 10 left. So they made me do 20 push ups. Girly ones, of course. But even those were so hard to do! lolz My arms were so weak for the next few hours. I couldn't even lift them up to hold a cup or even scratch my head! lolz. Then I thought I would try my luck again. But this time they had changed the rules and made it sit ups instead of push ups and it was only 1 for every card you had. . And yes, I lost again ( I really need someone to teach me how to play it properly! >.<) and was forced to do 16 sit ups. That wasn't so bad. lolz. I should have agreed on sit ups in the first game. lolz.

By 2... or 3.. in the morning, one by one, people started to leave. There were a few of us who were staying over. Initially I wasn't one of them. But hey, I did say that 2006 would be full of unexpected, spontaneous moments and this was one of them. I was intending to go home but by the time the majority of people had left, it was already 5 in the morning. And slowly the people who was crashing at Mel's place were staing to nod off. It was funny coz Mel - the host - was the first one to crash. Well, Mel or Mikey, it was a close call. hehe. But they both had to work so I guess it was understandable. So eventually by 5:30am everyone had gone to sleep. And would you believe it? It was still really really hot!!! Al and I were the only ones up. We both couldn't sleep for some reason. I couldn't sleep coz I felt yuck. I needed to wash my face and have a shower and I wasn't in the most appropriate clothes to sleep in. It was too uncomfortable to sleep. So Al and I stayed up all morning and at 6:30am we went to Maccas to get the guys breakfast.

It was funny coz we thought that Maccas would be open at 6am but it turned out that because it was NewYears Day they didn't open until 7am. So we had to sit in the car for 30mins and wait. Then finally 7 o'clock came and as soon as the doors opened, we were the first customers to walk in for 2006! hehe. Probably also the first people to order 12 bacon and egg mcmuffins, 11 hashbrowns and 2 hotcakes. haha. The manager was kinda shocked that we needed that many coz he was the one making it all. hehe.

We got back to Mel's around 7:30am and the guys were still asleep. So, me being the the early riser decided to go wake people up for them to eat breaky. Somehow I dont think it was appreciated as much as I thought it would be. haha. Mel, Rani and Mikey got up by themselves. I got Ruoran to open his eyes but then he fell back asleep. Went up stairs to Anna and Carlo, they didn't budge. I got a slap from Bud, haha. Steph got up to go to the toilet but then went back to sleep. And Chi didn't move either. So it was kinda unsuccessful. Oh wellz, I tried. lolz. Well I wasn't going to wait for them to get up, so I ate my breakfast first.

Mel, Mikey and Rani all went back to sleep so again Al and I were the ones left awake. There was nothing else to do so we cleaned up the place. I didn't mind coz I knew Mel had to go to work and I don't think she really wanted to clean up the place before or after work. But I think the cleaning up the place took the last amount of energy out of me and I was starting to feel the symptoms of not sleeping for 24hours. As soon as I sat down, my head felt heavy and my eyelids wanted to close. But I knew if I slept, I wouldn't be able to wake up again for a few long hours. So I forced myself to stay awake. Mikey kindly dropped me home. As soon as I had a shower, I climbed into bed and slept from 11am till 7pm. lolz! Best sleep I've ever had. I so needed it. haha.

So I've just had dinner and now I'm online. Wide awake! hehe.

my thoughts @ 8:22 PM

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