After so long kh finally invited us to his 'new' house, so all of us decided to do a potluck at his place this chirstmas. Also,knowing xq, all of us guessed she'd appear an hour later than the agreed time. However, this time, it was who CH left his gift at XQ's place (LOL) and went westgate to grab a last minute gift for the exchange.  It was unlucky for XQ that she got CH gift in the end haha royce chocolates

Also, it is definitely difficult to get unisex gifts XQ bought a glass chess set, and thank god Jethro got it because i believe most of us don't play chess frequently. I got cards against humanity, really hoping KH would get it (and he did) because that really defines his character. On the contrary, he lost the game with zero points (ZC winning the game with eight).

 

Abby diligently circled the dining table as we were eating. In the middle of the conversation I felt her fur brushing against my legs. Funniest thing was, Chonghan soon got paranoid and thought Abby was at his feet just because KH's leg brush against his when they sat beside each other. 

XQ's sauteed fresh mushrooms and mashed potatoes

KH's Carbonara

Calyn's rainbow cake ( LOL made jointly with ZC and I). It was such a pain in the ass to make. The ratio of the flour to sugar was almost one-to-one yet we only realized this when we were about to mix the colors into the cake batter (YA WTF right) The only flavor the cake had was the two teaspoons of vanilla extract and lots of sugar. The gang finished at least half of the cake though, even if it's small to begin with haha.

sending pic to calyn when she got summoned home by her mom

Jello shots by CY. 

That small cup of jello contained three shots of vodka.

Would much prefer Smirnoff for this.

CH made chicken breast meat with CH sauce (LOL), ZC& I made mac and cheese which was quite fail because we genuinely thought we bought the correct cheddar cheese which ended up to be the cheese for people to spread their breads with... My mom also made claypot rice which was pretty delicious hahaah. Jethro & Rachelle made Turkey (well actually Jethro's parents hahaha) it was pretty moist and good.

dinner

KH was disturbing Abby for the entire night.

Played cards against humanity for most of the night then saboteur 2!

Pretty fun night with the company, food, and games. 

Looking forward to 2015!

Also, this is what zoukout does to you.

Mildly drunk is definitely an understatement

attempted to take a we-fie and failed terribly

why is only the background in focus -_-

took another photo again (caught them offguard) because it's always fun to take photo like this one 

i wonder why he made this his fb profile picture. really

more lights

this is a rushed snap i took to send to the groupchat to hurry the guys who were like late

yay group photo on the disgustingly soggy ground

any smartphone can take awesome pic in daylight but iphone 6 can really capture in low light conditions oh wow.

excited for xmas potluck party even if i have no idea what to cook 

decided to make a vid 

Halong Bay, one of the new seven wonders of the world? No doubt deserves this title for the view. 

The father wanted to visit (god knows why) and chose this over taiwan (WTF ikr) He looked so happy in this picture tho like he's enjoying this trip.

Gave a patronising smile because I was really hungry and not up for the camera. For my brother, he can pull off any gay pose to piss my mom off anytime of the day lol

This french dude is the captain of this ship. He would always walk around and talk to every group of passenger. When he reached our group the first time he told us he could hardly understand our english. Since then, I spoke a lot of singlish (unnecessarily, also see: fk the world). 

We had all our meals a level lower than the deck, which was nicely air-conditioned. (even in this insane nine-deg-celcius weather)

This is my mother trying to smile without revealing her teeth and my dad covering his face with the menu.

Drinks on-board were charged separately, like it's just juices and coke. They seriously need to amp up their service 

He was always seen sleeping at the table because there wasn't any wifi for reddit/youtube.

Even if you got a SIM card, reception wouldn't reach the northern part (Halong bay area). 

The sea view compensated for that tho.

Some cave we went to.

Also went to Confucius temple (not pictured in this post because i literally didn't take any photos), and historical parts etc. 

worse experience ever: It was raining in 9 degree-c weather, cold wind consistently gushed into our faces. Whatever they've said about sweater weather in Vietnam, seriously. I was really thankful that I brought my winter jacket (being kiasu). 

Parents were ALWAYS taking photos on the deck. I just wanted to stay indoors to avoid the crazy wind.

YASSSS finally checked into sheraton hotel. But those stars meant nothing because we could only use wifi in the lobby (???) additional charges are to be incurred if you want wifi in the comfort of your own room. like seriously? this is even worse than the korean place we went (no nothing but wifi in every single darn room)

Of course, in terms of food, the hotel serves the best food anywhere in vietnam. We were stuck on the ship for 2D1N, and wanted to cry cause the food that was served were edible but mediocre. 

For the rest of the trip (4 days?) I had croissants with scrambled eggs and bacons for breakfast!!!

Out of the meals I've had in Vietnam for seven days, I can only remember breakfast in hotel very clearly, while for the local dishes I don't even vaguely remember what I've eaten (very serious here, stroking my non-existent longgggg beard) 

Maybe that's too much of an exaggeration, but still, I can only remember Pho and Springrolls with fish sauce. They are very bland dishes but still worth a try. 

Also, on the topic of food, our local guide recommended us to try this local delicacy (see: trap). It's a dead hatched chick that is cooked and supposed to suck the 'juice' out of the egg through a small hole cut at the top of the egg. Nobody was gungho enough for it though hahahaha

In any case it was kinda nice trip when you reach Halong Bay (not the travelling parts) and reach the hotel in hanoi for bacon, croissants and scrambled eggs.

Notice that the longest paragraph is about food. LOL okay till the next post 

probably about food too