Happy NY and A Merry Steamboat

Happy New Year to everyone who is reading this. I just realised this is the 201st blogpost, and also the first post of year 2009. Muted Mental Musings has indeed gone very far from being a space to vent my frustration and thoughts after that relationship fiasco, to a somewhat random and totally "me" space (ok see, you don't really get what i mean, this is what i mean by so me).

Anyway, thanks all for all the birthday wellwishes, Xmas greetings and New Year greetings.

In the other news, recently we had a uni people gathering at my place, with the standard zonky pictures and the standard zonky conversations.

This is justina's potluck contribution: the fusion-ed old people braised chicken wing with chardonnay (cos we ran out of hua diao jiu). It is really very tasty.


Liangyi's face shows the sheer gastronomical delight of the wings



Social workers ask the weirdest questions. So says LY in a serious tone, "do muslims like to hug dog soft toys?" (something like that)


Yea, WTH look, with fall on the floor for effect


The first bunch to make it to my abode:


The late one:
Andy Lau

Chris illustrating the intricacies of spaceship dogfighting at warp speed, followed by evasion techniques using the Chris Theorem to hypervelocise in order to escape the nominal physical rules our universe is bound in, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation. (i have no idea what the cheem gesture is really about. Probably something lame).


KJ we really did save a seat for you. And left a space in the picture for you too. In spirit you are present.


The problem with corks. They don't come out of holes easily.


The epitomy of high-born aristocratic Englishness: Drinking wine in tea cups with the pinkie sticking out.






The maid:

The turnout was not bad eh? Except for eileen (too lazy? or cos of Chris?) adel (fell sick), ame (ran away with her nan ren), and hl (forgot), almost all the "red" Ruffles sorta turned up.

Happy New Year again people.