Christmas 2009 was wonderful, even though it's been quite some time since we celebrated it in town. At least for the past 2 years, Christmas was celebrated at Bintan.
On Christmas's Eve, I went out with my Sec 4 friends to watch a movie before I left for my cousin's house for the party.
Was originally supposed to watch Avatar but when we reached Causeway Point, the queueing was nightmarish. We spent close to 45 minutes just to buy the tickets. In the end, due to time constraints, we changed our mind to Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, however, the tickets were sold out. At last, we went for Sherlock Holmes.
It's a movie I want to watch since I saw the trailer. I'm not a Sherlock Holmes fan to begin with. I didn't read the book series and I didn't watch the other Sherlock Holmes films.
But, the whole 128 minutes of film is quite good. It has its hilarious moments and I like the dialogue. Not to mention, Jude Law who portrayed Watson is so charismatic and good-looking.
This is a film I'm definitely going to catch again if I had the chance and get it on DVD. I am heavily dependent on those English subtitles.
After the movie, we parted ways and I left for Jurong East.
Watched some more movies and it's time for the Christmas party to begin. The Christmas tree was alighted with fairy lights, presents aplenty underneath, Christmas carols played on the radio, the table weighed down with food...
After the feast, it was time to hand out presents. Unfortunately, something unexpected happened. Was it my fault or? I received 2 presents from 2 of my cousins and my brother got none. Which means that during the drawing of names a few weeks ago, I should have accidentally wrote my name 2 times. Gods, was that embarrassing!
Anyway, this year, there are more presents handed out to my cousin's family because one of my cousins is in NS.
Went home around 9pm plus. It was decided that since my parents will be going to a relative's wedding reception with my grandparents, my uncle will fetch us and took us to watch Avatar this next morning with the other family members.
Prepared ourselves on Christmas morning waiting for my uncle's phonecall. Went to Marina Square in the morning to watch Avatar 3D at a 10.30am slot. This is like my first time watching a movie in 3D. The theater was almost full.
Wore the extra heavy 3D glasses and because of my own glasses, it did not stay up and I had to support it with my hand throughout the whole 2 hours 30 minutes plus movie. The whole movie is awesome! OMG, the graphics, the cinematography, the background. Wow, and the whole thing was created by the director, James Cameron.
My cousin and I laughed at some of scenes and enjoyed ourselves tremendously. I can see why this movie will move up on the charts quickly in the States, probably overtaking the currently 4th place New Moon and the top 3 highest grossing movies of 2009.
Ahh well, while I don't like that some movie overtake New Moon, where New Moon end up on the charts will still be very rewarding.
We went for lunch at BurgerKing while the adults ate at the FoodCourt.
Went to Singtel headquarters as my cousin wanted a new phone. Spent around 1 hour there but in the end, the newly acquired phone was returned due to the colouring.
Went to Centrepoint at Orchard to meet with my parents and grandparents and a cuppa at TCC. The sky was dark and raindrops falling. If you closed your eyes, you can imagine that snow is falling instead.
Walked over to 313 @ Somerset afterwards. Wow, the Christmas season really brought out lots and lots of people. Loitered for quite a while outside 313, voting on where to go next. The younger generation wanted to go for another movie, Sherlock Holmes, while the adults had not make up their minds.
Alas, at such a timing, evening and on Christmas Day to boot, no theater can escape. The slots were almost full with only the front seats left.
In the end, we decided to have dinner at Sizzler at Suntec City. It's been ages since I've last ate at Sizzler. I can still remember the good, old days where my parents and I used to eat at Sizzler at Junction 8 many times.
I, personally, don't think it's that worth it to eat there anymore. Maybe, it's inflation over the years, or that I don't know the prices in the past, but it's really expensive to eat there.
Home sweet home when all is said and done.
Christmas 2009 had been a wonderful time, the essence of Christmas, minus the religious stuff, is truly incorporated in our family gathering. Isn't the Christmas spirit all about family closeness and warmth?
Tata~
