Sunday, January 01, 2012 6:32 PM
2012
6.32pm
okay so i was wrong on two counts.
i didn't end the year sitting on a floor in london.
and the streets outside weren't deserted.
initially we wanted to just spend new year's
sitting around sean and junjie's room
cause it was cold and drizzling outside.
esp after an awesome meal by weixin's mum.
but after nua-ing around for a few hours,
at like 1130pm we eventually
decided to go catch the fireworks.
okay i was rather reluctant to go out,
but i'm really glad we did in the end.
it was really a lot better than i'd expected haha.
not in terms of the fireworks and stuff,
but cause contrary to personal belief,
there were actually hordes of people outside,
just that we were in the wrong places.
cycled to primrose hill to catch the fireworks
cause it was nearby haha.
and it had quite a good view la
despite it being quite far from
where the fireworks were.
and cause we thought that there
wouldn't be that many people around.
or so we thought.
the whole hill was teeming with people.
you couldn't see the outline of the hill
cause it was just all people on it.
(and cause it was pretty dark haha)
but yep we managed to arrive just in time
with maybe 10 minutes to spare or something
and amidst all the shouting and cheering,
amidst all the exploding fireworks,
just felt a tinge of comfort and peace.
i mean, after spending the last 6 new years
catching the fireworks with the band ppl.
it just felt quite normal and homely in some sense.
a piece of familiarity in a foreign land.
and so i ended the year
watching fireworks atop a hill
overflowing with bustling people.
and just as 2011 started with drinks at my place
we started 2012 with an absolute bang.
the drinking itself wasn't the best,
we finished 4 bottles between 4 ppl.
since khee xuan didnt wanna play.
okay la it was really quite funny at the end
we couldn't even hit it from this distance.
like less than a meter away.
but the aftermath was just so bad.
weixin spent 2 hours in the toilet,
junjie puked on his bed and slept in it,
(much like i did at tgcp, just that this time
no one was there to clean up for him)
and i puked into the sink the next day
when trying to clean up cause
the smell of alcohol was just too nauseating.
funny how i always end up puking
when baileys is involved hmmm.
and now we're all camping in the kitchen
cause junjie only woke up
and cleared his dirty sheets at like 4pm today
and it stank the whole room.
its really the most epic aftermath ever i think.
EPIC.
because cider is the elixir of life