merry christmas!

i had such an amazing week with my favourite people - the people who keep me sane at a horrible time like this (finals in 2 weeks'!) and who basically made my last 3 years here worthwhile. although we unfortunately have to go separate ways after graduation, i'm sure we'll continue to make time for each other, and hopefully this is the first of many christmasses to come (last year we were back home in malaysia and the year before tr and i were in paris).


our annual visit to the manchester christmas markets - those german spicy bratwursts and bavarian beer are a MUST.
christmas eve at daniel's. our dinner spread included turkey with pork and chestnut stuffing from M&S - no way were we going to go through the trouble of roasting our own from scratch, potatoes and veg of course, bacon and cheese bruschetta by kheng, my chocolate and pear pudding for dessert, and a bottle of fine bubbly for sure! everything was SO YUMMMMY and so christmassy.

of course we had to do the whole secret santa thing. kheng bought a thick scarf for daniel to brave the scottish weather for the next 2 years (a scarf which came in a £5 box, as kheng so crucially emphasised). daniel got me an expresso maker - something which i never bothered buying for myself even though i've always wanted it! i got teongrhen (yes i was his secret santa *yawn*) the bourne books and a 2012 organiser (because he definitely needs one). teongrhen bought peihua a set of body shop products. and peihua got kheng a zara t-shirt!

the five of us, missing vanessa.
indeed the most wonderful time of the year. :)
but alas it must come to an end. now to get our engines running and just get the exams over and done with.

merry christmas all of you reading this, and a very happy new year in advance.