Boxing Day

Hello,

Its the 26th today, boxing day...have yet to box ppl..or being box..haha...anyway, stayed home today due to certain reasons. Anyway, updates since the last long post. As usual, nearing Xmas time, it's the busiest yet the most wonderful time of the year. Let me tell you one thing at a time...

Dec 21st,

Did not attend morning mass coz i overslept. But then met up with the choir members at 2 for a short practice before going to MO. Convoy left for MO at around 3plus almost 4. Once at MO, we got ready, but it was a tiring session la, and very very bad management. Suppose to start at 6.30,so ask us to get ready at the lounge at 6.15. We were there early, only to be told the kids will be late, coz there was this 'Christmas tree of hope' charity thingy where they have orphanage kids come over and celebrate Christmas with them. Waited until about 7, only we started singing. By the time we finish 1st session, we were already hungry. So for 2nd session, we only sang like 6 songs. Then we went to have dinner. Tiring night and there's no crowd at the lounge, so we were basically singing to ourselves la. But...singing was good. Not to say great, but good...

Dec 22nd,

Went to work as usual. That day was an important day at work coz we had out CSA(critical success activity), and also our company's Xmas dinner, the part where all PerForMers are waiting for. This is the time where we get to know who our secret santa is and also what are the presents that they got for us. The dinner was good, din eat much though coz that night Sg long Zone also have carolling session. So Adrian started of the gift exchange, and to my surprise, my secret santa has been lying to me all this while. It was none other than Sandra, who is seated behind me...She has been lying to me by saying, 'Freddie, msg from your secret santa, he/she couldn't get for you the Starbucks voucher that you want, so only left with the book voucher or the shopping voucher'. And when both of us were at the Christmas tree, she took my present and started shaking it, and trying to guess what it inside, basically she took everyone's gift and guessing what was inside. So yea, din thought she was my secret santa until she called my name..haha..Thanks for the MPH voucher..now i can go buy my twilight book d...Sandra, Sarah, Gummy and Jean got for me New Moon, Andrea, Elena, Sandy and Alex got for me Breaking Dawn for my Bday, I got myself Twilight, so now left Eclipse. Hehe..

After the party, left with Norah to Sg long Bec Xmas Carolling. The one that was postponed earlier. Joined them at the 2nd house, which was fun la. Get to spend time with my Sg Long friends, singing Xmas songs, wearing the reindeer antlers thingy..haha...Last house was Manda's place, which I played the piano. The kids sang beautifully with the parts being done by the youth. After the carolling session, had potluck dinner and mingling around session

Dec 23rd,

On Dec 23rd, went to work as usual, but was anticipating for our final performance at MO. Also another big HUHA..dunno whether its just me or wat la, but its again involve the 'Fat Bastard'(those who knows the story might know who we are refering to). Is it that difficult to ask for an extra mike??wasted my time speaking to such a rude and irresponsible idiot like him, when Reuben jsut went down and spoke to the AV person for an extra mike, and he said can. That idiot said not allowed coz not enough mikes la, cannot confirm la...Anyway, thanks to the extra mikes we had, the singing was WONDERFUL. Best show HFC choir ever performed at MO. Jude's playing was superb, the parts was strong, the altos was strong(usually not very..haha) The crowds was so entertained that they sing along as well..or should i say, laughed along as well. Everyone had a great time.. Lots of friends and relatives turn up (Lilian and Dylan..thanks for coming). All in all, it was a nice way to end the carolling session we had this Christmas. Aft that, went gallivanting in KLCC, then went back with Keith and Allison with Manda and Ash. Manda, Ash and me have a tradition where the 3 of us would crash at Keith and Allisons once we've finish our carolling session. Did that every year. Haha...

Dec 24th

Well, it's Christmas eve, the day everyone is anticipating. Went to work, but worked only half day that day...came back, rested, slept..coz did not sleep enough at Keith and Allisons...Ash, Allison, Manda and me talked til bout 1, then brought Melia(yes, she stayed too!!) to sleep, then we continued talking til 2plus. Then after sleeping, get ready to go to Manda's place for Christmas eve dinner. The food prepared by Aunty Pat is so so nice that I took more than 1 helping. Haha.. Jude and his family join us, along with Manda's grandparents.

After dinner, we got ready and went for midnight mass. This year's Christmas mass was a bit special, coz for the 1st time, the choir was not involve in the carolling session, but the cathecism students were. They were led by Rozanne, which I must say, it was a very creative and good performance. kuddos to those involve. Then, another good thing is that, all of my musicians did a phenomenal job playing that night. Reuben came JUST IN TIME to play the entrance hymn, O Come All Ye Faithful, I played offertory, medley of Hark the Herald/Angels We Have Heard On High/In Bread We Bring You Lord, Manda played for communion, Mary's Boy Child, Ann played O Holy Night, Alex did the final hymn, Joy to the World. On the organ was always awesome Rozanne, Lourdes was on drums(suppose to be Elena, but i had lack of sopranos, and Lourdes was there to make mass more..how to say..different..haha) and Daniel on keyboard. The musicians and the choir brought the house down...They rocked that night..seriously..GOOD JOB TO THE MUSICIANS, GREAT PLAYING..esp Alex..."ALEX...U'RE BACK"..haha... This are the few compliments that we got that night.

"The singing was superb..it was a wonderful, nice, meaningful and enjoyable mass"

"The choir was fantastic. I come from Subang and had been coming to HFC for 4 years for Christmas already. I usually come for both Xmas eve and Xmas day mass and I still enjoy myself til today"

"After not going for mass for 20years, the choir gave me goosebumps"

"Did Jude played? Coz all the musicians sounded like him...esp the final hymn"

"A word of thanks to the wonderful and talented young people in the choir, for their dedication and hardwork put in. Yesterday's mass was beautiful and the sang really really well" Fr William on Christmas Day.

"Sigh, regretted not coming for the Christmas eve mass. After hearing what Father had praise you all, I'll come next year"

Sigh..I'm so so super proud of my choir members. HFC CHOIR...YOU GUYS ROCK!!

Dec 25th

Woke up for mass today, then after that went over to Manda's grandparents house for lunch. Felt kinda weird and left out la..but the food was nice as usual. haha..then came back to sleep, waited for my family to come back from Kemaman, then went makan with them, then aft that went to Flora's place for Xmas gathering. Had a fun crazy session with Flora, Manda, Sher, El, Ann and San. Took some pics, will collect it from Flora soon.

Anyway, time to gear up for 2009 ppl...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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Short Talk :

Some things and sounds around me always reminds me of you...
Miss you most at Christmas time...

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Event before Christmas

Hey, how has everyone been? Its been 10 days since I last blog, and many things happened...too many, so be prepared for a very very long post. Haha..But very entertaining, fun and meaningful. By the way, I shall start of my blog with a pic of my latest Starbucks organizer and tumbler..the tumbler is limited edition ok..haha..went there at 8am just to get the tumbler..

So throughout the entire week, was busy having dance practice and carolling practice in Sg long for our annual Sg long Xmas dinner. Theme for dinner was Mamma Mia of course, but we'll talk about that later. So on the 11th, we (Sandy, Andrea, Elena, Kim, Amanda, Flora, Sher and me..yea..the only guy...) had our dance practice at Amanda's place...oh wait..Andrea went MIA, El came late coz she went for yoga, thinking there was yoga but actually cancelled coz Sultan's birthday, so she called me and we had a laugh about it. haha...Coz we were suppose to go for yoga, but i decided not to go, then mana tau she and alex decided to go..so wanting to go that they forgot that if its a public holiday, there's no yoga.haha.. Anyway, while practising, mark came over to watch since he wont be here for the dinner..So after practising, headed home to rest coz working the next day.

On Friday , 12/12, was also another...hm..how shall i put it, confusing day. Not knowing whether where are we staying..haha...long story short, we stayed over at mark's place after havin carolling practice at Rufus and Rita's home. So while at mark's place, we chit chatted, we drank beer, we ate maggi..oh..before all that, i vomitted, dunno why...but after vomitting, it felt great.haha..so we continued talking and i came up with a game, that we called it 'Peoplefirst'. Haha...its a game that only Manda, Sher, Mark and me knows..haha..It was fun and actually kept us awake til about 6am. Then after that, Mark and I continued talking in his room until it was day break. haha.. But had to wake up at 11 to send Manda for piano class. Hence, not knowing where to go to, Sher and I went to church. After that went back and rest, brought mom and 2 nuns, Sister Lucia and Sister Iris to have Satay kajang...then went for mass. That night, Mark's family organized an early Xmas party since they'll be leaving for Finland on the 17th, which was fun I would say...It was Sandy and Glynn's 1st time drinking, Ann drank the remaining of the Kahlua, Interrogating Daniel and Bibi(hahaha), Reuben had his limelight where he re-enact or told the story of how Daniel and Bibi met..then had a crazy session with Sandy...all in all, it was a fun filled night la...

Then on the 14th, din go for mass coz decided to continue sleeping, while the youth went for Orang asli visit(can read on mark's blog). So in the afternoon, the 'family', namely Flora, Sher, Manda and me decided to go shop for OUR present at MV. Hence we got each other presents which kinda settle all the presents that we were wanting to get. Not forgetting also that we had crazy lots of cam-whoring session..haha...

Us with 1 of the ornaments on the huge giant tree at MV
Us at Gardens, before becoming crazyUs being Crazy..And a close up on Amanda...haha...

Hence aft shopping at MV, we went to BV2 to sing again. After that had to rush for choir practice. Then it was the next day, 15/12, we received a sad news of the passing of Father Leo Chang. So all carolling activities taht were plan in many zones had to be cancelled. That night we had mass in church and the following night prayers. The funeral was held on the 17th, but i din go coz i had to work. then that night had penitential service, which I did not go as well, coz wasn't ready. Besides, had to send the Lims to the airport. So pick ann up around 9.30, then headed to the Lims. Drove them to the airport, bid our goodbyes and wished them merry christmas, then Ann and I drove back. Had a great talking session with my petsis...

Then on the 18/12, had to work, but was looking forward towards the night coz had performance at Royal Selangor Club in Dataran Merdeka. It was a very high end club, more like the Hamptons of Malaysia. Did not manage to take any pics though, but the performance was a blast. I played the grand piano, which I must say, its so damn hard to press the key coz its already half way down already, and everything is like so hard. The fingers and the feet had to do extra work. Damn i can feel my fingers having muscles already. Haha...But it was a great performance..let me tell u how it began. Keith and me walk down the stairs, while the rest of the choir members were 'hiding' on the square-ish spiral staircase. Then i started playing, the MC announce..with a very deep voice..'And here to serenade us with some Christmas carols, the choir of Holy Family Church Kajang'..and there stood Keith, in the centre of the dance floor...alone..=.="..haha..choir a lot of ppl ma..but keith standing there alone..so I saw the faces of some of the patrons there were like..huh??then Keith started singing...C is for the Christ child...then out of no where..you can hear voices of ppl singing...T is for three wise men..and down they came, fully dressed in their wonderful black attire, and the crowds were like..hmm..not bad kinda look..so yea..the choir rock the butts of the dato's and the nenek's of Royal Selangor..The singing was so good that some of the patrons there stop eating and jus look and move along with the choirs, others u can see them singing along..Although it has a few glitches, all I can say is that I'm very very proud of my choir's performance. They put up a such a good show that we managed to put a mark on Royal Selangor, and *fingers cross*..might get a call back next year..Even a dato suggested us to go for a world tour next year k..haha..

Then aft the performance, stayed over at Keith and Allison's place. Had supper, McD with Dom, Ash, Glynn, Keith and Allison..and not forgetting my adorable god-daughter...haylie..who had grown up so much and so playful. Very very cute. After cleaning up, had a great chit chat session with Keith and Allison on their bed til 2am. Haha..forgetting we were working the next day. Hence on the 19/12, worked til 4.30, then left for the Sg Long Xmas dinner.

This year's dinner was a blast. The dinner tix was designed by me..haha..theme Mamma Mia..best ticket ever designed in the history of Sg Long dinner. The host this year, was the greatest combination and the most entertaining one ever, Aunty Huey Ling and Charles(he's new from Bandar Mahkota Cheras), and this year's dinner seen many new faces, which was a great thing as well, coz that's the whole purpose of the dinner..to bring everyone together. Started of our dinner with EXERCISE..haha..yea..Charles led us to do some exercise, which was funny la..then Manda and Sher took food for me while Gerard and I went out to count the results for best dressed. Yes, this year i did not get to defend my title, hence I became a judge..Previous pics of me winning best dress..

Me with best dress female category..Amanda Quah..both of us won in 2006...

Me with Sher, Manda and Flora. Flora and I won in 2007...

Then after dinner, was lucky draw, then performances, the kids dance to a Cheetah girls song, the adults dance to Voules-vous, then the youth, Us of coz(the 8 of us??) dance to Damaged by Danity Kane. Then there was a group performance where we all dance to Mamma Mia, since out theme was Mamma Mia. But that night was filled with surprises. 1st one was a treasure hunt, which our table has won. Our table consist of Alex, Elena, Andrea, Sandy, Manda, Sher, Reuben, Kim, Bev, Vernon, and me of coz. So we elected Manda and Sandy to be our team leaders. Went up, memorise the things we need to hunt, then get it. Sandy ran to the toilet to get...the toilet roll.Brilliant idea..our team was the 1st to run to the toilet, other teams ran to the toilet like 5 mins aft we got back FROM the toilet..haha..then we need a 5cent coin, a 1cent coin, RM5 note, hair pin, socks, a strand of hair, earrings, and the toilet roll. Our team won that..haha..then there was also singing session. Every table is named to a song of Abba, our table got Honey Honey, but I changed it to Super Trouper, which is the same table as Flora's and also Greg's(which has all the young boys there). So, out team was called 1st, so the 3 tables went in front. Aunty pat, who is also sitting in a Super Trouper table, when she saw that the team consist of majority from the choir, she said 'eh, like that our team sure win la..haha'...then I plan with them some strategies, took the mike..stood in the middle and said...'FOR 1 NIGHT!!', then the rest answered..'AND 1 NIGHT ONLY!!'..then i continued..'PRESENTING...FREDDIE...AND THE FABULOSOS!!'...then the whole restaurant erupted in laughter..haha...I saw Jude's face was like...huh??then he got it..so he also laugh non stop..haha...Coz Mamma Mia the movie got 'Donna and the Dynamos', so here we have 'Freddie and the Fabulosos' la. haha..Everybody laughed like for 5 mins..then we started singing..Sandy, Manda and me did the echo for 'su-per-per, troup-per-per'. Which was kinda funny and fun la..haha...

Then aft that it was our performance, well, as usual, we did our best la..I had fun butt shaking..haha...recordings are below.Then it was another surprise, where its called 'Flashback'. The called up 4 couples, whom 1 of them was our very own ALEX and ELENA..haha..we were shock with the selection as well. So what they need to do is some hindustan movie scene where you know they will sing and dance and all..yea..they had to do that..Alex and Elena did a wonderful job entertaining us and providing us with laughter.haha...then when that ends, the dance floor opens..haha...Dance til around 12 plus almost 1, then we headed to MZ for supper. Here are some pics taken during our dinner...

All in all, it was a wonderful though busy days, and many more to come. SHOUT OUT TO ALL READERS!! Do come and watch the Holy Family Church Choir perform at Mandarin Oriental this comin Sunday, 21st of Dec at 6.30pm and also Tuesday, 23rd of December at 7.00pm. Be there to share with us the Christmas mood!! And if I don't have a chance of wishing everybody here, Merry Christmas and A Blessed New Year!!

Weekend...

Hey ya'll..got the inspiration to blog tonight...haha...even though kinda tired, but nvm. Had a wonderful weekend..Since Friday, 5/12...well, nothing happen la really...it was Manda's prom and 'After Class Stories' did managed to perform well..Bravo to you guys!! and Bravo to the Convent gals...for all the hard work put in, all the stress, all the glitter, all quarreling and bickering and the 'cannot-stand-feel-like-slapping-someone' feeling..haha(I heard loads of stories from Manda)..Good job gals!!
Then on Sat, it was Celine Lim's bday..dunno what to get her..so decided to order Dominos delivery for her and also the Lims, since I also dunno what to get for them for Xmas, so an early xmas present..though not much..to them its like junk food..haha..then aft that also treated the musicians dominos as well, and had practice in Church for the coming Xmas eve mass..Then aft that it was outing with the family..namely Amanda, Flora and Sherie..Sheri join us around 6 after her work, so Manda, Flora and me went shopping 1st. Wanted to go 1U, but then decided to go Ikea, Ikano and The Curve that side..which was a fun and enjoyable day. It's been a while since the 4 of us hang out and laugh..Had our dinner at IKEA with Ooi Ling and Adrian, then aft that we went shopping again..for 1 hour..which was damn funny la k..cant stop laughing..practically Amanda and I was laughing the entire time.damn loud somemore...every1

looking..haha...normal la...i quote what manda say...'We never hold back when we laugh'..

But all in all, it was a good outing. Really had fun with my 'family'...

Amanda, my laughing partner...thanks for all the joy, the laughters, the craziness, the 'YOU' for who you are..

Sherie, the emo one, be strong...coz when you're strong, you're fun to be with...laugh and smile always..life is not always complicated.

Flora, the tough chic, thanks for being a good 'shopping buddy'..haha..cant believe u ask me for advise to shop for heels!!i know who i can find to shop d..haha...

Then after shopping, we went over to Mark's place to surprise Celine, since its her birthday. We enter the house, even though the Lims weren't home coz they went TGIF for dinner. Mark ask us to surprise Celine by hiding in the study room. But he got other plans...we hid at the guest room instead. Haha..She wasn't even expecting anyone. They came in singing the 'chant' from TGIF, then Mark kinda lied to her that he, Shaun and Daniel had hid a present for her in the study room, thinking WE(ann, sher, flora, manda and me) were inside there..Mana tau, the whole family couldn't find us.. So while Celine was finding for her 'surprise', we came out of the guest room...oh..before that, I was acting how Celine would react when she couldn't find the present..haha..hence the term..'Where got!!' came about!!haha...So as usual, i started feasting on the cake, knowing me..a cake freak..then after that chit chatted a while, then the gals left. Then I stayed over Mark's place, practised some Xmas song, then Mark went and watch football, so i slept.

Next day, a few of us went over to Bangsar Village to sing carols at Kids Gym..i think tats the name la..forgot adi...Not bad..kinda fun. Then after that came back for volleyball, then we went for choir prac. Told everyone to wear black top and blue jeans coz we're goin to take a group pics..which turns out so nice.. Haha..Jude came for practice that day...like FINALLY..then practice was fun.. Cant wait for us to perform....

Us at Bangsar Village...Nice place though..made all of us wanna go play..haha...

Choir pic...COME WATCH US AT MANDARIN ORIENTAL K!!!

Aft prac, hangout with a few of them at McD for supper and again..laughing session. haha..damn fun. On Monday, even though its a holiday, but I went to the office to do some deco with Norah, beverly and Kim(She ask me to write her name..so NAH!!)..The deco turn out beautiful..from a skinny and sad tree, we managed to change it to a majestic and fat 1, then Norah did the entrance...kinda forgotten to take the pics of the tree before and after though..haha..like extreme makeover like tat...everyone loved the deco the next day...it does brings out the xmas mood in all...haha...

Aft decorating, went over to MV and met up with Keith, Allison and Manda. Then shop a while..damn many ppl..so shop a while only..really a while..then aft that manda followed me back, went for vball under the rain with sher, then dinner at old town, then we had dance prac for our Sg long dinner at the Chins...dance was fun la..but some stupid bloody f***ing bastard decided to scratch my car la...sigh...my precious..

But oh well, glad that I had a great weekend, cant wait for the next weekend to come..till then, Happy preparing for Xmas!! Shout out to all HFC choir members..STAY HEALTHY AND LETS ROCK THE HOUSE THIS XMAS!!

things in PFM part 3 and my god-daughter...

Hey ya'll. Sunday afternoon, very hot..am sweating and blogging..but gotta hurry coz later there's meeting, then volleyball(about time..after so long din play), then prac...busy schedule now...anyway, lately its been the craze of movies la..latest movies I've watched was Madagascar 2 and also Twilight. I love both la..even though Twilight got some mix comments, but I jus loved both..Madagascar 2 it's because it is so funny, you just cant stop laughing..Twilight, I dunno..i just love it la..cant wait to read the book. But anyway, due to the craze of Madagascar, yea..you'll find a few characters in my office la..We have Gloria, Alex and Moto Moto(the name's so nice, you gotta say it twice...pffft)

Yea, we have a hippo couple in our office, which kinda trigger my boss to ask everyone in the office, if you were an animal, what animal would you be...so yea..everyone aroudn her had to answer..I forgot wat she was already but one of my colleague said he wants to be a dolphin coz he would like to be away from the jungle and have an open sea all by himself..haha...

Anyway, the main reason why I'm blogging today...I'M A GOD FATHER..haha..People...Meet my god daughter...Haylie Benedict Wong...Yup, she's a golden retriever pup. 1 month old. Keith and Allison got her just yesterday, and her looks and her adorableness just melted our hearts..haha...isn't she adorable? she's the cutest little pup ever...so spent the weekend at keith and allison's place, jus playing and taking care of Haylie..cant wait til she's a few months old then she'll be fat and cubby and running around, rammaging the entire house..haha...More pics of her...

That's Haylie and her 'dad' Keith...

That's Haylie and her 'mum' Allison...shh..she din allow to take pics of her...haha

That's Haylie lying down on me...

And Haylie sleeping on my chest...sigh..so adorable..jus wanna steal her away from keith and allison and bring her home..haha...

Lastly, Haylie sleeping...

Have a great day...Cant wait to do Christmas shopping...

Silly things found in PFM...part 2

Hey ya'll. Another post about my company. As you know, we meet people everyday. So part of the process of meeting people is that we will exchange name cards, so that you know, the person has our contact and in case they want to move in the future, they can always give us a call or vise versa. So, Norah din actually met up with people la, but this guy met her at pavilion, and gave her this card.

To protect the identity of the person, we shall jus block the contact number la ok..whoever wants the contact number, let me know..anyway, if you're not able to read what is written on the front of the card, it says 'Sir, you want any nice young lady, I can recommend for you young and beautiful girl.' Not bad for cina ppl to write like tat yea..haha...And this is the back of the card, its written 'Escort girls massage for hotel room services' then after that some Japanese words, but notice the 2 lines, well, 1 line is written 'date' another 'fullsex'. So meaning you can either ask one of the girls out as a date, or you can proceed to have fullsex with them. FULLSEX only yea..no halfsex or quarter sex u know...FULLSEX...they provide service from 1.00pm-6.00am. Not bad huh...Anyway, I'm not promoting or is an existing user la ok..haha..I'm just stating the obvious..anyway, even jobs like that has name cards la k...not bad...

Anyway, Christmas is coming..cant wait to go shopping.Spotted a few outfits to buy..a few gifts to buy...cant wait to sing at Mandarin Oriental..busy month approaching...

Things we do in office

Hey...decided to blog today because something funny happened today in the office.

Well, my company came up with this 'best buddy' system where we draw out a name from the bag and we're suppose to motivate that person to be happier, to be more productive, etc etc..basically everything thats gotta do with 'exuding the innerpositiveness'.

So basically, the person that I had to motivate was definately a challenge...but I did a good job..haha..earning praises during the 1st week review..muahaha..so damn bangga..anyway..

Sandra was suppose to motivate me, and she has been doin a great job so far, buy sticking motivation notes on my desks, giving me a 'quick' massage when she pass by my place, making me laugh..etc etc..but today was the best la..she kinda 'borrowed' me this small statue thingy where it will move it's butt whenever it felt there's vibration on the desk, like maybe i bang the table or the phone rang or anything...and its very very entertaining..got kinda distracted from work while looking at that thing. Anyway, there's a video here to view..I somehow put together with how the thing was bought in the 1st place...it seems that Sandra bought that thing coz of a certain reason, or should I say, certain someone...you all shall just watch the video..hehe...Have a great day ya'll...