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Gifts, Gifts, Gifts....and more Gifts!

It's that time of the year again where we exchange gifts with our friends and loved ones. Recently our young adults group had a Christmas get together and each one brought a gift to exchange with each other. I have always loved shopping for gifts, so given a budget of RM10, I went looking for a nice gift that can be unisex...after all what if a guy ends up getting a hairclip, what is he going to do with it? Start cross dressing?

We had a lot of fun guessing what were in those mysterious looking and shaped packages. One of them were wrapped in just plain white paper but in the shape of a rocket. Another was wrapped up in layers and layers...and layers of paper! Happy unwrapping!! And another was wrapped up nicely but I think weighed about 2 kilos. The host happily tossed it over to one of the guys and it dropped with onto his lap and 'kena' his more tender parts of the body...Ouch!!

If you guys are wondering what could have been that heavy...well wonder no more. He unwrapped it and Wala...looks like a big doll in a box...but wait what's that wrapped up in brown? It's.....Red Apples!! He and his family will be eating red apples for at least the next one month...haha!

And what did I get? I got a most lovely candle that I have ever seen. I love the engraving on the candle and it's so pretty! Being an artistic person, I just absolutely loved the decorative embellishments on the letters which formed the word "LOVE". It also had some texture on the background, creating an aged effect. Whoever it was who gave the candle, THANK YOU!!! I really love it. It still sits on my bedstand and I just don't have the heart to burn it. Looks like another addition to my already crowded decorative items collection!


We also had a round of games and this time we played charade. It was great fun trying to figure out all the weird actions and the one that win top prize was the "mosquito". So how do you show a mosquito? Just poke one of your fingers on your forearm...that's a "Mosquito"!!!

Last but not least, our group photo...here's the whole crazy gang....

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