GX's D&D 2009

On friday 6th February, at 11+am gx mgs me but didnt get to check hp till lunch time and the 1st thing i did after i saw the msg was to scream! yes my reaction was terrible that my collegue j popped her head in to check on me! i was invited to gx's d&d the very last minute! i was to attend the function in a few hours time and why did i scream? cos i got nothing to wear to the party! i would have loved to dress up for the party cos i have not attend d&d for the longest time and a proper d&d to speak of! i do have my sis' wedding blue dress and batik dress to wear but i didnt want to cos i am vain! the theme is dynasty! so many types of costumes to wear as long as its related to the chinese! after school, tried my luck at my fren a's house but i can not fit into any of her gowns and most of all not chinese enough!

so i went back to woodlands and head to the maternity wear shop where i got my dry set of clothings on wednesday... they do have cheongsam tops but not grand enough... vain! but i didnt give up! i popped into metro and was so glad to see lots of CS on the rack! and there was a 20%sale! i went thru each rack pulling the biggest size i chanced upon! was so glad i managed to fit into a tube dress and very cheena material, floral print on a reflective material and i loved it! bot it rushed home, showered, dressed up within an hour and head down to sheraton! my cousins Lu and Le looked so cute in their costumes! then when i saw my hubby and bro... WOW! my hubby looked so cutez! bro looked more like getting married!

my mother shorten her CS from sis' wedding and wore to the event. the event hall was pretty nicely decorated to the flowery chinese and cny themed! the Vvip table was nicely decorated with little lions and yes there were 8 lions on and off stage to start the event! all the waitresses wore headgear prepared by the d&d team.

the team even arranged nice flower tea for all the guest. then we had louhei and it was my first time using huge, long chopsticks to do the louhei! well i was sitting also at a vip table... vip table as we are uncle's relatives... it was my 1st time attend my uncle's co. d&d.

the event was very successful as many of the staff dressed up in costumes of different era. some dressed as warriors, some dressed in angmo costumes like 13th aunt from huang feihong, most guys are like shanghai dingli's costumes, most people wore cs or cs tops, some wore differnet dynasty robes and best dressed went to the huangjin jia couple! they walked in to Jay's juhua ta and the emperor and empress looked so good in their gold robes! esp the empress, she was very spontanous during the performance! me and my lord! haha. gx was in the d&d team which they are were qualified to participate in the best dressed competition.

there was a fierce competitor... that would be my uncle k! but bcos he's in the top mgt so he oso cannot participate in the competition but he truly stole the limelight when he escorted the 2 princesses into the ballroom onto the stage as participants! he didnt tell any of us family members and gave us a huge surprise! before he quietly disappeared, he wore a white CS top and a scarf. i didnt recognised him till my uncle m revealed its uncle k!

his department formed the entourage to escort the 2 princesses onto the stage to join the best dressed compeition! the 2 lantern gals walked in 1st, followed by my uncle who is the general and with the 2 prinesses behind him followed by 2 ladies holding the red feathery fans! its was a grand entrance with special music played for them!

the d&d team! they did a great job and the party was very successful! very colourful! after the party and group phototaking session, gx and bro went on to drink with their collegues, trying to make each other drink up! having too many drinks, we had to rest at the hotel rooms, chatted with his collegues and stayed till 3am+,after having supper, we finally went home! by the time i got onto my bed it was 4am! dun know how i did it but yes its the longest time record ever set that in a day i didnt get proper rest for so many hours!!!

i was so glad i could find myself a dress in time for the party and i quite like the dress! the bigger dowager hat was a prop from gx's collegue's costume and i had to take a pic in it! dun think i would have other chance to play with it! then his collegue b was so nice that he gave me one of the little dowager headband as souvenier!

the party didnt end at 3am! i woke up at 8+am with 5hrs of sleep, i pulled gx up and we went to ntuc to get the ingredients for my potluck dish! instead of mango pannacotta, which i was supposed to do while gx was at d&d so it had time to set, i had to change it to the philippine fruit salad as it was easier to make and set! went to his mgr's house in marine parade in the afternoon and had a feast! then played cards and won $! had louhei and then time passed so quickly and we left to fetch my in-laws, got home i collasped into lala land!