Name that Song

This was in my Inbox.

Can you guess the true titles of these seemingly alien Christmas songs? Answers are at the bottom! Don't peek....

1. Bleached Yule
2. Castaneous-colored Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration
3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors
4. Righteous Darkness
5. Arrival Time: 2400 hrs - Weather: Cloudless
6. Loyal Followers Advance
7. Far Off in a Feeder
8. Array the Corridor
9. Bantam Male Percussionist
10. Monarchial Triad
11. Nocturnal Noiselessness
12. Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers
13. Red Man En Route to Borough
14. Frozen Precipitation Commence
15. Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle
16. The Quadruped with the Vermillion Probiscis
17. Query Regarding Identity of Descendant
18. Delight for this Planet
19. Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings
20. The Dozen Festive 24 Hour Intervals

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1. White Christmas
2. Chestnuts Roasting over an Open Fire
3. All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
4. O Holy Night
5. He came upon a Midnight Clear
6. O Come All Ye Faithful
7. Away in a Manger
8. Deck the Halls
9. The Little Drummer Boy
10. We Three Kings
11. Silent Night
12. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
13. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
14. Let it Snow
15. Go Tell it on the Mountain
16. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
17. What Child is This
18. Joy to the World
19. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
20. The Twelve Days of Christmas

X'mas 2008

It has been many years since we last had a Christmas makan at home. This year it was decided to have a food festival among relatives and close friends. So it is sort of nostalgic that we did it again at home. Things were not so messy this time around, as we have relatives preparing food and brought over. The cleaning up was not so much as well. It has been a wonderful Christmas, as I felt that we really celebrate one this year - with the kids and the makan.

More pictures here.

Merry Christmas to All and A Happy New Year.

On the big screen 4

17 December 2008 - The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Can't imagine if this really happen one fine day. Reviews had not been kind to this movie. But I enjoyed, probably due to the cast. The stepmother-stepson relationship by Jennifer Connelly and Jaden Smith is warm and loving, despite the coldness shown by the stepson. Cathy Bates is as usual the fine performer she is, as the Secretary of Defense. Probably the only thing missing is classical finale which could otherwise propelled this movie to be a big hit.

Rating : 3/5

On the big screen - 3

3 December 2008 - Back to the silver screen with Madagascar 2 - Escape 2 Africa.

I can't remember when I saw the first one, but I do know I enjoyed it. Therefore the expectation is quite high for this No.2. And I was not disappointed. Though the storyline is not exactly great, but the animation is as usual fantastic. And "You got to move it, move it" is fun. I love and enjoyed it.

Rating: 4/5

Nissan Treasure Hunt 2008

29-30 November 2008 - The third hunt of the month. Sort of a record. This time was teaming with Fong, Angie and Wai Chee aka Fong's friend aka the Nissan Car owner.

The Nissan Team (from left - Yours truly, Fong, Wai Chee & Angie

It's a two-day hunt to Penang. First stop from KL to Bukit Beruntung. Then to Ipoh, Taiping and finally the last sector at Seberang Jaya, with the finish control at Nissan showroom at Seberang Jaya.

At the final briefing, noted 3 master's team, while the rest are mainly family teams, mostly first timers. Therefore, I was quite confident to finish at least at the top four. When the final results was announced, we came in fifth. Lost to another team by a single solitary point. Quite disappointed though. However, in this hunt, sometime happen for the first time. I was in a team that managed to pick up a lucky draw prize. Really the first time since hunting. And we were the first team to be picked - Team No.11. At the end, we managed to win (inclusive of the lucky draw prize of a service voucher by Tan Chong Motors which naturally goes to Wai Chee) a RM100 Genting Holiday Card (this goes to me), RM200 spa voucher (Angie took this) and a Pensonic cordless phone (goes to Fong). Well, each one took home something. The hotel is nice, the dinner food is above average. And we pay only RM100 for registration fee. A satisfying hunt.

Taken from the balcony of our room

The Agony of What and Where?

Two weeks back at the UMIC Hunt, the Purple Antz people said they have many What and Where questions. But I guess if that was a record, then the record was broken by YS Khong in this hunt. I don't have question paper with me, but my estimate is that it should be at least 80%. And that's where crushed our chances of a Top 4 finishing. Big lessons to be learnt here.