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Fifteen

Today is the 89th Monthiversary. Should have been out celebrating it at full swing but unfortunately I’ve got the remains of the virus gotten yesterday to deal with.

On the bright side, I’ve learnt how to play 2 player hana fuda cards. The 2 Player version better known as Koi Koi.

Hana Fuda - Japanese Flower Cards

(Photo via tamaki from Flickr)

Its interesting how much of the Japanese culture is infused in each of these delicately illustrated cards.

Each month is presented by a different element:

Jan – Pine

Feb – Plum Blossoms

Mar – Cherry Blossoms

Apr – Bush Clover

May – Iris

Jun – Peony

Jul – Clover

Aug – Pampas (Plains)

Sep – Chrysanthemum

Oct – Maple

Nov – Willow

Dec – Empress Tree (Paulownia)

Here’s a nifty site for you to play Hana Fuda on flash! Who knows, my friends and I could possibly be playing this at my house-warming! =p

Hanafuda Flash by GameDesign

Hat-py New Year with 24Seven & new found friends

Year End Blogger Hat-py Party.

The theme is Crazy Hats. Its held at the very beautiful Singapore Arts Museum.

Invitation to the Party

Hat-py New Year!

While having lunch with Cat & Jo, I was inspired as to how our get-up should look like.

The concept: Top Hats with a Masquerade Mask, a huge ribbon at the back that has trailing ends. Acrylic cut-out of brooches pinned all over the hat and to give to new-found friends at the party. The overall feel should gel with that of SAM being an old English building.

The girls loved the thought of it. We started gathering our materials that very evening. We got our materials at Far East, Arab street and some were from KL during a work trip.

Its been a hectic week leading up to the party and even though we did not manage to get the brooches done, we are all very pleased with the final get-up.

Masquerade Hats

The hats were put together an hour before the party started. Talk about rush work!

The three of us

Jo (Red), Cat (Gold) and Me (Blue)

We arrived to find an exciting party with various bloggers donning colourful and quirky hats.

Photographers of the night with instant polaroids

The instant film Photographers of the night - Pirate Kelvin (@darkholme) & Cowboy Daniel (@dumbellz)

There’s an Elmo hat that is so irresistibly cute I had to hijack it for a photo.

Elmo Hat

Very cute Elmo hat from @SidneyReuben

Two bands were playing that night. The Black Diamond Ninjas as well as Only After Coffee. Personally, I prefer the rendition of Only After Coffee. The choice of songs and the vocals of the lead singer, Nina is fantastic.

Black Diamond Ninjas

Black Diamond Ninjas

Only After Coffee

My fav for the night - Only After Coffee

The Party was fabulous as it provided me with the opportunity to finally put a face to all those people who’s tweets and blogs I’ve been following religiously. Its like finally meeting an idol of sorts.

We met new friends and caught up with old ones.

What a memorable way to end 2009.

Kudos to the 24Seven team!! Hip hip hurray!

Hat-Py Party Goers & 24Seven Team (Photo from Claudia's blog)

Read Claudia’s blog about the party here!

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