They came, they ate, they acted

NYE pot luck party at MN's place
Good food. Good folks. Good fun.

6.03pm:
The timing is perfect. NT and associate, GK and ML sauntered their way into MN's lovely apartment and made themselves at home with some alco punch concoction of Mirinda and NT's bottle of legendary Finlandia vodka.

MN checks out the latest issue of SS.

6.45pm:
CK arrives. While in the kitchen, MN is briefing ML on something very important...

MN: "No papparazzin later ah!"

6.45pm - 7pm:
We are playing pictionary to warm up and get in the spirit of communicating with visuals and doing away with words. Yeah, like that's going to be an uphill task for editors!

7.00pm:
MV arrives with associate. And they join in.


7.20pm:
ES and associate arrives and the pot luck party begins proper.

Oh what a glorious spread of food -

Chow mein, Indian style from MN
Spicy fried rice and fish cakes from MV
Potato salad from CK
Dumplings, Mirinda and vodka from NT
Chips and Doritos from GK
Roast chicken from ML

And how could we forget ES' famous muffins?

The Host and Hostess with the mostest.

8pm:

After tucking into some really fantastic food, MN heralds with gusto and cheer," Let the games begin!" And so the long nite of Orange editors turn amateur actors starts off with aplomb and excitement and even trepidation... no wonder NT has to have 2 more swigs of his alco fruit punch before starting :D

NT: " Bottoms up, baby!"

We divided ourselves into two teams -

ES, CK, GK, MV, NT and ML on this corner of the ring, and on the other corner, we had MN, MN associate, MV associate, ES associate, NT associate, heck, its MN and associates!

The "Guess the movie" game is simple in idea, but there lies the deception - the delivery of the idea is where it gets tricky and even frustrating, particularly for those who aren't so acting inclined. One team comes up with a movie title and the other team has to send a member up to act it out for their team mates to guess it correctly. Some of the macaroni editors were true film buffs, judging by the movies that they thought of. We had all genres possible - Blockbusters, B-grade, Comedy, Horror, teen flicks, chick flicks, animation, even the odd obscure Indie and Foreign film thrown in for good measure.

But it's all about having fun and not trying to win an Oscar for best performance, so we all just let it rip! From inspiration to perspiration in 60 seconds! Oh what a show of hands, feet, eyeballs, tongues even, the whole wacky game brought out from everyone!

MV: " I'll give them a kiddy movie, nobody watches these but me, haha!"

MN displays her karate chop moves, "Haiyahh!"

MV: "Those hours of practising hand movement in my classical
dance are really coming in handy now!"

CKin really had everyone in stitches over his favourite usage of animal gestures and expression to convey his message across. Here, he shows off his King Kong move!

ES matches her hubby in the drama high stakes, and pulls out all of the stops (and 6 fingers here) to help her team guess the movie correctly.

Even MN and associates were visibly entertained and enthralled.

MV's associate shows off his slick Bollywood dance moves, while MN is in a daze, getting flashbacks of the time when she enjoyed the 'Salaam Namaste' farewell dance by a select few Orange people. (See the Sp(mdg) post for details)

MV is very pleased with his performance, apparently. "Ah, I've taught him well!"

GK does his best impersonation of Julius Caesar, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"

His team mates love every moment of it! Even though they don't get it.

MN: " You have been served, can you guys dig it?"

CK steps up to the plate, but it's a tough one, and she's stumped for a moment... even NT has assumed his favourite squatting posture to show his dispair!

But she digs deep and dishes out some fancy Coyote Ugly moves to inspire her team.

NT's associate keeps her team spellbound with her Oscar worthy acting

MN associate plays it cool and shows off his Saturday Night Fever moves.

NN arrives late from the Orange, but joins ES team soon enough. Even sooner still, she is up on centre stage displaying her best Macarena magic and cuts a Venus like figure ala Botticelli.

CKin: " Hmm, if I strike this pose long enough, they''ll think that I'm actually acting."

NT is stumped for ideas, but still does his best Ah Meng impression,
which amuses ES very much.

10.30pm:

Only 90 minutes to go before midnight...

NN: "Phew, whoever said acting was easy?"

NN takes a breather and chills out with MN's pet dog. Smart move. The other Orange people follow suit and slowly make their exit from MN's place by 11.30pm to other places to meet and greet other faces.
" And...cut. That's a wrap!"

Goodbye 2oo6, Hello 2007!