I did it! I did it! I have a picture with LieJun looking at the camera! We're back upstairs, re-visiting the folks who set up camp in the living room. Since the Math Lounge is currently in need of a room, the party was a good opportunity for Amelia, Grace, Mary, and LieJun to play bridge. In the right-hand picture, Tomek must be engaged in another one of his intellectual conversations.
How does the song go? "Everyone was Kung Fu fighting..." Maciek displays his new martial arts talents, first with some practice with Brandon, and then with a good-natured sparring match with Robert. And he doesn't even have to be able to see in order to fight - he has his eyes closed in both pictures!
A couple more candid shots from the people in the living room. The bridge game still seems to be in progress, and Annie is listening to the conversation that is being carried out in the picture on the right-hand side!
 | It's a pity the camera didn't work properly for this picture. I was hoping there would be enough lighting since the flash didn't go off, but no such luck. Here are Taavi and Erika. Erika is quite a good pianist! Unfortunately I didn't think to ask if they could play a duet until after the party was over - I'm sure it would have been very nice to listen to. |
We had piano music upstairs and we had singing downstairs! I managed to catch little bits of Britney Spears "Lucky" and "Stronger", as well as the chorus to "Yellow Submarine". "We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine..."
| Becky is another one who likes to avoid cameras, so my thanks to Taavi for getting her into the picture! And a very nice picture too! From left to right: Erika, Taavi, and Becky. |  |
 | It seems that even if you're full, you always have room for desert! That's a good thing because the more people eat, the less we have to worry about leftovers. Nelly, by the way, is a wonderful cook! We've come to a perfect working plan. I bake, she cooks, everything turns out fine. |
| Poker time! I still haven't figured out how to play this game. I believe that by the time they were finished, Becky and Kevin had won, although Brian and Brandon seemed to do pretty well even though they had no idea how to play pocker. |  |
I must draw attention to this photo because Kevin voluntarily allowed me to take his picture! And in return for this great honor, I agreed to insert the following caption:
The ever-handsome and lucky Kevin Tai
 | Yet another lovely picture of Annie. Grace was commenting that I should have worn my grad dress and then Annie and I would have had similar outfits. |
Back downstairs now. Grace and Jessie are still having fun with the karaoke, and Robert is still facinated by the computer. He could be watching DragonBall.
I finally got a group picture! Unfortunately, Heather had already left so she's not in the picture. Kevin and LieJun are both hiding but I'm still proud that after four Christmas parties I finally got everyone to stand still long enough for me to take a group photo!
And this picture would be...about five seconds after I took the nice group photo. See how fast they disperse?
Well, that's it! I hope everyone had fun!
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