So, this started out as Chinese New Year Cookup Dinner at Ling's on the Sunday of CNY. We were supposed to bring 3 oranges and a red packet filled with a gold coin - either $1 or $2 gold coin... as long as it's gold. And why 3 oranges? Well... it's cos there's 3 people at her place. Mom, Ting (her brother) & Ling. But it's soooo different from the way we had been brought up with in Sgp... we usually bring 2 oranges for each household or each person we're visiting!! Hmmm... ok... So, I got all those things ready... even bought extra packs of hongbaos to make the happiness lantern for Ling's fam.
Ok... so, I've got all my ingredients ready & was about to get it all done, when Ling called me up & said no one's coming... Ezra's working till 11pm, Elaine's going visiting with fam & Roann got busted from mom & dad for going out till wee morning since they've been back for the week. So, I suggested for Friday when everyone's not working. Uhhuh... no one works on Friday!!!
Anyway, on Wednesday, got a msg that it'll be held at Roann's instead... and that Roann will be picking me up after work at Burswood so that Kris doesn't have to drive all the way to Beechboro to send me & then later on at nite when he has to come pick me up again. But Roann suggested for me to stay for the nite... and Kris said I could... so, that's how it became a slumber thingy... and then, we suggested to have more people over & have drinks... and that's how it became a party!!
But, Roann finished work too early on Friday & I haven't started cooking. I just finished cleaning the house when she told me. So, I had Kris send me instead cos I dun want Roann to take all that trouble knowing she had to pick Rovy (her youngest sis) from school & still have to rush home to get all the food organised when everyone started treakling in late arvo.
So, I thought I could get an orange butter cake, over 20pieces of sardine pastry puffs & 2 banana bread (1 was for Kris) ready by 5pm? Well... think again!! The 2 banana breads were just about ready in the oven while I got the puffs ready when Kris got home at 5.30pm!! And to top it off, I had to make extra puffs for Karl & Trina - Kris was gona head on to their place to see if he should apply for a new job over at where Karl just started out.
Ok... all done & driving down Tonkin Hwy at 7.50pm!! And I thought... omg omg omg... I'll be so late... and everyone'll be done with dinner when I get there!! Guess what!!! NOT!!! They were still frying the last bits of garlic chicken & the sushis were not even rolled yet!! So, while all those were done, Ezzy got burnt by exploding oil from frying the chooks!! So, I managed to grab her down to the local deli to get some 100% orange juice for the vodka orange & some slurpy jams for the waffles/pancakes/icecreams... And when we got back, almost everything was laid out on the dining table!! hehehe...
Oooh... but first... those who were there... Ezzy brought Ashlee (this really gorgeous cool chick), Roann's siblings were there, except Van & bf Peter... her brother, Michael's gf Lottah was there, Elaine, Ling (who came in jammies right away!!)
So, laid on the table, we had:
- A very yummy Salad
- Pork Sinigang (which I sadly can't take)
- Philippines Salted Egg & Tomato Salad
- Fried Fish
- Salmon Sushi & Chicken Sushi
- Plain Rice
- Chicken Curry with Taters & Carrots
- Garlic Fried Chicken
- Sardines Pastry Puffs
hmmm... i think that was all... of cos, for desserts we had:
- Orange Butter Cake
- Mango Sorbet (Ash brought this from that famous home-made shop)
- Almond Jelly & Longan in syrup
- An array of alcoholic bevies... I had my first cowboy!! Yummmzzz... butterscotch!!
oh, and we of cos had Korean horror & Chinese ever-so-innocent almost-porn & all... drove all the way to the other side of suburbia about 30mins away to get some good shows!! Ok ok... Ling screamed into everyone's ears while we watched Korean horror Dollmakers & was almost half-dead half-asleep of the Chinese Torture Chambers... she wasn't that interested cos she's already seen that... she picked the wrong DVD...
Yeah... we didn't sleep the entire nite... so, we were all going nuts... talked & talked... did the palmistry thingy on each other, did the 'what do u think of this & this'... did almost everything to keep ourselves awake!!
Kris got back home like 2am that morning... had so much to talk about with Karl... So, instead of picking me up at 9am, he was still having breakkie then!! hehehe... He finally came by at 10am, had coffee & we went off after saying thanks & goodbyes to everyone there...
Wanted to check out the cars that Kris had seen last Wednesday... but we drove past this one yard & tested one car & now I'm the proud owner of a 1991 4-cylinder 16-valve 1.8litre Toyota Corona the colour of the road's asphalt!! Yeah... and then, of cos, we went grocery shopping... and after dinner, I so wanted to catch a movie on TV... but fell asleep instead!! yeah!! very very tired!!!
