yeah, i had a really great time here, that now, they're still playing games in the corridor. haha...
lots of pics taken, so will upload them real soon. but now, a brief summary of wat went on.
my SG friends came 1st, so we started cooking. amelia n huiyian had prepared some chicken drumsticks, so we popped them into the oven. was supposed 2 glaze them with honey, but ended up wat they had was something called golden syrup. but they liked it so much they jus started 2 eat spoonfuls of it. lol. n denise's mom actually sent the yusheng, so we brought it there too.
then the hongkongers arrived, together with their japanese friend. was really fun. so we cooked n cooked, n chatted n laughed till about 9pm.
finally, dinner was done, n we all tucked in. wat we spent a few hours preparing was like devoured in 10 minutes. haha... we had our american flatmates with us, so it was a wonderful experience 4 them too. our menu: oven-grilled chicken drumsticks, chicken curry (yummy!), stir fried carrots n beansprouts, broccoli with beef, eggplant, fish coins. a really sumptuous, scrumptious meal!
at the end, we of cuz did the 捞鱼生. had 2 explain wat it meant 2 the japanese, the americans, and even the hongkongers! yeah, apparently hongkong chinese dun have such a tradition, n it's like SO BIG in SG. haha... oh well, interesting rite? yeah, so they gamely went 4 it, we did the pouring of the condiments with some 吉利话, except we dun really noe wat 2 say, so jus anyhow. haha... den we ALL did the 捞-ing, all 15 of us. haha... some of them found it a bit strange at 1st, but they all enjoyed it!
seriously cool. although being with family is a wonderful time, this is a new n very good experience. haha... the americans loved it too.
topped it off with some ben n jerry's ice-cream. haha...
will upload pics once i get them :D
once again, happy CNY!!!
love n blessings,
mel
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