Stories of me and myself

This is a super-duper belated post because I FINALLY got my comp to upload the photos onto blogger. Anyway, do enjoy! =)

We postponed our Christmas dinner to Boxing Day and had an absolutely "gastronimically satisfying" (Kel, 2006) and a smashing good time!

On the menu, there was seafood pasta, comprising fresh "lala" (shellfish) which squirt water out at us when they were being soaked in salt water, squid, prawns, herbs, garlic and of course, pasta! Here's the picture to make you drool...



Next up was seafood potato salad, with flower crab, of course.


Rosemary beer chicken! Oh my oh my....


Oven-roasted big fat onions! Man... how the sweetness and the smoothness makes you go "Oooh...." with every bite you take!


And of course, CHUNKY MONKEY and my apple crumble to end it all on a sweet note!



Don't forget the 2 bottles of sparkling "wine" and a dessert wine (which I spilt a glass off...)

That was not all! (Well, for food that was all... Heh.)
We played Jenga with pretty wooden blocks, where the objective was to see who could make the tower fall, cos apparently that's the thrill of it! Haha! How warped! And we proceeded on to playing dominoes.... as in arranging them in such a way that they will topple each other in succession. It was really quite fun and I enjoyed it tremendously! Especially when we formed them in a long, long straight line, and I was anxious over whether or not they will all topple nicely with a slight push at the first block. And they did!! I was so thrilled! Hahah! And of course, the fun part was knocking several of Kel's over while he built them! Heh.

Then we went to open presents... all of the presents have been sitting under the Christmas tree collecting dust even before Christmas! (And some of them are empty boxes which we first wrapped to beautify the tree. Heh.) Opening them were quite fun. We just opened everything that got into our hands, not bothering if it's for mummy or for me! (So much so that mummy didn't even know which were hers! Heh.) My favourite present would have to be the Big Children's Bible that I received from Kel. It won hands-down! Heh. I like it cos of the pictures, the stories which are simplified and suitable for a girl with a 5-year-old mentality like me, and of course, the note in it. =) And before I opened his other present, which was a box, I told him that if it wasn't cashew nuts, he could take it back, next please. Hahaha! It turned out to be chocolate-coated almonds and raisins. My favourite also lah... so I keep. Hahahah!

Then when he opened his presents... I gave him a pig-skin belt which he can offer the kway chap lady next time, and a buaya (crocodile) toy! It's very fun! You are supposed to press its teeth one-by-one as you shiver in suspense, or rather, fidget in anticipation or jump in excitement when it's your turn to press! Why? Because you never know which tooth will make the buaya buckle and slam its jaws on your poor poor finger!! Hahaha! We played this with mummy and Auntie Linda and the house was filled with spontatneous squeals and laughter! It was an enjoyable time.

Merry Christmas everybody! *grin*
May the Christmas spirit be spread to all who are willing....
And the love, joy, peace and hope of the baby Jesus remain in our hearts and in our lives... in the year to come, and beyond.