Santa is coming...

Yeah...Christmas is coming...very very soon...

I love love love Christmas....

I still vividly remember what I did on Christmas last year...

It's real scary to think how time flies, in a blink of an eye.....and how things and people have changed overtime...

Cant wait to enjoy the parties lined up for Christmas...Horray!!


I know my tree isnt the best looking thing...but who cares...haa...

Baby Crisanta...on the way...

With such happy occasion for celebration last night...there's also another happy occasion to celebrate very soon.....

Cousin Germaine is going to have a baby girl....

she has already named her baby...the doctor estimated the delivery date to be on 26 Dec, hence the name Crisanta (go figure it out) ...

but she is too anxious to see the world I guess...so the baby will be due this week or the next..

We went over to see her today....







she showed me photos of the baby scans...I couldnt really see the baby though she specifically pointed out the baby's head and legs and eyes and ears....but I still couldnt see it...

looking at the baby scan is like trying to figure out an extract painting...haha

she has also bought baby clothes...

a cupboard full of them in fact..



baby clothes are so cute...so miniature...

after we left her place, we went over to my aunt's place as well..

Max the dog was there...yeah...

he's uber cute (I know i said it before...bah !!!)


Max lying comfortably | We saying "HI" to you
Max lying on my chest | MAX

Cousin's Wedding Day

My cousin is getting married...

Had to wake up at freaking 6am this morning to go over to her place for tea ceremony...

the bridegroom came at around 730am and my cousin's 5 "jie meis" started the negotiation before letting him into the house...

the "jie meis" managed to get near $1k from him within 20 mins....impressive man...

the bridegroom brought the bride over to his family for tea ceremony first..in which they will then head over to their new home to change their wedding costumes and back to my cousin's house again for tea ceremony...

so we have to wait for nearly 3 hours for them to come back...

meanwhile, my sister and I got so bored...we played with the camera..

making funny faces...



and nicer shots..



I was walking around the house and saw this family portrait


the two on the left are the ones getting married..

At around 1130am...the bride and bridegroom came back....dressed in their traditional chinese wedding costumes..



there was buffet after the tea ceremony and everything ended at 1pm....

everyone went home to catch some sleep as there's still wedding banquet to attend later in the night...

it was to be held at Carlton Hotel...

me and sister were supposed to sit at the VIP table together with our parents...but we chose not to cause it is usually for the elders...we went over to sit with cousins instead...


VIP table is more special, with different color table clothe and door gift

I went over to the table to peek at the nicely displayed menu



A 9-course meal consisting of (no photos cause I was too busy eating) :
(1) Combination of suckling pig, roasted duck, BBQ pork, baby octopus and spring roll (my favourite)
(2) Braised shark fin soup with crab meat, fish maw and golden mushroom
(3) Braised broccoli with straw mushroom
(4) Steamed shrimps with cashew nuts
(5) Steamed fish in Hong Kong style
(6) Seasoned scallops with dried chilli
(7) Roasted crispy chicken
(8) Braised Ee-Fu noodles (puke)
(9) Red bean paste with lotus seeds and white lily

the food was not too bad overall....

I love the door gift though...



a tube of buds to make rose tea..

the dinner ended at around 11 plus...


More photos

At home:


my dad looked damn comical...hahahaha...so cute...


with mom


whole family


the sisters

During the dinner:


2 vainpots | With the bride
Aunts | With twins cousins


Relatives

After dinner:


With cousin Brenda