30th January, 2009 - This afternoon, on my way to a lunch meet, I received a call from Mom, asking me if I'll be going back to Tg. Sepat to visit relatives there. Next was a call from Kelvin, my youngest brother from Tg. Sepat, asking me the same ... Ah ... thought I can postpone my trip, alas ... started feeling guilty, so, despite already having 2 gatherings lined up and dinner appointment already made with another close friend at my house .... I, I, I er ... just had to make that 2 hour trip else I would disappoint many loved ones leh, including mom, Kelvin, nephews, nieces, aunties and uncles there, some of whom I have not met for months (years??) ^_^ Furthermore, Kelvin's wife is planning to cook dinner for us, especially mom ! How can I say no, right?
So, after my girls' day out at KLCC, I had to take leave after a very satisfying session ... with a heavy heart leh, but at the same time, looking forward to meet my relatives ! So, a friend was kind enough to fetch my kids and mom to my eldest sister, Janet's place so that I didn't have to waste time going from one house to another to fetch all my passengers. Thanks ya, friend (he he ... you know who you are :-) It was 6:15 by the time we hit Duke highway ... a slow crawl !!!! but we were all in high spirit, all 11 of us in my car ! Ha ... thank God my passengers survived huh :-) Reached Tg. Sepat at 8:30 pm ... lo and behold, what a sumptous dinner awaiting us on arrival ! 9 dishes, all cooked by my sister-in-law ... albeit some weird but nevertheless tasty dishes like the one Red Chillies fried with Lap Cheong and another one, Bittergourd fried with Lap Cheong ... hmm ...
In the midst of enjoying the braised duck and chicken feet, mom's sisters and brothers dropped by ... could see mom was very happy to see them and started chatting like old time, all emersed in the simple merry making till late into the night .... hmm ... glad I decided to make the trip, happy ^_^
The next morning, we went visiting to all the relatives' place ... 6th uncle, 5th uncle, 3rd uncle, youngest uncle from dad's side and there's 3rd uncle, youngest uncle and deceased 2nd aunt's family from mom's side ... lots of cookies and angpow exchanges and it goes without saying, the kids were the happiest ^_^ Also managed to have my hairdo at 2nd aunt's saloon, all ready for the night's dinner gathering back home with my high school friends ... then, hit the highway again at around 2pm, dropped sis and mom at 3:45pm, reached home at about 5pm after shopping for some food, ice and cake, in time to prepare dinner before my first guest arrived at 6:30pm ! Phew ! What a day ! For the next episode, stay tuned to the next blog entry ..... ^_^
30th January, 2009 - This afternoon, on my way to a lunch meet, I received a call from Mom, asking me if I'll be going back to Tg. Sepat to visit relatives there. Next was a call from Kelvin, my youngest brother from Tg. Sepat, asking me the same ... Ah ... thought I can postpone my trip, alas ... started feeling guilty, so, despite already having 2 gatherings lined up and dinner appointment already made with another close friend at my house .... I, I, I er ... just had to make that 2 hour trip else I would disappoint many loved ones leh, including mom, Kelvin, nephews, nieces, aunties and uncles there, some of whom I have not met for months (years??) ^_^ Furthermore, Kelvin's wife is planning to cook dinner for us, especially mom ! How can I say no, right? 
So, after my girls' day out at KLCC, I had to take leave after a very satisfying session ... with a heavy heart leh, but at the same time, looking forward to meet my relatives ! So, a friend was kind enough to fetch my kids and mom to my eldest sister, Janet's place so that I didn't have to waste time going from one house to another to fetch all my passengers. Thanks ya, friend (he he ... you know who you are :-) It was 6:15 by the time we hit Duke highway ... a slow crawl !!!! but we were all in high spirit, all 11 of us in my car ! Ha ... thank God my passengers survived huh :-) Reached Tg. Sepat at 8:30 pm ... lo and behold, what a sumptous dinner awaiting us on arrival ! 9 dishes, all cooked by my sister-in-law ... albeit some weird but nevertheless tasty dishes like the one Red Chillies fried with Lap Cheong and another one, Bittergourd fried with Lap Cheong ... hmm ...
In the midst of enjoying the braised duck and chicken feet, mom's sisters and brothers dropped by ... could see mom was very happy to see them and started chatting like old time, all emersed in the simple merry making till late into the night .... hmm ... glad I decided to make the trip, happy ^_^
The next morning, we went visiting to all the relatives' place ... 6th uncle, 5th uncle, 3rd uncle, youngest uncle from dad's side and there's 3rd uncle, youngest uncle and deceased 2nd aunt's family from mom's side ... lots of cookies and angpow exchanges and it goes without saying, the kids were the happiest ^_^ Also managed to have my hairdo at 2nd aunt's saloon, all ready for the night's dinner gathering back home with my high school friends ... then, hit the highway again at around 2pm, dropped sis and mom at 3:45pm, reached home at about 5pm after shopping for some food, ice and cake, in time to prepare dinner before my first guest arrived at 6:30pm ! Phew ! What a day ! For the next episode, stay tuned to the next blog entry ..... ^_^
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