I finally had my mooncake party last Friday with the usual gang of 6. K and I went over to one of our fave coffee shops, Mak's Place and packed dinner for everyone. We had fried kang kong, mee and kuay teow goreng, cereal calamari, fried rice, egg omelette and tom yam soup..
When we arrived home, B was already there, so we played a few rounds of mahjong while waiting for the rest. EK and S arrived an hour later. F was gonna work overtime, so we started dinner without her. After dinner we had another few rounds of mahjong. I was the overall winner and took home $36 winnings in total. F arrived halfway through our mahjong, so she watched Sex & THe City Season 6, while EK went online to search for our accomodation in Perth. When she arrived, F had a bouquet of sunflowers with her. Apparently, her colleagues had bought it for her as a birthday gift. The cheeky bunch of us all went "Wah..." when she stepped into the house..
= ) Frankly, i don't quite believe the flowers are from her colleagues, more like her boyfriend maybe?! Sigh.. this girl is so mysterious nobody knows whether she is attached or not!
Mahjong ended around 12 midnight, and we started attacking the mooncakes.. we had champagne and chocolate flavoured snowskin mooncakes, the traditional baked skin double egg yolk mooncakes, hot "Happy" tea from Korea (courtesy of B), and pomelo (courtesy of F). After the mooncakes, everyone helped to clear up the mess, and got ready for lantern carrying.
We all had to choose our favourite color for the lanterns, and i took them all down from my ceiling. Finally! After one whole week.. There was a matching color candle for each lantern, so we lit the candles, attached it to the wooden sticks and went downstairs, all 6 of us with 6 lanterns of different colors. EK was sending the rest home, so we decided to take the lanterns and walk to his car.
When we arrived home, B was already there, so we played a few rounds of mahjong while waiting for the rest. EK and S arrived an hour later. F was gonna work overtime, so we started dinner without her. After dinner we had another few rounds of mahjong. I was the overall winner and took home $36 winnings in total. F arrived halfway through our mahjong, so she watched Sex & THe City Season 6, while EK went online to search for our accomodation in Perth. When she arrived, F had a bouquet of sunflowers with her. Apparently, her colleagues had bought it for her as a birthday gift. The cheeky bunch of us all went "Wah..." when she stepped into the house..
= ) Frankly, i don't quite believe the flowers are from her colleagues, more like her boyfriend maybe?! Sigh.. this girl is so mysterious nobody knows whether she is attached or not!
Mahjong ended around 12 midnight, and we started attacking the mooncakes.. we had champagne and chocolate flavoured snowskin mooncakes, the traditional baked skin double egg yolk mooncakes, hot "Happy" tea from Korea (courtesy of B), and pomelo (courtesy of F). After the mooncakes, everyone helped to clear up the mess, and got ready for lantern carrying.
We all had to choose our favourite color for the lanterns, and i took them all down from my ceiling. Finally! After one whole week.. There was a matching color candle for each lantern, so we lit the candles, attached it to the wooden sticks and went downstairs, all 6 of us with 6 lanterns of different colors. EK was sending the rest home, so we decided to take the lanterns and walk to his car.
I thought the lanterns were so beautiful with the bright colors, but i guess we must have been quite a sight : 6 adults carrying lanterns and walking at 2am in the morning! S thought it was quite errie carrying lanterns in the middle of the night, kinda like one of those chinese horror movies where there is some connection between ghosts and lanterns.. We also walked past a Malay couple snuggling in the pavilion, and they stared at us and giggled to themselves.. I couldn't help smiling to myself along the way. = )
It was a short stroll to EK's car. When we reached the car, we all threw the lanterns into a small canal beside the car and let it all burn out.. I felt like I had just completed a long awaited ritual. It was a lovely way to end the night.. = )
It was a short stroll to EK's car. When we reached the car, we all threw the lanterns into a small canal beside the car and let it all burn out.. I felt like I had just completed a long awaited ritual. It was a lovely way to end the night.. = )
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