chinese new year is always a time to catch up on one another's life.On the 30th, I went to woodlands factory tp get the roast products that we had ordered. After that, we went to distribute the items. Glad to be of some service to others so I did not mind helping to order and deliver.
After that, went to mum's place to help her with her cooking. cooked shark fin soup there. I ended up getting mum pigs stomach soup and mixed vegetables back home. cooked a few dishes and I am not so pleased with the out come. While I was busy at mum's place, Joe brought the family to the Da bei yuan temple to pray to our ancestors. they picked up the Poon Choy that I had ordered from Boon Tong kee as well.
When I reached home, I immdeiately set to cook the other dishes that I have decided to cook. I had to cook leeks with bean curd as it is a must to eat. ended up we still have a lot of left overs as the poon choy was already a very big dish to finish.
Yesterday morning, we packed a box of poon choy items and brought it to mum's place. everyone thinks it is quite tasty. Think next yr I will go help to cook and then bring home some and then buy a poon choy again to save trouble. Mum was delighted to see us visitng her in the morning. After that, we fetched mum and then went to visit her brother. Met joe's cousins there and everyone is as usual. glad to see everything in the pink of health.
We left uncle's place at 4 pm so we decided to go to River hong bao. This yr there was nothing to see and taste amd it was quite boring. We ended up paying $50 for uncle ringo's rides there. Each ticket cost $2.50 and each ride needs 3 tickets so each ride is $7.50. Really too expensive but to make our kids happy, we were willing to part with the $50.
We drove to Kitty's place after that. Been a while since we have seen everyone so it is really nice to see everyone. Somehow We are not the only ones to face the challenges of raising kids. Everyone of us are the same. Life is like cooking, I cooked La mei fan and duck with Sun kua to the gathering. Thought the second dish will be okay but it ended up not so popular. This dish needs time and effort to prepare and I did not use enough time to cook it so the vegetables still not tender. S for the la mei fan, differnt ingredients have to be chopped and throw in. the whole cooking process is not too tedious when we have the ready made la wei. Somehow parenting is like cooking a dish, the right ingredients might not end up with a good dish, the time to cook and stew, the right seasoning and stuff and lots of concentration is required.
Love having gathering. Maybe next yr can consider holding a gathering at my place then.
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