CNY reunion dinner in my hands!

Its 2 more days to the CNY reunion dinner .... and i am online sitting on my PC chair , swinging it E-style ( u have to see me in action to know what that means Hehehehehe!) I have always looked fwd to this time of year when i get to "balik kampung" and taste those yummy CNY dishes that only appear once a year. Oh and of course i loved the feeling of togetherness with my family as well.
This year tho , things have changed with the demise of my beloved mum ( god bless her beautiful soul) . Its been decided right after her funeral that we will all be spending CNY in my house instead ( faint faint) . I guess we all feel that it will be sad and traumatic for all of us to be in Ipoh , having the reunion dinner but not being able to be with my mum . U see, CNY for us is somewhat synonymous to MY MUM! She makes CNY such a special time with her cooking skills and all the love she puts in it. She obliges us with the gambling sessions even tho she doesn't really approve of it!!! She makes us laugh with her silliness and her "grandma" stories..... oops, i am still using the present tense !! And i am still drifting back to my mum as the topic!!!
OK, anyway , this year its been dumped on my lap so to speak! The CNY reunion dinner is now in my hands!!!! My family very cleverly volunteered me!!!!!! GEEZ!!!!
So with 2 more days to go , i am not frantically preparing like my mum used to do. I am surprisingly very calm and collected, very cool and .......CARELESS!!!! ????? A week ago i was reminded that its just 7 more days and i was like , yeah i know! Hehehehe, so i went out and randomly bought some minced meat and pork ribs. Then the next day i bought some other stuff that i THINK were the essentials ! Hahahaha! And then came home and dumped all those in the fridge.

Last night i was chatting with my brother online and he showed me one of my mum's recipes and i was like HUH??? what is that radish powder? .... and i didn't know we have to put spring onions into "bak kian" (meat rolls) !!!!!???? My eyes went @@ ! And then 2 hours ago my sis called and she was teasing me with her " Are u busy cooking ?" I said no i am still relaxing!!!! My brother in law asked me if they are suppose to sit at the dining table on CNY eve and lay their own eggs to eat! Heyyyy, good idea! Wink!!!!
I have slightly more than 48 hrs to cook up the whole reunion dinner and i am still swinging on my PC chair , knowing full well i will be the Mad Hatter when Sunday comes !
Wish me luck , girls!

E-asy Peasy Chef

Am i the same?

Its been sooo long since i blogged! And it wasn't by choice , nor was it due to my usual laziness! I have had so many mishaps in my life..... u can call them crises( that's the plural of crisis ~ in case u don't know! ) or misfortunes. But call it what u like, they made me see everything very differently and i am wondering now if all these have changed me and made me a different person altogether.

2008 hasn't been a good year for me at all , my mum passed away in October and then in November my house got damaged by the fire that started at my neighbour's house and spread on to mine!! I was homeless for 6 weeks. Stress was at an all time high for me then , and even tho a lof of people told me stuff like "everything happens for a reason" or " this could be a blessing in disguise" , to me they were all disasters in my so-far-happy and peaceful life. So please u cant blame me for screaming in anguish ~ "WHY ME?" or " WHAT NEXT?" as i wave my arms heaven bound and ask " What did i do to deserve all this?" I must have been bad!

But that's all in the past now as i move back into my house , hoping to live a more quiet , happy and peaceful life with no more roller coaster rides . I don't think i can deal with any more bad news. But then again , maybe having survived such ordeals , i may be stronger and more capable of handling future troubles. I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed though. So please don't put me to the test again . Please don't break me down again!

So did i learn anything from all these? Am i the same person i was b4 all these happened? Sometimes i think i have learnt lessons that only life can teach us. Sometimes i think these lessons aren't really lessons , esp if they change u the wrong way. They don't really make u better people, they may make u stronger but in the process they make u cold and unfeeling. They make u impatient , and selfish. Me? i have learnt too many different lessons , some good , some bad so i may have changed both ways.

This is the new ME! I go where my moods take me , heck i am entitled to them after what i had been thru!

E-nuf is enough!

Queen For A Day

Percy and Christopher took their wedding vows in a simply ceremony at St.Anne’s Church, Port Klang on 06th Dec 2008. I was the “unofficial photographer.” It came about when I realized I didn’t know any of the other guests other than Percy’s immediate family and rather than sitting alone at one of the pews, thought I’d get some shots for my blog / facebook.

When the traditional wedding march, “Here comes the bride” came on, the guests rose to welcome Percy as she walked down the aisle alongside her father whom, might I say, looked very distinguished in his coat and tie.

I looked at Percy and thought to myself (as my eyes started tearing) she had never looked more beautiful than she did then. As the priest asked the congregation to be seated, I told myself it was no time to get emotional and sprung into action… and here are the results ... (think I did quite a good job!)

Mr & Mrs Christopher Ponniah

Footnote : As you embark on life’s journey together as man and wife, I wish you both much happiness. May your love and respect for each other grow stronger each day and may this love of yours be ever sufficient to see you through any obstacles you may face along the way. May God always be your source of strength. May His wisdom guide and lead you each step of the way. May His peace and His grace be upon you and may He bless you always…


With much love,
Kaimah



Exchanging of wedding bands

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