Kenneth Teng
16
Catholic High Track Team '08
NJ Track Team
Liebe Deutsch
Loves art
Sunday, 1 February 2009, 2:38 pm
My house just threw the biggest party of the year yesterday! And by big, I meant, BIIIIIIIIIIG.
My mother woke up early and was in the kitchen all day; I thought she was gonna prepare some ten-course dinner or something...Which didn't seem so much as a casual thought, after all...
At 5, my uncle, aunt and their daughter arrived, and we helped out in the kitchen. There were so many things to be done, there wasn't even enough space to place the food alone!
As time past, quickly, my grandmothers, grandfathers, aunties, uncles, cousins, were all here, all led to the kitchen by the nose.
To get a taste of how big the dinner was, here's the menu: Chicken Rice with Bai Zhan Ji, Fried (ginormous) Prawns, Fried Ngo Hiong (courtesy of Ah Ma's friend), Steam Promfret in Kiam Cai, Brocolli with mushrooms, Carrot Soup, Abalone. Take that, multiply by two of every dish! Two families meant two tables! Ten at each! Wow. Beats reunion dinner, anytime haha. Compliments from everyone for Mummy's superb culinary skills! And as I had long predicted, we were not able to finish everything! And the last man standing (or sitting), me! To not waste our efforts, I tried my best to fill myself to the throat. I have NEVER been so bloated before!
Just as all Chinese New Year parties would culminate in, what started as a harmless sit-down-talk-cock-drink-tea session around the round table, mutated into a rowdy gambling den. And who could resist! HAHA!
Lady Luck has been on my side all night! I had countless 21s, a few Black Jacks, and a rare Double Ace! My best hand was when I was playing Banker: I started with an Ace and 7 (18 points), so I tried my luck and drew one card, a 10 (18 points again)! I opened everyone's cards except one and won all of their bets. The last person had two cards and seemed very confident, $2 as his bet somemore...So I thought, what the heck, and drew one more card. HAHA! A 3! (21 POINTS!) Tong Sha!
We totally lost ourselves in the addictive and precarious game that we forgot it was already midnight and we were probably the only unit yelling "AH PEH! AH PEH! AH PEH! " at the top of our voices in the whole estate. Until my grandparents lamented that it was late and time to go home...
...Well, all good things have to come to an end....
