Dinner with my family~~
Once in awhile, my family would gather together for dinner. From what I heard from the adults, it seems like this family reunion was to celebrate Mothers’ Day (Yes! It’s way overdue, no?) for my grandmother.
Before we actually went for dinner, my siblings (Vera and Leon), met up with our cousins (Sheena, Rena and Laura) at Hougang Mall before we went to the venue because Rena wanted to get some treats for Qiqi while I wanted to get some kitty litter.
So, we met them at Hougang Mall and went to the Pets’ Lovers Center over there. Rena bought a couple of treats for Qiqi. Sometimes, I envy dog owners because they have such a huge selection of products to get for their canine kids. Just look at the shelves! You’ll see that an entire section of Hougang Mall’s Pets’ Lovers Center is dedicated to dog treats while the cat treats only get a small, miserable shelf.
But I still love cats~ Just that I want more things to pamper my kitty, you know? I bought Maomao these chicken jerky pieces because it was made of real chicken! At least that’s what I hope~ Seems nice too~ Got the freakin’ heavy kitty litter too…
After getting all our stuff, we walked around Hougang Mall and helped this stranger redeemed some vouchers. She shared her vouchers with us for helping her~ Yes yes!! Means I can go back to Hougang Mall to shop some other time. :)
Good thing Aik Hin went with us to dinner because after we were done with Hougang Mall, he drove us to the place. :D Wonders of having a license and car!!
And of course… I brought my camera along. I was pretty unlucky because my battery was dying when we were at Hougang Mall. Must be because I took too many pictures of Maomao prior to leaving my home. :P Rena was kind enough to model for me today~ I’m loving this shot!!
This is where we had dinner; at some secluded eating house located somewhere in Yio Chu Kang. When Sheena asked who suggested this place, I was like “We don’t even know the existence of this place and you’re asking me?” I don’t really like the place because it was filled with smokers and not to mention, it was a little dirty. There was a cute kitty though but I didn’t manage to get a shot of it.
Laura and Rena!! One weird problem I encountered while editing the film was that a lot of the pictures looked grayish. Anyone care to explain why? :S
The adults of my family… Every time we go for dinner, we would be split into 2 tables; the teenagers + children and the adults. We always feel that the adults get better food but we’re not really in the position to complain because we are not paying. Besides, my grandparents deserve good food too, no?
Vera “stole” candies from the little kids…
This is my drink! Can you guess what this is?
If you can’t, you must be from the Moon…
My siblings and some of my cousins got coconuts for their drink. Not only do you get to drink, you get to eat the coconut. I kinda regretted not getting the coconut too because of the hassle but I had that slight craving for the coconut flesh though.
Rena was cam-whoring and Laura popped her head in.
Most of the time, the adults are the one doing the ordering and we “children” have to entertain ourselves before the food arrives. Sheena was playing this shopping center mania-styled game on her iPhone.
Whela and Aik Hin~
And the food finally arrived! Within a minute, the hungry children (like my younger cousins), started to attack the dishes like they had been starved for years, leaving me with nothing! Not even a plate! Everything happened so quickly that even before I got my plate and utensils, the food was all gone. Therefore, I never had any of this noodle.
And I got no fried rice too! That was how monstrous those kids were. I had to order another plate of fried rice myself after they cleared the noodles and fried rice. Come to think of it, it might be because I was busy snapping pictures and they were busy snatching food and that’s why I didn’t get any.
Notice the empty plate of rice in the foreground? That’s how fast the rice was cleared away! Monsters~~
At least I managed to get some of that prawn omelette…
Om nom nom nom on the mediocre food…
Ugly picture but nice, huge prawn!! The cereal prawn was really tasty! My sister fed the prawn heads to the stray kitty we saw over there and the kitty agreed that it’s tasty too~
We had butter crabs as well. Okay, THEY had butter crabs because I sat this dish out. Didn’t want to get my hands greasy. Besides, Vera, Leon and 2 of my other cousins grabbed the pincers even before I spotted them. Oh well~ It’s been a long time since I ate the pincers anyway because I don’t want to snatch from the younger ones. I’m such a gentleman, right Laura? :P
Eating crabs is never a glam affair…
Rena is obviously enjoying her crab; the pincer no less… Laura was extremely vexed because she didn’t manage to get the pincer and Leon wouldn’t stop rubbing it in her face.
Vera is showing off her prize for being one of the four fastest crab pincer snatchers.
Like I said, crab-eating is never glam… Especially when you’re venting on the poor crab legs because you didn’t get the pincer, like Laura. We may have grown up but some childish things never change… :P
That expression on Xavier’s face is so funny and priceless!!
The aftermath of all the snatching, messy eating, unglamness, etc. This ALWAYS happens at our table, no matter how careful and gentle I was. Obviously, I’m not the greatest contributor to the mess. :P
When we were done eating, Rena and I accompanied Sheena to the nearby bus stop because she has to report for work. Poor her~ Have to work on Sundays. Only when we walked out to the main road did I realize that I’ve actually been drove pass this area many times since I was young but I never realized that such an eating house existed. Oh well~ I would probably not go back there anyway since there’s nothing special about it.
Took this picture while we were waiting for Sheena’s bus. She looks like a mannequin in this picture promoting her LV bag (which costs $1000++!! MADNESS!!) Fashion has a price, no?
“If Rena’s not unglam, she ain’t Rena…~”
Sheena’s hair color actually looked better with the flash on~
And finally~ Her bus arrived… If this was my old camera, I wouldn’t be able to get such a clear shot, even with flash!!
Rena loves to do that sticking-her-chin-out pose… Regrettably, this is the last picture of this entry because my camera went out of battery shortly after. Considering that I actually managed to last after we ate, the battery life was quite good~
Yeap~ That’s all!! Hopefully when I go to the army, I will still have time to attend such family dinners because it’s always so fun to go out with my cousins. :) We’re still considering whether or not to go out next week together.
We’ll see, yes? :)
