Mothers' Day Party 2009!

Saturday 9th May - Vesak Day. So gx didnt have to work and he slept on till almost 11am before getting up cos he only went to bed at 5am! while gx was sleeping, i was busy packing up the things to bring to mum's house for the party! i got 8 mangoes, salad stuff, scallops and more stuff to bring over! then gx sent me to get my kampong chicken rice then dropped me off at mums and he went to meet up with his fren P. so after eating the pathetic amount of chicken with my packet of rice, i started with the mangoes!
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i sat there to dice and scape 8 mangoes and got bro to buy more mangoes as i just feel that the more mango the better! so he has joint effort with my dish. as he is studying, his gf helped me to peel and seprate the pomelo. was glad cousin A came earlier to help me out with the cooking too!in total we used 10 mangoes at first, then much later, bro did his part by adding 2 more mangoes into the HUGE (my mum's 2nd biggest pot!) pot of mango sago pomelo dessert!

the dinner was settled by the children... all of us either cook or buy the dishes. Sis and Bil got the chicken wings and satay from chompchomp. we added more cucumber to the given cucumber, onion and rice to make it the other simple salad thats goes with satay sauce. i cooked the spanish tapas prawns with chorizo sausage. mum loves this dish! its my second time cooking this and she simply praise me that i cooked this well! mum's comments are very important so i can improve and when she likes it, i am over the moon! instead of making the topshell, i decided to finish using the scallops. but instead of wrapping it up with expensive parma ham... i did it with bacon.

Cousin A made the rocket leaves with smoked salmon salad. the rocket leaves had basamic vinegar dressing infused with lemon and herbs. then capers were added to the smoked salmon! the 3 boys bought sarpino pizzas. 1-for-1 and is $70 for 4 large pizza! the estimation of food was good as we didnt have much leftovers!

my first try at making the mango sago pomelo dessert. think i should have puree more of the mango with the milk! it was a little milky. also i yield too much from the dessert that i needed my mum's 2nd BIGGEST pot in the house to hold this dessert! so had to put pot into pot which is filled with ice and cold water to keep the dessert cool! but still i think the dessert was not too bad for a first try! some had 2 bowls of the mango dessert, so its still acceptable but i need to improve on it!

got this secret recipe cake with 20% off and its the same white choc macadamia cake as gx's bdae. the staff decorated the cake esp for mum's day. i only told them to pipe the wordings and was afraid that it come not decorated and i actually picked the same colourful hearts topping from my baking pantry for nesa to decor the cake! but we didnt have to which she is kinda disappointed! finally get to join in for the mothers' day picture! aunt o was not at the party as L boy is down with chicken pox. uncle K was so sweet, he made a video esp dedicated to the mums! he is so good at choosing the songs to go with the picture slide! he is really very thoughtful!

my aunt K is so sweet, she surprised me with a bouquet of little pink carnation flowers! only i got a whole bunch cos i am gog to be mum for the 1st time! i was very touched! she got bigger darker pink carnations and gave the rest of the mums and ladies in the house a stalk each! Aunt A also thoughtfully packed little packs of M&Ms parcels for the kids to give to mums! nesa and gx nicely arranged the little parcels into a heartshape. she said M&M = Mum & Me. Sweet aunts and uncle i have! I guess its in the blood cos soon you will find out! very thickskinned but i do have these nice traits in me! it runs in the family!

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to end my busy day, mum packed chicken soup that she brewed for me. thou i was filled, when i got home, i poured it out and drank the whole big bowl of soup, even thou the weather is so hot!