| Monday |
| xmas day |
I thought this year's christmas day will be yet another boring repeat of last year's, and the year before that, and so on, but i was wronged.
Waken by the mum's voice, asking me whether i wanted to go to auntie's house for a chat. I don't want to seem antisocial or indifferent to the family get togethers, but i decided not to make an appearance. I could've easily dragged my way out of the bed, but honestly, i really didn't mind a day spent in the house by myself. Every year we see this auntie once, and everytime, david and i end up sitting on the couch with dad whilst mum talks to auntie in the kitchen. We merely even speak to her. The whole idea of the kids going is literaly to let auntie see us, and that's it. Then we spend the rest of the day sitting there drinking apparantly delicious vegetable blended juice auntie insists on making for us.
Normally when we go to auntie's, we spend the WHOLE day there. But surprisingly, mum, dad and david returned early, planning to go out for dinner. A plan i was only made aware of five minutes before the booking time; in other words, i had less than five minutes to change and drive there. Anywho, we went to this prestigious chinese restaurant in Springvale - asian territory.
Family dinners for us happen very rarely - particularly ones where my older bro decides to join in. Today, i was hoping that it would be a nice, quiet catch up on eachother's lives over dinner and our plans and all else for the coming year, but that was not the case. We spent almost two hours there, three-quarters of which was spent talking with relatives who just happened to be in the same restaurant, at the same time. Due to being in a rather secluded family, we hardly ever visit our relatives - long story - hence today, we were bombarded with questions about what we have been doing with ourselves over the last ten/fifteen years. We sat there watching the food grow cold, feeling the urge to eat but felt rude in doing so.
All up it was a good dinner. The best part of it was that, for a change, mum and dad didn't pay, John did.
Oh, and onto a completely different note, i cooked today! Lemon pudding. Regretfully, this is my first dessert that i've made that actually looks like the photo in the cook book, and tastes delicious. The first dessert that took less than a day to finish off. *proud smile* |
posted by sciurine @ 9:30 PM   |
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