trombones! trumpets! french horn!

I joined our school's brass band!

Now we are a band of 6

with 2 trombones,

2 trumpets,

1 french horn and

1 euphonium!

I'm terrible at hitting notes

and the sound which my trumpet produces isn't pure at all,

but it is SO much fun to make music with friends :)

P.S Happy 20th to you, Su! Thank you for always loving and being here for me.

Nhien

This is my friend Nhien.

Bio classes are better because of him!

Yesterday he came into class, sat down on the bench in front of mine, 

turned to me and said,

'Hey look Cat! I ripped my pants!'

I nearly burst out laughing in the middle of class. 

It didn't help that he is totally hairy,

and that his forest of leg hair was peeking out of the rip not so modestly.

Towards the end of the period, he caught sight of the ribbon that I tied on to my homework diary to act as a bookmark, and said:

'What is that ribbon for'

I said: 'For my homework diary. What did you think it was for'

He replied........

'To tie my armpit hair'

carry me!

Barry walked away from home today

(he's old, so running is not his thing, but we didn't notice until he had gone quite a significant distance)

so off I went on a dog-hunt

in the hot sun!

I found him after awhile, 

wandering around block 4.

we walked home together

side by side.

then I had to carry him up the stairs to our house because his hind legs aren't very strong anymore.

he was really heavy,

but we cooperated with each other and everything went A-okay in the end :)

two friends and a prawn

This is my friend Carlo :)

and that guy up there is Nam!

All three of us went prawning (prawn-fishing) last evening!

Carlo would murmur 'sorry sorry sorry sorry' very fervently while taking the hook out of the prawn's mouth

and half of the time, Nam wouldn't notice that he had a prawn on his line until his bob had disappeared from the surface of the prawn and had nearly reached the bottom

so I pretty much just giggled for the entire 2 hours that we spent at the pond.

we caught 5 small prawns in total!

which I thought was not that bad for two first-timers :)

have a lovely weekend! :)

The Imperial Palace throws a banquet in honour of the Foreign Dignitaries from barbarian shores

Our family hosted a Chinese New Year dinner for mum's family yesterday.
Food was aplenty, and guests and friends abounded!
As mum and The Sisters floated purposefully around the kitchen,
They sprouted verse after verse of flowery names for each dish
that paraded  out of the kitchen.

Here's the whole menu that they came up with!




Honourable Boar ushers in a Bountiful Year-
(Pork ribs)


The profitable noodles from the Dowager's Kitchen-
(Mee Siam)

Ivory Pearls from the Empress' Treasures...
(Chicken rice)


Bountiful meatballs floating in the Phosphorous, Flowing, Swirling Soup-
(Cabbage, meatball + fishmaw soup)


Golden nuggets nestle on Peony Jade Tray-
(Ngo Hiang)


Ruby red salmon splashing in the Shallows...
(Salmon and shrimp)


Twirling Dragon Prawns Dancing in the Joyous Stream-
(Prawn fritters)

Spring heralds Deep Sea Treasures blooming in the Imperial Garden-
(Veggie dish)


Majestic Food of the Zodiac Gods...
(Curry chicken)


A Gentle Maiden leans over the Balcony to Admire the Night Sky...
(Steamed herbal chicken)



Terra-cotta Warriors watching over the Imperial Jeweled Treasures-
(Pork trotters in duck sauce)



Succulent Mushrooms simmered in Sea-Goddess hair
(Mushroom oysters in Fatt-Choy)