We had a get together for Xmas at Christine's and TY this year. And we 3 girls did the cooking. Here are some pics from that nite. There's lots, so clear your calendar!
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Here's the turkey in the oven. Sad to say I failed in turkey duty, u will see the results later. I was so disappointed, damn!
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Huiyi and KL, they are doing the veggie skewers.---
All the ingredients we used for the skewers.
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Here's Christine and TY.
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Huiyi and I with the mashed potatoes.
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Chips with dip. YES! That is my SPINACH DIP! I finally found the soup mix needed for it at a grocery store that caters to expats. The other is cream cheese dip, also using the same soup mix. I have yet to find pumpernickel bread that goes with the spinach dip but chips do as well. I had lots of compliments on it ... at least something went right for me.
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Crackers with Wasabi Tuna.
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Chye Huat, Ryan, Kelvin and TY.---
The 3 chefs for the day, Huiyi, Me and Christine.
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Here's Ben and Oliver.
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KL taking the pasta out of the oven.
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The spread ... as u can tell, my turkey had an uneven tan :( I forgot to remove the foil covering it until it was too late. Left it in longer to try to fix it but i think I made it dryer. Was so mad at myself. There is stuffing, gravy, garlic bread, salad, pasta, potatoes, veggie skewers ... a whole load of food for 11 ppl!
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Oh, let's not forget the mushroom soup!
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Me carving the turkey.---
Half the table ... TY has the other half .. still waiting for him to send it over :)
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After dinner was the gift exchange! Guess which present is mine? Haha :)
We had a recycle gift exchange this year. Each brought a gift that was new but was not suitable for them for the exchange. We then pick numbers to decide who gets first pick. Then the following number could either pick a gift from the pile of snatch the previous number opened gift .... confused? Just follow the pics!
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TY was number one, he got this really cool cup and bowl set.---
Chye Huat this picture frame.
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Christine, cookies and tea.
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KL was next and he snatched TY original gift so TY picked again and got gift vouchers to Taka. The amt was not revealed till later ....
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Kelvin got a cordless kettle.
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Ryan a knife set. Ok, I really did not know that it was such a big deal about giving knives. I found out later that u can't give shoes too! Something about the person leaving u? Well, if u were to give me a pair of Manolo Blahniks, I'll be your friend for life! Knives? Hmm, I guess it is something about hurting the friendship? Well, I did give Yuchien 10 cents when she gave me the carving set and we are still best friends, guess I better not mess with superstitions.---
Haha, Ben snatched the gift voucher from TY. Wow, TY had all the popular gifts.
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So he snatched his original cups and bowls back from KL.
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Thus KL had to pick again ... and got this notebook and pen from Espirit.
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Haha, the voucher was too good to pass, I snatched it from Ben!! We found out later that it was $20! Not bad!---
So Ben picked again and got this cute bear tea pot and cups.
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Sharon got a small pillow and a toothpaste tube squeezer thingy.
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Haha, the BEST gift?!?! Oliver got this really sexy women's top!!!
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Huiyi got the King Kong DVD. At the end of the nite, Huiyi took pity on Oliver and exchange her gift for his :) She was the last and I was so glad she did not take my gift vouchers! Looks like I will be buying more Little Twin Stars things from Taka! :)
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Dessert! Log cake!
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Sea Coconut with Strawberries.
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The bunch of us ....
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Had a really great time that nite, it was lots of work but worth it. :) Thanks to my sis who helped out the nite b4 with the prep. Brought her some leftovers which I think she enjoyed :)
