CNY fun!

The weekend passed quickly with two days of friends, food and fun! Saturday was spent with SS's classmates at the nearby community center. I was really looking forward to learning how to wrap dumplings (jiaozi), and was hoping that there will still be some left for us to wrap by the time we reached (had to go late coz of piano), but they finished wrapping everything by the time we reached! Such quick hands! Anyhow, we got to eat the dumplings. Yum yum...

And here's the yusheng that SS *painstakingly* prepared:

We managed to get most of the ingredients: cucumber, carrot, white radish, pomelo, pink ginger, sashimi (albeit frozen, and from what I heard from those who ate it, tasteless), and my favourite -- the crispy thingy... (got it from Hana Mart -- it was called Tofu Biscuit, but it really tasted like the real thing)

SS can't wait to sink his teeth into the yusheng...

As "lou hei" is not something which is practised in China, SS did a little bit of explaining on the meaning behind each ingredient. Unfortunately there were so many ingredients and we couldn't remember what each one stood for, so we just made stuff up along the way... as long as it sounded "prosperous"...

Notice the single chopsticks each person is holding. We didn't have enough for everyone, so we had to make do. Amazingly, with teamwork, we actually "lou"-ed pretty high! The trick is to get into rhythm... like rowing a boat, I suppose.

And what's CNY without a little gambling? We played Texas Hold'em... many of us being beginners. We were all honest people, so there wasn't much bluffing. But still fun anyway. Lots of laughter... :) Fortunately we were not playing with real money, coz I had to borrow from the bank multiple times.

We shared out yusheng with Kopi as well... I think he likes it.

Sunday's sumptous potluck with the SG people! Such a wonderful spread: Beef, prawns, fish, dumplings, spring rolls, mushrooms... plus the yusheng as well... Thanks everyone for bringing such delicious food!