I wanted to blog about this long time ago. BUT I lost my USB cable so can’t transfer the pictures. And after getting the memory reader today I thought ok finally I can blog. Then again, the pictures came out like that.
OR ….
like this
So I thought wtf. I don’t care. I’ll just blog anyway or else I’ll only blog next father’s day. Oh another reason also, there’s not much pictures. Coz I was sick and sis was tired and we just remember to eat and forgot to take pics. haha!
Father’s Day like Mother’s Day usually fall on a Sunday, I think… (correct me if I’m wrong). This year we decided to cook for dad 
A friend of mine was mentioning about how commercialized this kinda ‘days’ had become. With every reason to have a sale. Which I thought about and yea…it’s quite true but I don’t think it’s a bad thing either. I mean being Asian, growing up Asian it’s just not easy to be affectionate with family members. Parents especially. Oh well, at least for me. I’m not saying we are cold or anything. Just that these kinda ‘days’ just gives us an opportunity to show our love. Or maybe, to describe it better, show EXTRA love. OK OK I found a better way to say it. These ‘days’ though commercialized, allows us to show our love explicitly. Usually it’s more subtle. haha.
Since sis had to work on Sunday, we decided to celebrate on Saturday instead. Friday night went karaoke with my then still unwell sis, sang the night away sharing one mike forgetting she’s unwell with virus everywhere. haha! Already felt unwell before going but didn’t want to ‘fong fei kei’. :p Coz my sis is great. Love hanging out with her too. I tell you why she’s great. As we walk around taking food at the buffet area:
Dawn: Hey, wanna cook for father’s day?
Sis: Won’t they go the grandma’s? (Parents usually do on Sat with bro)
Dawn: Cheh, just tell them not to coz we are cooking.
Sis: OK LA *Big smile*
SO COOL right my sis? The best decision maker ever! The most indecisive EVER.
BUT, sometimes she can too. I found out when I woke up the next morning and found her searching the web for recipes on what to cook. She wanted to cook so many things I said it’s impossible to have a main. So basically everything was a side. haha! We had pasta with prawns and bacon strips, lamb, mash potato, stir fried asparagus, boiled brocolli and cherry tomatoes. For drinks we had dark grape juice and later Taylor’s port wine (fantastically sweet…). Cappuccino cheese cake for dessert from Secret Recipe. I just managed to help sis make mash potatoes, started sneezing, help her cut garlic, sneezed more…felt sick…told her I gotta go. So she cooked the rest. Another reason why she is COOL. Right? And not complain bout it. AND wash up after dinner. =D
It was great. I think cooking and eating together as a family is wonderful. With all of us grown up, we eat less together. With group A friends, group B friends, ex colleagues, current colleagues, for me even sis’s friends, not mentioning boyfriends…oops…i meant boyfriend, boyfriend’s friends, sometimes it’s just hard to keep up. Friends coming home from north south east west. Taking the opportunity of these ‘days’ to be with the family is a good way of looking at them however commercialized. I would like to look at it the other way round. Because of LOVE, these ‘days’ become commercialized. Well, no demand no supply right.
Next day, sick. Basically slept through Father’s Day. A family that eats together, stays together. Looking forward to many more cooking lessons with sis (yes I learn alot helping her) and eating with family! Oh…my dad loves to travel…we shall see next year or sooner maybe…? ngek ngek…;)
