Wedding Dinner

We had no time to rest after the zoo trip. Your Ah Pek (Uncle Eu Jin) and Ah Mm (Aunty Lourdes) wanted to meet up with you too. So we quickly got ready and Teo Kong was kind enough to give us a ride to Ah Kong's hotel. Shortly after we arrived, your Ah Pek and Ah Mm arrived. What did they bring with them? A Christmas present just for you. You're such a lucky kid. They never fail to get you something when meeting you. In fact, the same goes for all your other uncles and aunties! They were kind enough to even include the batteries. You wanted to open the present, but when told to open it at our party, you happily obliged and did other things to keep our guests entertained instead.

Soon it was time to go down to wait for Uncle Phang and Aunty May who were also staying at the hotel as well as Uncle KK and Aunty Ruth. Dinner was at the Grand Shanghai Restaurant which was just across the road. When everyone arrived, we walked to the restaurant. Or should I say: we walked and daddy carried you....

As with all wedding dinners, it started late. In fact, a lot later than the dinners in Malaysia. While waiting for dinner to be served, you fed yourself the peanuts and luckily mummy brought along a packet of biscuits for you too. Oh yeah this Katie, Uncle Stanley's daughter's wedding dinner. On top of that we were kept entertained by this lady who sang songs from the 1940s (I think). And you loved the songs. (Eewwww...)

You clapped and danced to the songs especially when the bride and groom made their entrance to the song "Cha cham-bo"! That really amused the other guests sitting on our table. Dinner was fantastic but by 9.40pm, we had to make a move. WE needed to catch a taxi back to Ee Poh's house which was 30 minutes away. Since it was late, we waited and there was no taxi in sight. In the end, we walked to Ah Kong's hotel and asked for them to help us get a taxi. After a short wait a taxi came.

By the time we reached home, everyone was asleep. Walked up the stairs and as usual, you had a lot to ask:

Evan: Mummy, where is everyone?

Mummy: Shh.. they're sleeping. Talk quietly

Evan: Why is everyone sleeping?

Mummy: Sshh... not so loud, you'll wake everyone up!

Evan: Why?

Hhmm.. try as I might, you refused to whisper. Instead you chose to talk loudly. Went up to change and you decided that you wanted milk. Sigh.. our room is on the 3rd floor! I wanted to sneak down quietly to get your milk, but by the time I struggled with the lock you heard me and so we had to head downstairs with you talking loudly again! Up we went again and shortly after drinking up all your milk we were all asleep! What a tiring day.