Intoxicated Aunties

I fetched my mum to her friend's 54th birthday party and the moment the birthday "girl" laid eyes on me, she insisted that I join. I grudgingly said "yes" even though I was tired from my swim and I hadn't had the chance to properly dechlorinate and moisturize yet. Well, it wasn't a total loss. The food was quite good. Very German, with meat, meat and lotsa meat. It was catered by Le Oriental Catering, OUG. Customary spread of fried rice, fried mee-hoon, curry chicken, mixed vegetables, butter prawns, sambal squid, battered fish, fried yam balls and acar. If that wasn't enough, a lamb and pig was roasting over a spit at the front porch! Dessert was ABC and fruits. The roasted pig was great, managed to get some juicy choice cuts. Mints sauce came with the tender lamb meat and it was fabulous.

However, the highlight of the evening isn't really the food, it's the people. The aunties were all very happy. As usual, when they all get together, there'll be a lot of gossiping and the atmosphere will turn market-like. Put liqour and karaoke into the equation, and you'll get a carnival-like atmosphere. Bottles of red wine and beer were opened and emptied, only to be followed by JD and Hennessy. I peered into the karaoke room and I was shocked to find the aunties having the time of their lives singing and dancing away. For those had little love of singing continued guzzling down the hard liquor outside with much boisterous rigour. By the time the birthday cake came out, most of them were high. They sung the birthday song in English, Mandarin, Malay and Cantonese!

PS: Kebelakangan ini semasa jalan kaki kangkang sikit. Before the minds go wandering, it's from my swim after a 2-week absence from the pool.