A record of 12 days since I last blogged! Guilty as charged! So many things coming at one time, I feel like a cheerleader in a locker room. Here’s a quick summary of what’s happened in the last 2 weeks.
In the perfect world, everyone would be tolerant and graceful towards cultural differences and take up any opportunity to embrace the rich diversity so prevalent in our Australian community. Well, not the readers of this blog! My tofu blog was abused, spat upon, smashed to a pulp, splattered against the wall and finally reduced to a mangled mess of ugly words by the insightful critics of this blog. These same critics must have forgotten I was the one who introduced them to the delightfully piquant sweet and sour fish, the tender and succulent beef in black bean sauce, the crispy and aromatic salt and pepper calamari and the savoury fragrance that is Malaysian styled long beans. Racists…….
Chinese New Year was on Sunday and on Saturday night, went out for dinner with the gang consisting of 2 Aussies, 2 Singaporeans and 1 Somalian. It was like a reunion dinner of sorts, and the restaurant was so crowded, even though it was 8:30 by the time we started, there were still heaps of people waiting outside for a table. Helps when you can speak a little Cantonese, make queue jumping legitimate. There was this Chinese guy who had not come across the concept of waiting in line and headed straight for an empty table to “reserve” it. Lady Boss screamed at the top of her voice in Mandarin “THIS IS NOT HOW IT WORKS HERE! GET OUT HERE AND QUEUE UP!”. Glad to know that the “Rude Service at Chinese Restaurants” policy applies to all races and creeds.
Mardi Gras is in 2 weekends’ time! Still heaps of things to be done, but it always works out fine at the last minute every year. Being a dress up party this year, I had to source around for slightly more feminine clothes. Mama Seh Learn promptly came to my rescue, and brought me down to Grand Mama’s house to pick a suitable outfit (or four) for the grand event. When I arrived, it’s like I’ve received a rainbow ticket to visit Grand Mama and the Costume Factory. Rows after rows of dresses ranging from elegant to slutty, shoes rivaling Imelda Marcos’ and glittery shiny shimmery accessories that could blind you in an instant! I have truly found my fairy godmother, all I have to do is to bring her a pumpkin next time I get down.
Most of you should have received your invites by now. If not, give me a call and I should be able to book you in for the 2012 season.
Ohhh…I have exciting news. If you’ve read from my earlier entry, Sharon is frightful of Chinese food because she thinks the Chinese only eat deep fried cockroaches and chicken feet. After weeks and weeks of cajoling and mental manipulation, she has finally decided to let me buy her a Chinese dinner!!! (rub hands in glee…..revenge is imminent…..). This is an exclusive deal with Sharon for you readers of the blog. I will be documenting the process as well as filming the proceedings. Do check back soon to experience her joy (or misery) as she puts a Chinese sausage in her mouth for the first time!
See yas soon…..
In the perfect world, everyone would be tolerant and graceful towards cultural differences and take up any opportunity to embrace the rich diversity so prevalent in our Australian community. Well, not the readers of this blog! My tofu blog was abused, spat upon, smashed to a pulp, splattered against the wall and finally reduced to a mangled mess of ugly words by the insightful critics of this blog. These same critics must have forgotten I was the one who introduced them to the delightfully piquant sweet and sour fish, the tender and succulent beef in black bean sauce, the crispy and aromatic salt and pepper calamari and the savoury fragrance that is Malaysian styled long beans. Racists…….
Chinese New Year was on Sunday and on Saturday night, went out for dinner with the gang consisting of 2 Aussies, 2 Singaporeans and 1 Somalian. It was like a reunion dinner of sorts, and the restaurant was so crowded, even though it was 8:30 by the time we started, there were still heaps of people waiting outside for a table. Helps when you can speak a little Cantonese, make queue jumping legitimate. There was this Chinese guy who had not come across the concept of waiting in line and headed straight for an empty table to “reserve” it. Lady Boss screamed at the top of her voice in Mandarin “THIS IS NOT HOW IT WORKS HERE! GET OUT HERE AND QUEUE UP!”. Glad to know that the “Rude Service at Chinese Restaurants” policy applies to all races and creeds.
Mardi Gras is in 2 weekends’ time! Still heaps of things to be done, but it always works out fine at the last minute every year. Being a dress up party this year, I had to source around for slightly more feminine clothes. Mama Seh Learn promptly came to my rescue, and brought me down to Grand Mama’s house to pick a suitable outfit (or four) for the grand event. When I arrived, it’s like I’ve received a rainbow ticket to visit Grand Mama and the Costume Factory. Rows after rows of dresses ranging from elegant to slutty, shoes rivaling Imelda Marcos’ and glittery shiny shimmery accessories that could blind you in an instant! I have truly found my fairy godmother, all I have to do is to bring her a pumpkin next time I get down.
Most of you should have received your invites by now. If not, give me a call and I should be able to book you in for the 2012 season.
Ohhh…I have exciting news. If you’ve read from my earlier entry, Sharon is frightful of Chinese food because she thinks the Chinese only eat deep fried cockroaches and chicken feet. After weeks and weeks of cajoling and mental manipulation, she has finally decided to let me buy her a Chinese dinner!!! (rub hands in glee…..revenge is imminent…..). This is an exclusive deal with Sharon for you readers of the blog. I will be documenting the process as well as filming the proceedings. Do check back soon to experience her joy (or misery) as she puts a Chinese sausage in her mouth for the first time!
See yas soon…..
1 comment:
Chinese Food should help me with my "diet", as I will probably throw it up anyway.Hehehehehe
Anyways............stay tuned for my destiny with Chinese Food.
No Tofu please!
Shaza
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