hotpot

Well, last night, I went to ray’s house for hotpot!
Dr. lee was the organiser: back on july the 13th, he sent around an e-mail:

Dear fellow Runcornians and 8 Mile Plainsmen/women :)
There has been a recent immigration of a few new people from the far away lands of Westlake, Albany Creek and Hong Kong to these fertile plains; they have seen the light and have decided to follow the path of wisdom and move to this blessed homeland of ours.
To celebrate this remarkable achievement we would like to hold aHOTPOT FEAST on the night of Thursday, 28th of July, from 6pm onwards at the residence of Ray Nguyen (which by the way will also be the residence of Vincent, White Dan and Joanna Wong :)) at 70 Underwood Road, 8MP.
Please let me know if you can come :) I shall organise. Please let me know if you can help, because I suck at getting the right food. And let me know if you have any preferences :P I'm aiming for a $10/person budget :)
Please forward this to people who I may have missed ^^" I'm still new to the area, so my local awareness is just beginning :P
Please reply asap as to whether you can come or not :)
And please tell me if this time is actually a really bad time ^^" (As can be the case for highschoolers). And I'll just move the time/date :P
Cyas later :)
Vincent
Somehow, stupid me forgot to RSVP him until the day before, when I sheepishly asked: sorry for the late reply!
can i still RSVP? mum says she'll take me!
Luckily, dr. lee replied: I thought you already RSVP'd :P You're already on the list :)
See you tomorrow!
Phew. So last night, dad tootled me off to ray’s house! I reckon, ray’s our closest church neighbour, followed closely by uncle Colbert and his family.
After I hiked up the stairs to ray’s house, I chose an armchair to sit in. complete, blessed safety, yeah. :)
Dr. lee wandered around first and asked what sauces I’d like: I asked for a lil soya sauce and a lil oyster sauce. I can’t eat spicy food (so wasabi was outta the question) and I’ve never tried cracking a raw egg into my bowl.
Once several more people had arrived, the cooking started! I ate: some yummy udon, one or two fish slices, the same of pork balls, one slice of tofu, lotsa kalian and my favourite hardboiled egg @ the end. I drank one plastic mug of lipton’s lemon iced tea, and one more of yummy aloe vera drink.
Pole sat to my right and joey my left. We just all yakked away. Earlier, I’d asked soccer dan, “hey, could you please introduce me to white dan?” he’d laughed, then yelled down the hallway, “oi, white dan! Get in here!”
This asian boy walked in. I asked him, “are you white dan?” and when he nodded, said, “umm … you don’t look very white to me.”
White dan laughed, rolled up his sleeve then compared his bicep to soccer dan’s. “of course I’m very white! Just look @ his arm!” well, fair enough. Soccer dan compared to white dan has a much darker tan. I guess I’m the only one who calls him ‘soccer’ dan; everyone else calls him ‘black’ dan. XD
Pole walked behind me to the loo after dinner; I was very surprised to find a railing in the bathroom! Made things much easier for me. :) when I asked pole how come there was a railing there, she answered, “think they installed it for ray’s grandma.”
Anyways, back seated, we all just yakked away. Zoe told me that she studied sth like communication design @ southbank or somewhere near there. Stupid me asked, “does that mean you design telephone poles or sth?” she laughed, and said, “no. more like billboards, that kinda thing.” XD
Also, pole and joey’s cousin, tiffany, apparently she and zoe have very similar chinese names! Both are called ‘ton ton’. Lol, but isn’t that the name of tsunade’s/shizune’s pet pig in Naruto? XD
Poor tiffany has to get up very early for school, sth horrible like 6:30am! >< but she says she’s like an entire year older than matthew! Wonder why she’s in grade eleven, then, and not grade twelve?
Best of all, pole plop made some kinda cheesecake for dessert! :D the parents arrived to take me home just as the cake was being served, but I managed to enjoy one yummy slice before we left. :) mother nabbed one slice, too.
Then ‘twas back down the stairs for me. I thanked ray for opening his house for our dinner tonight, and dr. lee for inviting me along. Actually, I was slightly curious as to why karson was there on Wednesday night, coz he’s a sunnybankian, not a runcornian or eight mile plainsmen/women, but someone explained that white dan had invited him along.
Anyways, ‘twas a great night of fun, food and laughter. :)
Next post here … when’s book club? I can’t think of any upcoming event happening soon … anyhow, cya then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^