Athirah, the cherry of my eye
Ina and daughter Athirah
Seafood pasta with shellfish, squid, fish and herbs
Fish and chip...Swensen's signature item on their menu
Salad for a trim waist
Fried vegetable....more oil for the body...
You have gained 2 kilos, Ina? Is that what you're trying to say?
Nolthing beats good food thrown in with lively company
OUT FOR LUNCH
My sis and her family from Sydney paid us her yearly pilgrimage recently. We are always excited when she's in Singapore. There would be gatherings and late night outs for the sisters and cousins. This time round was no exception. Late suppers and past midnight drives packed her timetable to the brim.
Her visit was officiated with a lunch at Swensen with some cousins whom Maz had not met for sometime. Over pasta and pizza we caught up with our lost time and updated one another with the latest news. The food in front of us was just given a cursory glance as we chattered endlessly and tickled each other's ribs with humourous jokes.
Maz was oozing with delight over her good luck of being selected electronically as Oprah's audience. Three million Australians had registered online. Maz and her daughter Ema were fortunate to be picked as guests for the Oprah show at Sydney Opera House. A diamond pendant was their giveaway gift from the famed talk show host diva.
Over at Swensen and in between mouthfuls of crunchy salad and Italian pasta, we revisited our last memory lane of meeting one another with deafening guffaws, thumping one's back and clapping hands loudly. I know it was so unladylike and uncouth. But it has always been this way whenever my cousins and siblings meet. Laughter is the food on the menu while warm company is served on the platter.
I hate to believe that we might have caused some Swensen's patrons with indigestion due to six ladies' unruly and rowdy behaviour that day!
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