My Nephew Chris and his newlywed wife Sheline's wedding tea
ceremony at his condominium was a simple, happy and hilarious one.
The Low's family turned up in full force with the exception of
Johnny, Jenny, Marco, Michelle and Kelvin because of work commitments.
There were KFC nuggets, cakes, kueh-mueh and light refreshments for those present.



The wedding tea ceremony i.e. the offering of tea filled with lotus seeds
and red dates to the elders in the family is a sign of respect and to foster good relationships.



The Chinese believed that the tea offered will bring the newlywed to
produce children at an early age or yearly so that their parents
will have more grandchildren.



Chris and Sheline were the happiest as they received red packets filled with cash and jewelery

          




















December is always the happiest month of the year for me.
First of all, the short working days, shopping for presents,
Christmas dinner at my brother's place and my wife's birthday
at the end of the month. 
The menu for this year Christmas dinner cooked by my sil Hannah
was the same as last year except for an addition roast lamb meat
and a new way to eat baked potatoes !
A few of our family members could not made it as there were other
functions/parties to attend so that leaves the rest of us to have a
delicious and fulfilling meal with glasses of fruity flavored robust red wine
to go with the various meats.















Roast turkey-very meaty was not too briny-stuffed with rice and ham.















Salmon gravalax-fresh and moist but was not firm.






















Baked potatoes with fried ham bits, chives, butter and shredded cheese to go with it.


Pork belly ham with pineapple-way too fat.


Stir fried Brussels sprout with shrimps, carrots, green and yellow zucchini.


Roast Lamb-too gamy for me but the rest of the guys loves it with mint sauce.



Chocolate/banana cake-very rich with a thick layer of delightful chocolate and calorific.

After the dinner there was sweet dessert in the form of a banana/chocolate
cake which was not too sweet but very rich in chocolate.
My two nephews Tim and Nic being the two youngest in the family,
were the happiest as they received the most presents.Both were envious
of each others presents.
We continued with more wine drinking, while my son Mike was busy
with his camera to get those perfect shots.

  The Beatles was everyone favorite band and i am
sure each and every one of us must have heard, sung or
hummed to a Beatles songs every now and then.

Today, The Beatles still have a big and powerful 
influence on all mankind in the world with their music.

I am one and so are my friends and my kids.

The Beatles-Rock Band got me singing again.
It had been a long time coming about 35 years !
My son Mike hooked on a singalong microphone on
his PS3 and the first song  "Come Together"
was enough to get my adrenalin pumping and feet
tapping even though i was out of key on some parts
of the song !!!

Songs like " I wanna hold your hands", "One way ticket",
"Something", "Get back".........etc with their catchy
lyrics and lovely melodies, sure brought back good memories.

I will  practice more on my singing and
maybe post one of it on Youtube in the near future. Lol !

The Beatles are forever!