{"id":27433,"date":"2023-02-13T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=27433"},"modified":"2023-02-13T20:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T12:00:59","slug":"first-party-in-our-penthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=27433","title":{"rendered":"First ‘party’ in our penthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In December 2021 we moved to our new penthouse. It took us more time than expected to do the renovation and furnish it according to our (mainly Aric’s) taste \ud83d\ude09 . Recently we have started to receive guests..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first guests, in November, just for a drink, my Gang of Four.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In December a real dinner, prepared by Aric, for a group of friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And in January we invited Aric’s family for a drink at home after a dinner with them in a nearby restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After all this went well, Aric wanted to invite his family and relatives for a CNY gathering. About 25-30 people, in Chinese style where everybody brings a dish for dinner . Actually in the US this is called a Dutch Party<\/a> \ud83d\ude09 We didn’t expect the party to be noisy, but Aric decided to “warn” our neighbors anyway, by putting a friendly note on their doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His sister Aei Ling arrived early to help with the preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It had been raining heavily, after it stopped Aric had to put back a Chinese decoration that had fallen down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Around 6 pm the first guests arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The younger generation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the older one, enjoying a glass of Malaysian Timah whisky <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many of the ladies were helping to prepare the dinner. I just provided drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our huge dinner table was very useful now, Here the ladies are putting everything on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dinner is ready! A delicious variety of food. Aric is inspecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had himself also prepared various dishes, durian cake and blueberry cheesecake, but I took only a photo of one of his signature dishes: abalone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time for dinner. There was enough to satisfy everybody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After dinner there was time for chit chat and watching TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The kids were playing cards in Aric’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the seniors were having a chat in the garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before leaving of course the traditional group photo had to be taken. . Here there are two, they look the same, spot the difference \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a very successful CNY gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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