DIWALI OPEN HOUSE!!!

Thank you everyone for coming over for Diwali. Without you all it wouldn't have been the same. =)



The first visitors, Saheena and Fren, just after 9am. I am so glad you guys can make it and I hope you didn't reach work late!



My sister Jusprith's first batch of friends. My neighbour's son Sing Chun was so afraid to come out from his house when he saw so many people. Normally he will be screaming "Aunty Aunty, Cheche Cheche!".



It has been more than one year since I met Angeline and see how much difference...She's pregnant!!!



Here comes Sunway Security, my dad's first batch of friends....aaaa ponteng kerja la tu...no la, their lunch break la. Striking nyer their vests.



And here is Pooi Mun, being a bit left alone. She is my sister's best friend.I guess my sister was too busy with her other friends but Pooi Mun is such I nice person that she understands. So let her enjoys the cookies!!!!



DOPEY, what else can I say!



They were waiting for food for so long and finally they get to charge!!!



Group Photo!!!



Sunway Security Batch No 2, wow all looks so serious. Some of them never went to an open house before, they were so afraid to enter in the house, they were hiding at the lift for quite some time.



Ok, this I don't know what were they doing....I think locking themselves to avoid to be dragged to dance.



Dancing session starts...of course the dance expert has to be there!!!



Ok, house getting more crowded....Jusprith's friends batch 2 comes...at the same time 2 friends of mine just came but they could not get in because their photo session was going on!!!



The loving brother and sister...Ram and Baljit K!



HOI! Keep away! Don't disturb me! Let me eat my muruku! That's Mr Gurmeet Singh. Hey thank's for the home made cookies!!!

At the same time we had my sister's 2 batch of friends + my batch of friends (BaljitK,Ram,Jasmin,Gurmeet,MenpreetPannu,Sukhsharan,Manpreet,Auliana,Doreen and sister) + my dad's 3rd batch of bosses about 10 of them.

Gosh that was about the MOST busiest time of the day....I was so so ignoring too many of my friends as my mom wanted some help in the kitchen....I hope you guys all understand!!! Thanks also to Baljit K and gang to help me in between.



After a few groups left, finally my dad had a break...



Ram and Gurmeet, hmmm....



ManpreetPannu,Jasmin,BaljitK and my sister, Jusprith.



Now add Sukhsharan, manpreet and me and minus my sister...
I pity you guys...had to move many times as more and more people came.



My sister's batch no 2 having their lunch.
By this time batch no 1 had already left.

I would say the sabha gang was smart to come tea time as most of my father's and sister's friends had gone home.



Vishal "Where's my chaaaa.....?", Jagjit , Inderjit, Thasi, Baljit K, Baljit S...



Baljit S, Ajeet, Ajit, Parveen.
Hey I taugh Parveen was the one with flu..but why the heck is Ajit and Ajeet touching their nose.



Esha, always get her nice cute pose.



Amit and Deepa, sorry you both had to sit on the floor...



Best friends, pooi Mun and Jusprith...



Best friends, Harjit and Jagdeep, I think because I always see them together.
I always get confused, Jagdeep's brother is Harjeet but Jagdeep always hang around with Harjit. Now I have seen many pictures of Jagdeep's.....always sleeping or basically looking drunk!



Harjit, Jag-Updesh (came dressed up as Sharukh), Gurmeet and Jagdeep.
Ok here Jagdeep is hiding his sleepy eyes with sunglasses!



That's not all that came, here's more...ManpreetPannu, Navjeet,Jasmin and Sukhvin.



Oh now he comes out!!! Naughty boy..Sing Chun..when there were so many chinese around, he was hiding. When the Punjabi gang came, Chak De, he also came.



What a shine? Taufu, Sharukh and Phasi! The 3 best nick names of the day.



Then, came some of my relatives...my aunty Pam and her friends and son and daughter.



Cha time...+ chit chat
Ajit, why la send message on TV for everyone to see but didn't write from you...put Jag the rempit? If shy to write your name, you can put Taufu what???



I would say this is a very nice picture taken...of course la I took it ma. Pity Ram, he was hidden behind...Jagjit didn't wan't to be hidden behind so you see where he ended up...



Isn't this better. Re-organized, all tall behind and Ram in front!!!



Here we go again.....I told you Jagdeep always looks sleepy.



Ok...he has to prove that he wasn't sleeping so he made me take another picture.



Muruku, yes Gurmeet, eat how much you want! =)



Here is Jagdeep again showing how awake he is.



Muruku, Muruku!!!



Jusprith and Anndrina/Pooja our cousin sis.

More coming soon!!!

Diwali Preparations, Baking Cookies...

Diwali is here!!!

Oh Gosh, we are so tired! We hardly had about 2 hours of sleep. Preparing cookies and cleaning up....We were totally drained out but we had the Diwali spirit that keep us going. So here are some snapshots of what we went through in the first few days till Diwali morning.

My mom and sister had already make 5 different kinds of cookies by Friday, while we were busy at work! So nice of them... I missed all the fun there experimenting making peanut, oats, nestum, custard and corn biscuits. Custard was one of my favorites. We used to make all the cookies together as a family. This year most of us were busy with work. There were so many steps we were could contribute in, such as kneading the dough, flattening the dough, cutting into shapes, decorating, baking and filling into jars.

So, Saturday I had to put in some helping hand since I was not working. So here's what I made...



First put in the ingredients...
Then, mix, mix and mix...tiringnyer.



This is how you make a ball of dough to be flattened!



Finally baking the orange cookies!



My next dish, coconut candy, YUM YUM. Well I had to make it as sweet as me. =P

That was all I could help to make on Saturday. Sunday till evening went by without helping much. When I reached home, I found my dad had started painting, so I joined in to help.



My dad who did most of the painting.



Me doing the touch ups.



My sister also helping in the touch ups.



This shows either how bad we were at painting or how much painting we did? I think I prefer the second explanation better.

Sunday over and back to work. There I had to make the last minute decision! My mom was already panicking and getting stressed up at home as there were so many more things to do and Diwali was just around the corner. So I quickly dropped in my leave for a day before and after Diwali. Well, I am so glad now that I took the leave...

So on Tuesday the 6th after work when I got back.....



MURUKU was being made!!!
My brother was so tired making the Muruku...he had to take a break.



So then, my sister took over. My dad gave her all the support she needed to finish!!!



Till very very late we continued on making cookies...Hmm..JEM TARTS...



Oppss, stop posing, look the jem tarts are sliding down...



YUM YUM...they are baked and smell so good ,I could eat them right away.

One day more to Diwali...tension!!!! We still haven't started on cakes!



There is lots of love put into the cakes!!!



Master Baker JI....cake burning already?



Before midnight, diwali lights are up.

HAPPY DIWALI, looking outside the window there were so many fireworks could be seen!

IN THE MORNING...just after 2 hours of sleep...



Pagi pagi sudah nangis! Jusprith and I really could not take the onions. Jusprith says "It's ok, just for my friends {SOB SOB}, since they are coming over, just for their sake {SOB SOB}, I don't mind crying for a while {SOB SOB}."



And finally, for the chefs, thumbs up! Good cooking! From dal to sardine to taufu sambal to chicken curry to gobbi to chapatti to rice..eveything was fenjer..for me la. Hip Hip Horay for them....All preparation went well.