Monthly Archives: February 2009

PartyPics

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We went to a baptism of our friend and there was this cool set up by the entrance

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It was a photo booth where anyone can just pose and have their photo taken    

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  You hire them by the hour and you can take as many photos as you can within the time frame 

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They even have props for the adventurous and fun ones! 

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 Anyone can just pose and have their photo taken which later on will become your souvenir from the event.  Since this was our group photo and we all wanted a souvenir of our photo, we had to take 24 shots of ourselves since it fits 4 photos per card…

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What a cool idea!  You might want to hire them for your next party or event 🙂 

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Taken from their website:  PartyPics 

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Isa’s Chinese New Year Dinner

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Thank you to our friend, Isa,  for inviting us for Chinese New Year dinner!!  

We always enjoy being with Isa because she is so down to earth, so funny and crazy!  She is so generous always that even the waiter questioned her tip to them 🙂  She is always so organized and prepared.  She planned it and prepared the menu in advance.

We love you Isa! Thank you for sharing yourself and your love with us which makes us very wealthy just by being our friend!

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We have been very impressed with Summer Palace as we have been invited here a few times.  And everytime is always a unique experience.

Previous Entry:  Summer Palace August 10, 2008 

75th Birthday of Tito Totoy August 28, 2008 

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What an interesting dish!  We all learned about it as Nancy explained it to us.  This dish is served during Chinese New Year in Singapore and Malaysia.  

During the olden times,  gems were used for trading. So, each ingredient represents a gem.

Clockwise:  Sapphire ( Raisins ), Tangerine  ( Mango ), Gold Bars ( Carrot strips ), Ruby ( watermelon ), Cat Eyes ( corn ), Emerald (Cucumber strips ), topaz ( Jellyfish ), Diamonds ( Melon )

GOLD – Shredded carrots

underneath the shredded carrots is I think raddish which represents Diamonds 

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Nancy added the salmon which means ADDING MORE WEALTH, then she sprinkled pepper ( silver flakes ) and cinnamon ( gold flakes ) 

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Then she added some crispy flakes which represent gold – so adding more gold

Sesame seeds – represents children, grandchildren, employees, business associates – Sharing your wealth with them

Peanuts – for HEALTH and LONGEVITY 

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Add sesame oil and plum sauce for solid and sweet life

Then everyone in the table has to toss the salad – the higher you toss the more abundance of wealth  

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The salad was actually very good!!  We all enjoyed it..not only because it meant wealth and abundance 🙂 

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And Isa’s special dessert!!! WOW!! She created this, suddenly I felt like we were in a French restaurant.  My favorite was the buchi with sesame ice cream! 

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