{"id":740,"date":"2008-01-07T15:22:51","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T07:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=740"},"modified":"2014-06-18T12:45:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T04:45:36","slug":"partying-days-are-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"Partying Days Are Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the year end, there&#8217;s normally a lot of partying to do within the family. There are lots of birthdays to celebrate, and then Christmas and New Year celebration etc etc.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of 2007 year end parties (oh well, if you could call the eat-and-talk, eat-and-more-talk sessions parties).<\/p>\n<p>Tasha&#8217;s birthday was celebrated in a Chinese Restaurant, it was also my dad&#8217;s early Christmas treat to the family.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/collage181.jpg\" alt=\"Tasha's birthday\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #993399\">Tasha&#8217;s cuting her cake. The girls checking out the Elmo Jelly cake<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We had a Nasi Lemak pot luck at King&#8217;s Wife&#8217;s place on Christmas Eve.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/collage174.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Even entertainment\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #993399\">My father entertaining Zaria; The older kids played charade while we adults do the guessing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also celebrated Zaria&#8217;s 1st birthday together with my brother&#8217;s XXth birthday. Since Lilian from a Piece of Cake could not bake Zaria&#8217;s cake, I made it myself. Banana cake with Mascarpone frosting.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/collage175.jpg\" alt=\"Zaria's and my brother's cake\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #993399\">Applying the frosting and drizzling toffee just before it was served (kids have fun helping and licking the spatula). Not too bad looking for a first time effort (in frosting a cake).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Before 12am, kids were getting restless and eager to open up the presents.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/collage179.jpg\" alt=\"Presents opening time\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #993399\">All happily checking out the presents while Zaria was more keen on tearing the wrapper than the present itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Turkey was too expensive this year, so instead of paying for a RM200 bird, I roasted a RM14 chicken at home on Christmas Day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/collage180.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Dinner\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 450px; cursor: hand; text-align: center\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #993399\">Preparing the potato casserole; the chicken all roasted; the chicken ready to be served; the mix fruit and nuts stuffing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I was still working half days on certain days. 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