Yes, we have finally cooked our first family dinner in our new place last Sunday, which also happened to be the mid autumn festival day. Nothing elaborate, just chicken stew, spam, long beans, watercress soup and moon cakes. My daughter had made the soup. It was very much ad hoc, as my daughters had cornered the mother to cook dinner.
The day before, being Saturday, we had gone shopping for the rice cooker, blender, oven toaster and even a telephone. Prior to that, we had gone to the antigue furniture store to buy a television console and chest of drawers for the bedroom. The last item was to get the curtains sewn up. An expensive day.
As can be seen in the above pictures, a view of the dining table and the wet kitchen.
It was a joyous dinner with the exception of my son and son-in-law, who were not with us. The kids were happy running around the place. My grand daughter Sam thinks that my new place is like a resort hotel.
The tv console and chests of drawers are made of elm wood in China. While the tv console is ready made and will be delivered on Thursday, the chests of drawers had to be custom made in China.
Though the new place is slowly taking shape, the unpacking is going painfully slow. I have to figure out what goes where, and I do not have that much choice. I am trying not to clutter up the place. It is not as easy as I thought it to be. My aim is to get rid of all the packing cases eventually. (A big sigh)!
Till then....
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