Christmas 2009...

was spent with some of my favorite people. Two friends of my parents whom I actually like, G and her cousin, my brother, and L.

My Christmas present. I really like it. It's shiny. =)

I helped my mom with some of the dinner preparations, but she mostly finished the dishes on her own while my brother, L and I pruned the roses for the year. We drove around the block the night before and checked a neighbor's yard who has a rose garden. They've pruned theirs so it's time to prune ours.

Dinner:

Potato salad (center), some white stick thing (top), mushroom medley, chicken, fish, stuffed jalapeno, slow-cooked meat, duck, fish. Later, mom cooked some spring rolls which she showed me how to make, that'll be another post.

Afterwards, we left the adults to go to AU79 for some boba.

Someone tried to get into the picture. I had a honey soy milk tea from their new menu. It was alright. The menu had fewer drinks and more snacks. I prefer the other way around.