Befriending with His Family

I was abandoned by Ming Jie and Guofeng, who both decided not to go Ken's birthday chalet. Well, at least, Ming Jie had a reason that sounded reasonable, while Guofeng just stated that "he don't think that he will come for it". Nice Try. But I still went down to Ken's chalet.

It was held yesterday night. Not many of his friends had arrived. I went in and gave him my present and Ken introduced his family to me. Then, I sat down and had some food. A few minutes later, Siva (Ken's department senior in Navy) came and greeted a few words and went off. He didn't go far, because his family was celebrating birthday too, and his chalet is just opposite Ken's! I joined his family for BBQ since I have nothing to do there, Ken was busying interacting with his guests. I was asked to join BBQ by his 舅母, so I went in and interacted with her and his sister Jasmine and his sis boyfriend.

After a while, Ken came to me with a bunch of satays. Well, it's uncooked. And of course, I have to cook for him... More of his friends came and he was busying entertaining them, and I was busying interacting with his family. Jasmine kept giving me all the good BBQ food they had. Haha, so nice of her. Ken's mum (who went for an evening swim shortly after I came) came back and also talked with me. His family are very funny people and very approachable. Haha. And Ken kept ordering stuff from me...

Finally, the cake cutting session, and also the photo taking session. I began to wonder which group should I join to take photo with him? I don't belong to any of the group!! There was no choice, and I took with his fellow Navy Gunner batchboys. Sigh. Extremely odd to take with them... Before that, I thought of not taking any pictures, but his mum insisted, so I told her I don't belong to any group. Then, his mum shouted across the whole chalet about me!!! Sigh...

After the photo taking, his mum and Jasmine cut the cakes, but Ken did not come and distribute it. In just a few moment, the whole table was filled with plates of cakes. No one came to take it, so I helped Ken distribute it. Well, because I kept talking to and helping his family, so I didn't find weird when one of his friends came to me and asked whether I'm his friend...

His family then served me some fruits, and it was time for me to leave. I left with Jasmine, her boyfriend, Ken's 舅母 and his 舅母's daughter ( These 4 people are going for a walk since they are too full). They were also heading into Downtown East for a walk, so they "conveniently escorted" me to the bus stop. Haha. Nice knowing his family.