Hope everybody is having a fantastic Christmas!

Yesterday, the cheerful spirit was all around; despite the commercialism of consumerism hijacking almost every occasion, Christmas is still Christmassy to certain extents. Later last night, I had an awesome dinner at my uncle’s place over a juicy turkey courtesy of aunty Rose. Aunty Rose is the local chicken shop where my uncle lives; some pretty amazing meals and menu; she is a friend of the family and we call her aunty after my 10 year’s old cousin. Thanks aunty Rose for the delicious treat!

On Christmas day, as agreed before amongst a group of my friends; a picnic and BBQ in Rodd park, next to Leichhardt, was an ideal multicultural gathering. We could have practically had a UN summit, HEHE, as each one of us was from a different spot on the globe. Luckily, the weather was good, a little bit windy yet sunny and relatively warm. The food list was long and various, different yet homogeneous. Sausages, kebab, seafood, tabouleh, hommos, baba-ghannouj, potato salad, fish cake, prawns, etc.

Paula, Scott, Meng, Sen, Siying, Pohsin, Siming and myself got busy is BBQing and eating at the same time; who could resist not to? Spending some long hours eating, everybody was enjoying, full yet pausing for a while and going for another round; then jumping to dessert, fruit salad, chips and chocolate of course! Secret Santa did once more add laughter and teasing amongst the noisy crowd. Playing ball was hilarious for the first timers, yet it went great as we played the Aussie way as well as the American way; it was a must after all that food! Awesome! What a day!

...maher