We invited some friends over this evening for a dinner party.

I guess it was a late birthday celebration for me. But really, it was just an excuse have some friends over for some good food and wine. I was a culinary goddess! I cooked a fish + aubergine + tomato curry, a chicken tikka masala, a mixed vegetable korma, cucumber raita, a chunky tomato salad, and a capsicum salad. It all turned out really well! I was so pleased. *beam*

Hehe, I actually made most of it the last night. Mainly because curry tastes better the night after. And also to avoid all the last minute preparation stress - trying to prepare food for 11 people and tidying the house, 1 hour before guests arrive, while looking after two kids.

I unintentionally did something slightly weird and risky too. I invited a couple of close friends from different groups in my life. 1 friend from high school, 2 from uni, 2 from church, 2 long-time family friends, 2 ex-colleagues and of course, myself and my husband. Ha, well it seemed like a good idea at the time.

It was all kinda weird at first. As it is when you’re sitting around a table with people you don’t know. And I was half expecting everyone to be their normal selves, and instantly get along like a house on fire. And haha, admittedly, it was very funny to see all my good friends plunged into an awkward social setting in my living room.

But introductions went around. There were plenty of entertaining random conversations about PhDs, exploding ovens, lotus roots, homo-er0tic art, guys holding the hair of their girlfriends as they puke into nightclub toilets, heaty foods, romance books, secret agents and how to cook poppadums in a microwave.
So as the night wore on, there was much laughter and merriment.

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