Frogs! Yummy! :P
I got a text message on my phone from one of my uncles yesterday that my grandma's birthday is today and they were going to take her out for dinner. Since I have nice uncles, I was invited to come along ;)
Today he SMSed me again and asked me to buy "a small cake" on my way to the restaurant. I had no clue how many candles to get, so I asked him, and he said, "I think she's 83."
83?! You mean my grandma is THAT OLD?!?!!
I mean... my parents aren't even 60 yet, you know... gosh, my grandma is old, and she's my only surviving grandparent :(
So I dropped by a bakery and got a small cake. Cakes apparently come in 2 sizes, I think 1kg and 2 kg, or is that 500g and 1kg? Anyway, I bought the smaller of the two, and told the sales assistant it was meant to be a birthday cake.
"How many candles will you need, miss?"
"Eighty-three," I said. I just KNEW the fella must be thinking, "Wahliaueh this woman damn cheapskate wan, celebrating somebody's eighty-third birthday and getting such a tiny cake!" He didn't say anything, of course, and not by a flicker of the eyelash or a twitch of a muscle did he reveal his true feelings, but I KNEW he was thinking it. I KNEW, I tell you!
Dinner was good; we had steamed fish, pork ribs, fish head curry, Japanese (egg-based) tofu, some leafy green vegetables, prawns, and frogs. (Yes, I did say frogs hehehe) And grandma gave an ang pau (cash gift) to everyone! Not a huge amount, of course, but it's always nice to receive a gift :)