Sweet Sixteen !!!

Yeap !!! Clarissa-Anne is finally 16. She has been counting the days leading to this BBQ for family and friends. Together with some friends from school and church + family members, it was an evening of food and fun. Satay, otak, crackers, hokkien mee and chicken rice, all were geared up for the big makan session for the evening.
What was suppose to be an easy task of starting the fire, turned out to be quite a challenge for some. The poor charcoal was blamed to be of low quality and was deemed to be wet. Dad had to come to the rescue to start the fire with whatever that was left behind in smoke !!!. Within 30 min, the pit was ready for the first stick of satay to be burnt !!!. Along with otak for re-heating and chicken wings .... the food was well "attacked". As in most BBQ, there will only be a person or two doing the heating up/ cooking. The rest would stay clear of the heated pit ... to enjoy the cooked food from a distance.

Guess no birthday is complete without the birthday cake but wait .... there were more than 16 candles on that cake !!!. It was suppose to cater for Poh-Poh, Janet, Ashley & Zachary as well. Had to have a fire extinguisher nearby (just in case !!!) The neighbours would have thought that we were very poor. One cake for 5 persons ... singing the birthday song 5 times.

The sweet 16 birthday girl was however not spared the "messing" up. Some cream from the ice-cream cake found its way to her face. She of course, couldn't take it standing up and had to spread the joy of messing others up. Well ... its on record and its her 16th birthday !!! HAPPY SWEET 16 !!!
Friends from the school (SJC) ... and friends from the Church (SFX) to celebrate HER DAY !!!