khoo koo klan

ya if you read the title fast enuff, the sound of the title could go awry and u say the "wrong" word...or maybe even end up like ku klax klan...coz some of us are "khoo" others are "koo", i even have a cousin whose name is koo keng kong!! so dun play play ah! we have king kong as part of the klan.

the sad part was, after all my effort of making this "cut out" sign, no one in the klan understood it??? they kept asking me what is a klan ah?? oooiii never go school wan ah? family la = klan! hahahha

anyway...we had a big family gathering this time, it was kong kong's family meeting up after years and years of hibernation!

some how they say they wanna meet at our house, sure la, no problem, (heard it’s good fung shui to have loads of people gathered in your house wor!! hehehe) guess i am lucky to have a piece of real estate that's convenient to every klan member!

i digress, so sharp at 6, the klan started marching in…and they came and came and filled-up the house to the brim...on the porch, dinning room, living room, entrance, deck...since it was pot luck the yummii food (mostly bought...hahaha) only popo cooked her famous assam laksa, fried noodles and spaghetti.

The only time I experienced this many people in the house was on the eve of our wedding nite…wah lioa and this is only less than half of the klan…kong kong has 11 sibblings...they were productive leh!

then po po started them on writing out the family tree...so pens and papers were taken out and everyone tried to jot down their tree...guess who end up putting the branches and leaves together...me!! how did i end up with this task??? i dunno how i got volunteered??

I could recognize most of my cousins but their children and their children’s children…(told you ~ very productive family lah)…was a total lost to me!

erika, ellisa and synn-yi was so mesmerized by their new cousins, especially the good-looking spiky hair kor kor! Hahaha, guess we better meet up more often.

the old, the look-a-like contest.....see who looks like kong kong??

the future generation

the kids had fun time playing, chasing their newly found cousins, and making friends.

after makan, the older folks happily brought out their own entertainment - mah jong and started "swimming" and making $$$. end up like gambling den with 2 mahjong sessions.

the ones that could not grab a hot seat on the table, started entertaining themselves with songs...ya singing and croooning away...it was a full moon nite...no wonder la!

it was fun fun fun, we should do this more often!

more photos here....

the early birds get to eat first

just for fun....let ellisa blow the candles on the homemade yummilicious choc. cake from "ah har"

kongkong carry me....carry me pleezzzz...

the only proper group photo taken!!