2 days have passed, and though we had 22 people at the bbq, no one posted. Hm... It suddenly occured to me that the reason why we tend to post on our blogs and not squad blog is quite simple.
Probably we ponder about how our viewpoint is insufficient and limited. 1st person POV, or limited omniscient, whatever it is... When we post about things on the squad blog, it seems as if it has to do with the squad. That explains why many posts are strictly informative now.
In such cases... Perhaps we feel better in our own comfort zone, our own blogs, whereby it is our opinion that matters, our experiences that take front stage.
But, squadmates, we are not just individuals. Only if all the individuals chip in do we have a squad.
Kay, so though I left early, I shall post. If I miss out things, you are invited to correct me.
Squad bbq, 6 Dec 2010.
Our second and probably more successful squad bbq, held at Seow Hwee's house yet again.
Preparation: On 4 Dec, around 11 in the morning, two of us went to Yew Tee to buy chicken wings, squid, juice and marshmellows at Fairprice. Pei Hao and myself. We were joined in due time by Seow Hwee, then followed her to her house where we bombarded her house and intruded into her family's hospitality (^^) to prepare the squid and chicken.
There, we were coached by Seow Hwee's mum on how to separate bits of squid, how to clean the squid, etc. That was when I finally got why the squid we eat always turned out in ringlets.
The chicken wings were cut into three- the job which took either experience or brute force mainly undertaken by our dear coordi (guess which)- and then marinated.
We left Seow Hwee's place, after being treated to nuggets and pasta by Seow Hwee's mum and unwinding in front of the TV, at about 2.30pm.
Actual day: Majority of us reached Yew Tee just after 4pm, and waited for other squadmates to turn up. Then, we all went to Fairprice to pick up other things we needed- inclusive of satay, otah, sausages, ice, thongs and fire starters.
We then made our way to Seow Hwee's house (unless I'm mistaken, about 5pm). Seow Hwee, Ken, Madeleine, Shou Fong and I went to the kitchen to prepare bee hoon and fried eggs. Unfortunately, none of us had the relevant experience, but apart from making the bee hoon stick to the wok, nothing much went wrong. At the later part, Pei Hao joined in to help as well. There were discussions about what sauces to put in, and whether you could taste the pepper more or the sauce... But in the end, the bee hoon (added with luncheon meat and fried eggs) turned out fine. Too little though.
Outside, squadmates helped to wrap the squid into the aluminium foil in the living room. At six, most squadmates went directly to the bbq pit beside the nice pool... Only to realise after at least ten minutes that there was no fire starter. ^^ It was drizzling.
As the fire was being started by the guys, we attacked the marshmellows, bee hoon (really quite insufficient) and orange juice. The guys prepared the squid and sausages.
Oh yeah, I have yet to mention who were there. If memory serves, there were 22 squadmates present:
Seow Hwee (of course), Madeleine, Shou Fong, Ken, Pei Hao, Yang Sheng, Jing Hua, Keng Seng, Xing Yao, Madeline, Michele, Freda, Chloe, Ying Ying, Yun Hui, Jie Min, Junianti, Kristine, Pei Jia, Amanda, Ruth and I. And not forgetting Seow Hwee's younger brother. ^^
By 8, the guys finally got the chicken cooked, (or partly cooked) but kudos to them, since the chicken was still rock hard ice frozen at 6. In the attempt to make them fully cooked, the chicken got kinda burnt, but I guess we can't have the best of both worlds...?
Chloe, Amanda and I tried to get some pics of the BBQ, but my pics are too blur to be satisfactory. Chloe took quite a lot of photos in my impression, and Amanda got at least a video. And it was about this time that Madeleine, Shou Fong, Pei Jia and I left. So... No idea how the otah and satay turned out, but hope everyone had a good time. =)
Special thanks to the guys, all of them, for doing the fire starting and lots of the cooking. And to Seow Hwee, for volunteering her place. More than two third attendence- I think it's a successful BBQ. Thanks, all who came, and all who contributed. Guys, hope you didn't starve yourselves while cooking for us all.
All for one, one for all.
Hotshots ftw.
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Jing Yee
P.S. I have no idea why the colour doesn't load. So sorry to anyone who gets a headache reading my spamming of words.
