.: m.i.c.h.e.l.l.e.l.a.m :.: thanksgiving

another outdated post.. =)

thanksgiving is a BIG celebration in the states because of the pilgrims last time ... (find out yourself, is interesting)

the traditional meal will be turkey, carousel, mashed potatoes, pies etc etc etc

so...

the stupid university dining halls have the thanksgiving dinner on thursday (not my working day)...my supervisor, tom (well known to be a gay there,lolzzz), asked us to work due to shortage of man power in the dishroom....

and...

cz of $$$, i AGREED...but i regretted after that...on normal days, the number of people will reach approximately 600 but on thanksgiving dinner, it reached 1136!!! closed to double...the plates, bowls, glasses came NON-STOP!!!

in the end, i was still happy cz i see $$$ =D

joel, another supervisor, saved some cold food for us =( but it tasted not too bad...there were turkey, mashed potatoes, pies, casserole like those traditional food...

traditional dinner 1

the next day, friday, chia sin and i went for the international student fellowship thanksgiving dinner again for fun...and again turkey was served, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole etc etc etc... =/

traditional dinner 2

we had fun though especially when we were discussing about our own culture with the others...something like

this..

and we answered hari gawai as an ocassion something like thanksgiving! what the hell...we crapped so much! and even till chinese new year cz is a reunion for the family like them having reunion with the family during thanksgiving! lolzzz

then chia sin and i went off to kansas city with megan and her friend, also, michelle =)

megan's family was so nice!! her parents accompanied us throughout the whole break, talking to us, knowing more about us and bringing us around....really nice family...

the next day we went to a church place for pancakes breakfast...is not an american culture but a culture for the langfords... =D the black stuff is burnt pork sausages, nothing gross... =p

heidi, megan's mum, taught us on how to roast the turkey =) dad, see this!!
and i just came to know that there's 2 types of meat in a turkey after roasting, the top part will be white meat and the bottom part will be dark meat and is due to all those haemoglobin in the turkey...

the table was set up by david i think...megan's dad btw... =)

traditional dinner 3
perfect!
even the napkins has turkey printed on it!! and is beautifully decorated with fall decorations... <3

we had dinner at 3 and finish cleaning up by 4.30pm...we left the house to kansas city, MO at 5 something for ...

the countdown of thanksgiving? haha...

the town was beautifully litted up with all the lights around the buildings and fireworks but the fireworks lasted for only 5 minutes! =( the sky was so dark but it was only 6pm