calamity in the household this afternoon when the CNY buffet lunch that we thought was ordered for 初六 , the sixth day of chinese new year, showed up today, february the sixth. finding ourselves with food for 30 persons on our hands we frantically phone the relations to come a week earlier.

but lo, 35 hungry tays responded to the call of the clan at short notice and by the time the caterers show up to take away their platters and trays and lids we have fed them all and had besides to fry up some extra ngohiang and heichor intended for reunion dinner proper. vaughn said the excellent turnout was because we sent up the fatsignal, but that boy is very rude so i will ignore that and chalk it all up to clan unity, and all that.