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First BBQ in The Cottage

The Cottage.  That is the name for our house according to Marce.  Because there are many of her friends living in our area, apparently each house has a name and we need one too.

Seeing how beautiful the weather has been, I suggested doing an impromptu BBQ for a small group of friends on Saturday night.  More manageable, less fuss.  And I am not in top form to host too big a group for now.

The Cottage has historically been a "social house" amongst the Hillsong family in our area.  Our predecessors, also 3 girls from Hillsong, had opened up the house for lots of social events especially in the summer, making use of the big garden.  And credit has to go to Rebecca who has done A LOT of gardening work every now and then.  You would laugh when I tell you last Thursday was the first time I sat in my garden properly and realised what I have been missing out...

We invited some friends around the area and Laura, who is Marce's best friend is back in the UK and was free to join us.  Laura is an actress who recently just ended her season of Marry Poppins in NYC She plays the lead Mary Poppins and I have heard so much about her since I was housemates with Marketa.  And that was because Laura's brother Nathaniel used to be housemates with Marketa.  Not only Mary Poppins, she recently played the lead actress in Ronan Keating's latest movie, Goddess, and she just attended the recent Cannes Festival with him.  It's not everyday you get to meet an actress so when K heard about this Laura lady, boy was he excited to meet her!  (actually me too! lol)

Let's pause here and get back to where the BBQ started and our chef wore a nice red apron courtesy of Rebecca.

Lucky K was the only guy when it started so he had the honour to be our chef

"We want meat grilled to perfection please!!"

This is the best charcoal ever.  They pack bags of charcoal and all you do is light the corner of the bag and after a few minutes, the bag burns away and all you get is lighted charcoal ready for BBQ!  Easy peasy!
Rebecca baked this Pavlova as a summertime dessert.  One day I will be able to whip up something like that I am sure ;)

Laura turned up soon after and lo and behold.  As normal as can be.  Obviously she knows everyone else so everyone started chatting happily and normally.  She is such a friendly person too, no airs of an actress whatsoever.  Star struck?  Not at all.  It was just a night of friends hanging out.  We all stayed outside until 9pm when it got chilly and we went indoors and played Billionaire, a card game led by Rebecca. 

Rebecca, Laura and Marce.  Don't you think the best friends look like each other too??

K was very happy to see another guy who joined us later.  *big sigh of relief* Dan and his wife Becky.  He finally could ease better haha 

Clockwise: Dan & Becky, Marcia and me, K the chef, Laura & Marcia
 
We think more BBQs to come!

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