It is a yearly 'tradition' to take time off during December to visit winter countries and spend our Christmas overseas. Since we 'breach the tradition' this year, I decided that Christmas should be way more special than dining in restaurants. I mentioned the idea of roasting our own Turkey to Dad and he was very very keen in it. Thank God for foodie Dad.





Roasting a turkey isn't that troublesome afterall. Just takes a little more effort but it's totally manageable. We did a little research and decided to take the safest path by following Gordon Ramsey's recipe and of course it did not fail us!




We were all scrambling around the house, trying to keep things neat and at the same time everything was in a mess. Everyone was everywhere and everyone is calling everyone's name.








The Turk weighs around 4.6kg and it took me close to 2 hours of roasting (30 min per kg). We buttered the bird the day before and I started roasting at 10am today even though it was meant for dinner. Totally worth waking up early just to perfect this dish.




Let the feast begin!






Waiting patiently for the Turk to be sliced properly.




What a splendid Christmas dinner with my relatives and family!
Jolly Christmas to all and have a very blessed final few days of 2014 x

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This is another Christmas inspired idea.
I thought that it would really please me to have a reindeer in my room and since I can't get a figurine reindeer, I decided to make my own.
My reindeer is far from a figurine. It's absolutely flimsy.





Materials you'll need:

01 Felt material in Black (or any colour you like) from Daiso
02 White chalk/ Crayon
03 Scissors
04 Blue Tack

Now, you're all ready!

Step 1: Google a reindeer you like and you can start tracing it using the White chalk/ crayon.





Step 2: You can safely cut it out now!



I personally cut along the outer lining of the white tracing.
It's up to you to choose how you want to cut it.
I prefer the outer lining because if anything goes wrong, at least the lining is still there to guide me into saving my work.



Step 3: Get blue tack and stick the reindeer onto the wall.





Yes, it is that simple. In 3 simple steps and you're done!
It's really that easy. DIY for dummies actually.

Anyways, I got the cork board from Daiso a few years back and the thumbtacks were from Typo.
I'm really satisfied with my room right now. Beautifully made for myself.