Christmas Tree Light Up

The Tanglin Club celebrated the light up of their Christmas Tree in their lobby.

The lobby was packed. The choir sang for half an hour before the lobby was dimmed for the tree to be lighted up. More carols followed and finished with the arrival of the ang moh Dua Peh Kong (or literally 'red hair big old grandpa' in hokkien ).

The large turnout took the staff by surprise. They estimated 450 people but 700 people turned up! Apparently the membership seats have opened up and doubled. Before, some people would be on wait list for as long as ten years to get in.

At the reception, we had stollen, cookies, mint pies and a wonderful drink called mockwine which I have never tried before. It was warm with a beautiful bouquet of fruit flavour. The waiter mentioned the wine was cooked with ingredients such as orange peel, lemon peel, cinnamon, port, almonds, and other wonderful secret stuff.