As promised a photo of my finished pavlova:
I think I prefer just a normal white pavlova to the chocolate version, but my sister is a choco fanatic, so at least she ate some this time :-).
The yearly Costa-Wong gathering was fun and we basically stuck with tradition and played games until the wee hours of the morning. Our usuals are The Game of Life, poker, mah jong, etc...But this time since the parents were here too, there were ten of us in all and we opted for a round of Cranium. Sort of a mish-mash game with four categories each focusing on different types of challenges. One category had a "hum this song" type thing and it was hilarious. Quick! Hum, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"! Hard right? Well I blanked out and all I could get out was that part of the song where Bobby McFerrin saaaays and not actually sings, "don't worry be happy". So my clue to my poor teammates sounded something like this reads: hum hmm hum, hum hmm hum. Pathetic...yes, but an incredibly good laugh too.
All in all, a lovely night ending with my sis and I staying up even later to continue more of our Lost marathon. Woot!