Catching along with my group and cooking their favorite dish.

Hello everyone. Hope you're all doing good.
It's already September. Beer month has started. Christmas is approaching. I attended one of the group sessions last Sunday and I had a great time. It was held in one of our mentors' place. She offered her place to accommodate us and do the cooking there😁. Some of my group friends came there early to cook. They volunteered to cook the dish that they like and our mentor bought the ingredients. I read in our group chat how excited they were to cook on that day. Some even came earlier than the expected time because of the excitement. I just reached there half way through the cooking.

Some brought foods that they cooked at home to share. Some of us just observed and watched the one that was cooking. Some help sliced the ingredients. I just helped set up the table. I didn't offer to help with the cooking because some of the skin in my fingers are broken due to allergies. I'm not even prepared for washing because I need gloves to do it. Anyway they also got the dishwasher so washing won't be a problem.

The boiled veggies.

The soup. This was made by one of our Myanmar friend though I didn't try coz there's chicken on it. Everyone else said it's a very nice dish.

Prawns in coconut milk that it took me a lot of effort to stop myself from eating.☹️

Roast pork with Tofu.

They cook different kinds of dishes. Some I didn't get the chance to snap photos. Most Filipino foods as the majority are Filipinos.

After setting up the table we start to eat. Every dish looks great. I ate pork with Tofu (tokwa't baboy ) in my language. The sambal fish was wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.

The boiled vegetables, I chose the lady finger. I also want to try the prawns cooked in coconut milk (ginataang hipon) but I stop myself because my allergy would attack me. Same with the chicken😖.

Photos credit to my friends and mentors who took the shot.

We catch up a bit after eating. Sharing about our life. May it be personal or about work they are ready to listen. Up to you which one you're comfortable to share with. Give advice and try to lift up your burden. They also offer counseling if you need to.

After that dessert again was served. There's ice cream of three flavours, cookies and some fruits. I just took ice cream and cookies. I think it is homemade cookies. It tastes good and it's bigger than the usual cookies that I see. I saw they had a pet rabbit there. I asked permission if I could take photos of it and she happily agreed. I just snapped one photo. My angle is not good. I'm shy to snap more photos coz maybe she would wonder why😆.

After dessert we all tidy up and help clean our mess. The session is finished.
After stepping out of the house I thought it's raining. Oh it's not, just the sound of a fountain and swimming pool in the distance.