December already
I can't believe that it's already December AND that I haven't updated my blog for two weeks! I wasn't that particularly busy but updating blog wasn't on top of my to-do list. N
ot much has happened in the last two weeks. Oh...it looks like I stopped updating my blog on the day Dave came in town...so it's all his fault. Anyway, I will just briefly go over what has been going on in the past two weeks.weekend before Thanksgiving--Dave drove all the way from Ohio to NY on Saturday. After 10 hours of driving(!), he finally got here. We went out for dinner and we accidentally found the Greek restaurant in Astoria his friend or co-worker recommended--even though Dave forgot to bring the direction to the restaurant! Food was decent, and the price was reasonable. I had stuffed tomato and green pepper, and Dave had stewed rabbit! Rabbit tasted like tasteless chicken (well, not that chicken has that much of taste). I don't know if I will go back to the restaurant again (and who wants to hang out in Astoria anyway??) but this doesn't mean that I didn't like the restaurant.
Next day, we went to get some dim sum in Chinatown. We randomly picked this place on Mott, and it was quite good. I actually liked this place better than the other place we went with my roomie in September. Anyway, funny stuff happened there. We were sharing a table with a group of 4 White people (which made me the only Asian at the table). One of them asked the lady who passed by our table with a cart what one of the dim sum dishes was. Then, the lady responded, "try! it's yummy, yummy!" Typical dim sum scene! The lady didn't speak English well, or not well enough to explain what the dish was, so she simply said "it's yummy!" Not knowing what to say or do, this guy took the dish without knowing what it was. His friend asked him what it was and he answered, "um...it's yummy, yummy." Hahahahaha. I couldn't help laughing. I'm telling you, these dim sum ladies are all about making you eat more. After the fun time at dim sum, we went to this wine store in SoHo and did some tasting. It was pretty cheap--$5 for 5 tastings, and they pour so much wine for each tasting. I got little tipsy after the tasting! Then...we saw Paris Hilton! I didn't even notice her but Dave did. We saw her around Houston and B'way, shopping for shoes. then, we walked bit more in East Village and went to this nice cafe. It was really cozy there, and their latte and tiramisu were great!!! After we got more energy from warm drink and tiramisu, we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge towards Brooklyn. We finally went to this famous pizza place right by the bridge. Their pizza was great! We finished a large pizza! I definitely want to go back there again!
Next day (Monday), we had lunch with Yayoi's sister and her husband at this restaurant in Midtown. It was really nice. I was bit nervous at first because 1) it was for Dave to network with Yayoi's sister 2) pricy restaurant 3) I didn't know them very well. But at the end, I felt comfortable and had a good time. Bonus was, they are members of the MoMA and they could let us in to the museum for free! So, I got to see the MoMA for the first time! I don't think their collection changed too much but the architecture was amazing. I enjoyed it so much.
After writing this much, I'm getting bit tired...anyway, Dave drove up to Buffalo to spend Thanksgiving with his family on Tuesday, and it was kinda sad.
On Thanksgiving day, my roomies and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner together. None of us has ever cooked turkey before, but it turned out really good. I thought that I would have to eat at Boston Market and have a lonely Thanksgiving but I had a great Thanksgiving!
After Thanksgiving, I realized that I have so much work to do and I've been stressed ever since. I finally submitted my encyclopedia entry (first publication!) today and I'm feeling really good about it. :-) I hope the editors will like my writing. It's only 1500 words long but it's a big deal for me.Now I realize that updating blog after a long time of absence is not a good idea. I'm going to get some beauty sleep now and try to keep my blog updated from now on.
ot much has happened in the last two weeks. Oh...it looks like I stopped updating my blog on the day Dave came in town...so it's all his fault. Anyway, I will just briefly go over what has been going on in the past two weeks.weekend before Thanksgiving--Dave drove all the way from Ohio to NY on Saturday. After 10 hours of driving(!), he finally got here. We went out for dinner and we accidentally found the Greek restaurant in Astoria his friend or co-worker recommended--even though Dave forgot to bring the direction to the restaurant! Food was decent, and the price was reasonable. I had stuffed tomato and green pepper, and Dave had stewed rabbit! Rabbit tasted like tasteless chicken (well, not that chicken has that much of taste). I don't know if I will go back to the restaurant again (and who wants to hang out in Astoria anyway??) but this doesn't mean that I didn't like the restaurant.
Next day, we went to get some dim sum in Chinatown. We randomly picked this place on Mott, and it was quite good. I actually liked this place better than the other place we went with my roomie in September. Anyway, funny stuff happened there. We were sharing a table with a group of 4 White people (which made me the only Asian at the table). One of them asked the lady who passed by our table with a cart what one of the dim sum dishes was. Then, the lady responded, "try! it's yummy, yummy!" Typical dim sum scene! The lady didn't speak English well, or not well enough to explain what the dish was, so she simply said "it's yummy!" Not knowing what to say or do, this guy took the dish without knowing what it was. His friend asked him what it was and he answered, "um...it's yummy, yummy." Hahahahaha. I couldn't help laughing. I'm telling you, these dim sum ladies are all about making you eat more. After the fun time at dim sum, we went to this wine store in SoHo and did some tasting. It was pretty cheap--$5 for 5 tastings, and they pour so much wine for each tasting. I got little tipsy after the tasting! Then...we saw Paris Hilton! I didn't even notice her but Dave did. We saw her around Houston and B'way, shopping for shoes. then, we walked bit more in East Village and went to this nice cafe. It was really cozy there, and their latte and tiramisu were great!!! After we got more energy from warm drink and tiramisu, we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge towards Brooklyn. We finally went to this famous pizza place right by the bridge. Their pizza was great! We finished a large pizza! I definitely want to go back there again!
Next day (Monday), we had lunch with Yayoi's sister and her husband at this restaurant in Midtown. It was really nice. I was bit nervous at first because 1) it was for Dave to network with Yayoi's sister 2) pricy restaurant 3) I didn't know them very well. But at the end, I felt comfortable and had a good time. Bonus was, they are members of the MoMA and they could let us in to the museum for free! So, I got to see the MoMA for the first time! I don't think their collection changed too much but the architecture was amazing. I enjoyed it so much.
After writing this much, I'm getting bit tired...anyway, Dave drove up to Buffalo to spend Thanksgiving with his family on Tuesday, and it was kinda sad.
On Thanksgiving day, my roomies and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner together. None of us has ever cooked turkey before, but it turned out really good. I thought that I would have to eat at Boston Market and have a lonely Thanksgiving but I had a great Thanksgiving!
After Thanksgiving, I realized that I have so much work to do and I've been stressed ever since. I finally submitted my encyclopedia entry (first publication!) today and I'm feeling really good about it. :-) I hope the editors will like my writing. It's only 1500 words long but it's a big deal for me.Now I realize that updating blog after a long time of absence is not a good idea. I'm going to get some beauty sleep now and try to keep my blog updated from now on.
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