weekend plans never work
I thought my MLK weekend was overbooked but it turned out to be very boring and uneventful.
Friday--went to Riku's 1st birthday party. He is one of the cute little ones I babysit. Party was great; great food and good people. I was surrounded by bunch of 1 year-old babies and their moms. Of course, I was the only adult who was single. It felt kinda wierd hanging out with mothers and babies because they are not the kind of people I usually hang out with. All they talked about was pregnancy, prenatal care, good ob/gyn doctors, baby food, and husbands. One of the mothers was married to a white guy who is from middle-of-nowhere Ohio. I found her bit annoying because she kept talking about how Americans are like this and how British are like that. She just likes to generalize all kinds of racial/ethnic groups, like "Americans think they are the best in the world", "British are stubborn", and "Indians are cheap" There are some truth to what she said but I didn't like hearing her grossly generalizing all these people. And she kept saying how proud she was to be Japanese and how much she values Japanese heritage and culture. That's great but I got an impression that she's trying so hard to fit into the mainstream American culture. I think she's feeling bit confclited about her cultural identity...
Nonetheless, I had a great time.
After the party, I went to see Larry's dance competition at Columbia. Larry and his partner, Mayumi, did great. I could see them completely enjoying it. and it was great to see other dancers, too. omg...the girls were soooooooo pretty! People who were competing in the highest level were amazing....I saw their Latin dance competition and I just couldn't believe what they could do! They were so athletic. Overall, I had a great time!
Saturday: Ira called me at 8:30am(!) to tell me that he's not coming in to the city to hang out with me. Not a big surprise. I knew it even before he called. Then, I had to babysit for four hours. Because the mom teaches at home, I had to take the kid out. We went outside, and it was super cold! We ended up going to B&N to look at some books, went to eat pizza, and went to Washington Square Park. We both had a good time (except for the part where I had to change poopy diaper) After that, I went back to my apartment and relaxed.
Sunday: I don't remember what I did...probably just read for a bit and watched TV.
Monday: did nothing again. but went to a Vietnamese restaurant in Elmhurst with my roomies to have dinner. That's about it. Nothing exciting. Again, read some articles at Starbucks during the day.
So, most of the weekend plans didn't work out...and had a rather boring weekend. I think it's not good to have all the plans up in the air. They usually end up just being plans.
Friday--went to Riku's 1st birthday party. He is one of the cute little ones I babysit. Party was great; great food and good people. I was surrounded by bunch of 1 year-old babies and their moms. Of course, I was the only adult who was single. It felt kinda wierd hanging out with mothers and babies because they are not the kind of people I usually hang out with. All they talked about was pregnancy, prenatal care, good ob/gyn doctors, baby food, and husbands. One of the mothers was married to a white guy who is from middle-of-nowhere Ohio. I found her bit annoying because she kept talking about how Americans are like this and how British are like that. She just likes to generalize all kinds of racial/ethnic groups, like "Americans think they are the best in the world", "British are stubborn", and "Indians are cheap" There are some truth to what she said but I didn't like hearing her grossly generalizing all these people. And she kept saying how proud she was to be Japanese and how much she values Japanese heritage and culture. That's great but I got an impression that she's trying so hard to fit into the mainstream American culture. I think she's feeling bit confclited about her cultural identity...
Nonetheless, I had a great time.
After the party, I went to see Larry's dance competition at Columbia. Larry and his partner, Mayumi, did great. I could see them completely enjoying it. and it was great to see other dancers, too. omg...the girls were soooooooo pretty! People who were competing in the highest level were amazing....I saw their Latin dance competition and I just couldn't believe what they could do! They were so athletic. Overall, I had a great time!
Saturday: Ira called me at 8:30am(!) to tell me that he's not coming in to the city to hang out with me. Not a big surprise. I knew it even before he called. Then, I had to babysit for four hours. Because the mom teaches at home, I had to take the kid out. We went outside, and it was super cold! We ended up going to B&N to look at some books, went to eat pizza, and went to Washington Square Park. We both had a good time (except for the part where I had to change poopy diaper) After that, I went back to my apartment and relaxed.
Sunday: I don't remember what I did...probably just read for a bit and watched TV.
Monday: did nothing again. but went to a Vietnamese restaurant in Elmhurst with my roomies to have dinner. That's about it. Nothing exciting. Again, read some articles at Starbucks during the day.
So, most of the weekend plans didn't work out...and had a rather boring weekend. I think it's not good to have all the plans up in the air. They usually end up just being plans.
posted by shihoko @ 11:13 AM
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