Yesterday we celebrated Father's Day because today Uyen and Bob (and Ralphie!) are celebrating it with Bob's dad. Last night we ate mini hot pot. It was everyone else's first time eating non-Vietnamese style hot pot. I introduced it to them and they loved it! Today's the day for all the dad's. I love my Ba! Also, today is my momma's birthday! Happy Birthday momma!
By the way, over the weekend Philip and I watched Splice. Very weird movie.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
National Spelling Bee
I'm just now tuned into the middle of the National Spelling Bee on ABC that's on right now. This mixed Asian girl had to spell "confiserie" (oooh there are squiggly lines under that word as I typed it). It's a French word! Is that even fair? These words are crazy, all these contestants should be winners. But anyway, they pronounced "confiserie" as "COL-FIZ-AH-REE" and I felt so bad for that girl. I knew the pronunciation threw her off, and of course, she spelt it with an "L" in place of the "n". When they said "sorry", she made this face like "that's not how you spell "colfiserie?" and they pronounced it again, slightly producing the "n" sound and she felt so bad.
uh oh, gotta go, i'll finish this post later. about to eat crawfish!
uh oh, gotta go, i'll finish this post later. about to eat crawfish!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
It's a Fun Night Every Night!
"Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin
Alright, last two months in the USA... must not waste a single second! Every night must be a fun night! Lately it's been raining so although I'm in an ALTA tennis league for the summer, we haven't had that much practice. It started thunderstorming with lightning yesterday so granted, practice was canceled. We went with a group of friends to Steamhouse Lounge on West Peachtree Street for their special deal of $5 dozen oysters! (Gotta try out a new place every time from now on). I'm so used to seafood joints in Atlanta being so expensive, that I was thoroughly pleased with the prices here. We ordered lots and lots of oysters, hush puppies, Phil ordered a buttery corn on the cob, and we shared a lobster bisque soup that was to die for! Everything was yummy, can't wait to go back again!
Afterwards we all went to watch Prince of Persia and I realized I hadn't step foot in the theater in a really long time. It was an enjoyable movie being that Jake Gyllenhaal starred in it (love him!). It wasn't what I'd call an awesome movie, but I wouldn't say it sucked either. Oh and best part is that I didn't fall asleep. Score! I'm on a staying-awake streak now... one movie so far. Maybe because we watched an early 9pm showing haha =D
And today is the day I get to try my free reserved Chik Fil A Spicy Chicken Sandwich!
It's reserved for today between the hours of 5-8pm. Can't wait to eat it!
And then it's the first game for the NBA finals tonight! It's gonna be a curry night too! I have some super ripe bananas and plantains that will have to turn into banana bread. I've never put plantains in banana bread before, but I'm gonna try it anyway. Hope it turns out moistly, sweetly, yummily delicious.
Alright, last two months in the USA... must not waste a single second! Every night must be a fun night! Lately it's been raining so although I'm in an ALTA tennis league for the summer, we haven't had that much practice. It started thunderstorming with lightning yesterday so granted, practice was canceled. We went with a group of friends to Steamhouse Lounge on West Peachtree Street for their special deal of $5 dozen oysters! (Gotta try out a new place every time from now on). I'm so used to seafood joints in Atlanta being so expensive, that I was thoroughly pleased with the prices here. We ordered lots and lots of oysters, hush puppies, Phil ordered a buttery corn on the cob, and we shared a lobster bisque soup that was to die for! Everything was yummy, can't wait to go back again!
Afterwards we all went to watch Prince of Persia and I realized I hadn't step foot in the theater in a really long time. It was an enjoyable movie being that Jake Gyllenhaal starred in it (love him!). It wasn't what I'd call an awesome movie, but I wouldn't say it sucked either. Oh and best part is that I didn't fall asleep. Score! I'm on a staying-awake streak now... one movie so far. Maybe because we watched an early 9pm showing haha =D
And today is the day I get to try my free reserved Chik Fil A Spicy Chicken Sandwich!
(Ken Liu's picture, Ken Liu's sandwich)
It's reserved for today between the hours of 5-8pm. Can't wait to eat it!
And then it's the first game for the NBA finals tonight! It's gonna be a curry night too! I have some super ripe bananas and plantains that will have to turn into banana bread. I've never put plantains in banana bread before, but I'm gonna try it anyway. Hope it turns out moistly, sweetly, yummily delicious.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." -Rhett Butler
This weekend was Memorial Day weekend! Didn't really feel any different, since every day is a holiday for me =D. There's no such thing as a "yay, no work or school tomorrow" for me. Every day is summer! Oh life is great! ... for now.
So this weekend I watched this movie that's taken me several years to get around to watching. Gone With the Wind.
I've felt horrible to have never seen it. It takes place in MY HOMETOWN. It's a classic love story during the Civil War, the first colored film, taken place in Jonesboro, and I've never seen it in my life. What a shame. We have a VHS at home, and I wasn't in the mood to watch it in that quality. I downloaded it in blu-ray and finally watched it over the weekend. I LOVED IT! I've never read the book. My mom told me the book was much better, cuz in the movie, you hate Scarlett and Rhett, but in the book, you love them. I liked Rhett Butler. Not only was Scarlett O'Hara from Jonesboro, but Rhett Butler was from Charleston! Like Philip! So I was imagining that love story as me and Philip hehe... til I found out later in the end Rhett leaves her.. haha so nevermind! But it was pretty neat though, when they'd mention Twelve Oaks, Tara, McDonough, or even Clayton County, I was like wow, I know all these places! Great great great movie, probably my favorite classic movie now, along with Sound of Music. I'm definitely gonna read the book.
.... after I finish The DaVinci Code. Bob printed a copy of this book in 2003 and passed it around and it got to me and I never got around to reading it. Seven years later and here I am ready to start. I'm sure it'll be an enjoyable read. Can't wait to finish it and start Gone With the Wind!
Oh and Chi Doan's baby is now named Mason Cheng. All newborns look alike. I look back at Ralph's newborn pictures and it shows absolutely no resemblance to what he looks like now. Mason in this picture though, does kinda look like Emily. He's gonna be cuuute!
And lastly, for Memorial Day, we all went over to Giang's house. They've lived there for what, nearly two years now, and I FINALLY saw what their bedrooms looked like. Isn't that crazy? Time really flies when you realize it's been that long and you never got around to going upstairs! I love their house. I can't wait to buy my own house someday and decorate it.
Okay, foreal lastly, I finally chose an apartment to stay at in Grenada. I didn't want to stay at the only dorm offered to me in Grand Anse because it's known to be really old and run-down. It runs out of hot water, the drinking water is unfiltered, and just other things that makes it sound 10x worse than Ga Tech's Woodies. Finding a place off campus without knowing the island was hard. Knowing that I won't have a car made it even harder to find a place in a convenient location and close to school. Putting rent costs aside, I wanted to find a place that was comfortable, clean, convenient, and safe. I had to keep in mind not to have high expectations. All the apartments looked like beach houses. I did the best I could to find the perfect one and finally narrowed it down to Grand Moves Apartments: http://www.travelgrenada.com/moves.htm. I really hope it's a good place. Last thing I want is to live in an uncomfortable place! I'm pretty sure I'll be fine though. I think I adapt easily? :)
So this weekend I watched this movie that's taken me several years to get around to watching. Gone With the Wind.
I've felt horrible to have never seen it. It takes place in MY HOMETOWN. It's a classic love story during the Civil War, the first colored film, taken place in Jonesboro, and I've never seen it in my life. What a shame. We have a VHS at home, and I wasn't in the mood to watch it in that quality. I downloaded it in blu-ray and finally watched it over the weekend. I LOVED IT! I've never read the book. My mom told me the book was much better, cuz in the movie, you hate Scarlett and Rhett, but in the book, you love them. I liked Rhett Butler. Not only was Scarlett O'Hara from Jonesboro, but Rhett Butler was from Charleston! Like Philip! So I was imagining that love story as me and Philip hehe... til I found out later in the end Rhett leaves her.. haha so nevermind! But it was pretty neat though, when they'd mention Twelve Oaks, Tara, McDonough, or even Clayton County, I was like wow, I know all these places! Great great great movie, probably my favorite classic movie now, along with Sound of Music. I'm definitely gonna read the book.
.... after I finish The DaVinci Code. Bob printed a copy of this book in 2003 and passed it around and it got to me and I never got around to reading it. Seven years later and here I am ready to start. I'm sure it'll be an enjoyable read. Can't wait to finish it and start Gone With the Wind!
Oh and Chi Doan's baby is now named Mason Cheng. All newborns look alike. I look back at Ralph's newborn pictures and it shows absolutely no resemblance to what he looks like now. Mason in this picture though, does kinda look like Emily. He's gonna be cuuute!
And lastly, for Memorial Day, we all went over to Giang's house. They've lived there for what, nearly two years now, and I FINALLY saw what their bedrooms looked like. Isn't that crazy? Time really flies when you realize it's been that long and you never got around to going upstairs! I love their house. I can't wait to buy my own house someday and decorate it.
Okay, foreal lastly, I finally chose an apartment to stay at in Grenada. I didn't want to stay at the only dorm offered to me in Grand Anse because it's known to be really old and run-down. It runs out of hot water, the drinking water is unfiltered, and just other things that makes it sound 10x worse than Ga Tech's Woodies. Finding a place off campus without knowing the island was hard. Knowing that I won't have a car made it even harder to find a place in a convenient location and close to school. Putting rent costs aside, I wanted to find a place that was comfortable, clean, convenient, and safe. I had to keep in mind not to have high expectations. All the apartments looked like beach houses. I did the best I could to find the perfect one and finally narrowed it down to Grand Moves Apartments: http://www.travelgrenada.com/moves.htm. I really hope it's a good place. Last thing I want is to live in an uncomfortable place! I'm pretty sure I'll be fine though. I think I adapt easily? :)
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