Ow, soreness! I decided to procrastinate on my CS project to go with Karen and her friends to San Francisco. \’Twas interesting and…fun! :D Five guys and three girls! We went ice skating (where I fell a record of six times…it was only my second time skating). I wanted to eat at the Cheesecake Factory after the experience I had in SD, but the wait was going to be two hours. Instead we headed to the food court in San Francisco Shopping Centre. Then we wandered around the mall for a bit…until we wearily collapsed back on the BART trains.

Procrastination is great, isn\’t it?

Yay, I got a Valentine card! :D Isn\’t the baby cute? One day late though, because my sister put down the wrong address…and forgot my apartment number.


(Outside) Love stinks.
(Inside) Friendship though, is still okay. Happy Valentine\’s Day

This is funny. My roommate thought my other roommate was kidnapped because she didn\’t return until the morning. If that is so, then I have been kidnapped a lot. :D The times that I came back really late with Alex last semester (although that was usually before 5 am). Then the two times that I did all-nighters in Soda. Then the two times that…ahaa…stayed overnight elsewhere. ;)

So yesterday night was really nice. :) And fun.

It took forever for Xing, Christina, Mae and Tram to get dressed. Mae kept wanting to wear her \”slacks\” which made the occasion ever so informal. I later poked fun at her for being the guy in the group. :) Nonetheless, we rushed over to Venezia in our heels and with complaints of the cold in ten minutes from Xing\’s apt. Kathy came in ten minutes later.

The food itself was…pretty good although I regret ordering the dish with a lot…of yucky vegetables-Linguine con Carciofi e Pollo. The waiter ignored our empty bread basket though. And no the food wasn\’t salty. Yet, Tram, Xing, Christina, and Mae left right after they finished the main courses. Kathy stayed with me while I tried the dessert (which is not to be missed) and help me deal with the check. They overcharged us thirty bucks. Tsk tsk…dining at 9:30 pm means that we don\’t have cover charges.

Nonetheless it was fun. The band was good, but unfortunately, our table was right next to them. And it was…fun to stare at mushy couples as they held hands throughout dinner. That is too much even for me. :)

I think we should do it again!

This week\’s Friday Five

1. What was the first thing you ever cooked?
Besides in a microwave, the first thing I ever cooked in the stove was scrambled eggs. All I basically did was crack open the egg in bowl…then whisk it. Then dump it into the oily pan…and cook.

2. What\’s your signature dish?
Fried rice. That\’s all I really make from scratch (if you can call it from scratch) as a college student…besides all the ramen I eat. And all the pasta. Let\’s not forget the frozen food. Mmmm…frozen corn dogs…frozen waffles…

3. Ever had a cooking disaster? (tasted like crap, didn\’t work, etc.) Describe.
In middle school, I subscribed to the Nickelodeon magazine. In one issue, they had a recipe for slime cookies. Now, I was curious to see how slime cookies tasted like. You know…maybe slime tasted sweet. Unfortunately…I followed the recipe closely and no slime didn\’t taste that sweet. Also because I didn\’t have any green food coloring, the slime was red. Bleh, well the cookies were dry…and nasty.

4. If skill and money were no object, what would make for your dream meal?
If I would make? I\’ll have someone make it! Okay, strawberry soup or coconut-peach soup. Yes, a chilled soup. Wait let\’s just skip directly to the dessert. Sweet crepes. Zabaione alla Gritti. Custard. Ice cream. :)

5. What are you doing this weekend?
Working in the basement of Soda with Karen (hopefully she can be my partner) on the CS project. Then Herb is visiting me on Sunday!!! :D For once, I am staying in Berkeley over the weekend because my parents are flying back up from San Diego and won\’t get back until late Saturday night. Oh and yes, dinner with the grandparents on Sunday too (second round of Chinese New Year celebration).

I admit it. Yes, I use Cingular for my cell phone service despite its horrible reception in Berkeley. Yes, I do get many \”system busy\” messages. But hey I have GSM! :D Look to the right…yes that\’s a benefit of having GSM.

According to my cell, I used my cell for a total of 16 hours, 55 minutes and 49 seconds for last month. According to the bill, I was on the phone for 1173 total minutes. Oooo wee! :D I remember one month when I used up over 3000 minutes. Those were crazy times.

Valentine\’s Day doesn\’t need to be only for couples. A few weeks ago, I suggested to my girl buds that we go out for dinner on V-day. So in just a few hours (yeah well, I reserved late hehe), we (Xing, Tram, Kathy, Christina, Mae and me) will be dining in exquisite style at Venezia and interrupting intimate mushy moments of couples who dare to have a table close to us. I already got my special red outfit on. Look to the right! :D

Oh no…I am obsessed. It\’s not that I have to keep tabs on everybody, but rather…well okay, I just want to know if it\’s my psuedo-enemy reading my blog. Who is 12-232-151-73.client.attbi.com? It\’s definitely cable internet. Uses Internet Explorer 5.13 and a Macintosh Power PC? It\’s driving me nuts, because that person didn\’t identify herself in the comments. She put down a girl for name, e-mail, and url. Maybe it\’s a fifty year old man. :D A fifty year old man with a fancy for nineteen year college students who have the ability to hack into computers. *HINT* Yes, that means identify yourself! :p