I was looking at my facebook profile picture and thought about how all these people think that Linae and I look exactly the same, except she's smaller of course. I feel she's a lot cuter than I am, but that seems to be countered by things like, "Oh that's because she's smaller than you."
Haha... logical I suppose.
But really... there is just not a "cute" bone in my body.
Anyway... after staring for so long, our faces began to merge and then I was thinking, "Oh my god... we DO look exactly the same!" Then I had a Holden Caulfield type of stream of consciousness sort of thinking going on and remembered this one thing my sister said to me.
She was telling her friends how grateful she was to have me or else who would help her lie and yet keep her safe (paraphrasing I assure you because my sister will never show an ounce of that type of sisterly love towards me LOL).
You know... when you're doing something and you don't want your parental units to know, but at the same time you should definitely tell someone where you're going, where you'll be. I'm that someone for Linae.
I think about all these lies we tell our parents (because amongst the three of us (my brother as well), all we do in our spare time is figure out better excuses to tell our mom) and then I think about how great that we have an amazing bond, because we could easily use anything as blackmail.
I guess that's what makes our setup work so well. We totally believe in each other.
So thanks Mom, because the horrifying fear you've instilled in your children has created an unbreakable sibling bond.
Love Always,
Me
P.S. See... I knew there was something to this lack of sibling rivalry that you all call "unnatural".
Monday, November 29, 2010
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Blog
I know the template looks really emo right now, but I'm desperately trying to recall my html skills LOL.
Anyway, it's pretty hard to concentrate while Friday's shiny marble eyes are crying out for some puppy play.
Love Always,
Me
Anyway, it's pretty hard to concentrate while Friday's shiny marble eyes are crying out for some puppy play.
Love Always,
Me
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Food From Last Month
I know... I procrastinate.
Citrus @Santana Row:
We got a Clam Chowder. It was a mistake. It tasted of nothing but cream and was so insanely rich that the rest of the meal was a little difficult to enjoy.
I insisted on a Caesar Salad, because Rayland just does not enjoy vegetables that much LOL. It was pretty good! The salad was lightly dressed and the romaine was really fresh and crisp. That thing that's supposed to be a crouton was not a good pairing though.
My Seared Tuna dish of some sort (I should really blog sooner so I don't forget everything I ate). It was really good! Surprisingly, the fish was really fresh. There are yaki soba noodles beneath the bed of fish and they were really good, but a little heavy on the sauce.
Rayland's Prime Rib was the star of the night. I was tempted to switch with him. It was sooooooo delicious and tender. The best part? They cooked it just like that. None of this slathered-in-sauce nonsense that other steak places seem to think is phenomenal. My rule with steak is that you MUST be able to taste the meat the way it is. (There's some Chinese saying about the original taste of food. I just can't translate it haha.)
The next day, we made a scramble with the leftover meat and it was DI-VINE!
Overall, Citrus was okay. It was pleasant enough lol.
Crab Landing:
I think I decide whether or not I like a restaurant in the first 2 minutes upon arrival. So you can imagine how I must've felt when I saw this gorgeous, two-story restaurant with only 2 tables filled. To say it was a let down is an understatement.
I came across this restaurant when I was browsing Kron4's gift certificate section of the website. I yelped it and discovered that the decor was absolutely alluring, and so I ignored the 3star rating and made Rayland drive us out to the middle of nowhere in Half Moon Bay.
The drive was dangerous to say the least.
Anyway, this is the abalone chowder with lump crab meat. It was pretty good actually, but I couldn't really find the abalone. The lump crab meat, on the other hand, stared me in the face and cried for me to eat it. It was delicious and insanely fresh (as was all the seafood that was served).
California Roll with REAL Crab Meat. It tasted the same (and maybe worse) than a california roll with imitation crab meat. In fact, the texture was similar to that of tuna salad -__-
This was the best dish! It's Scallops wrapped in Smoked Salmon. Those scallops were ENORMOUS. The only thing is scallops tend to naturally run on the salty side, so the smoked salmon was really over the top with the salt. But the sauce was a good complement.
I cannot even remember what this was, because I just had no appetite at that point (full from disappointment I suppose). It was some sort of smoked salmon in crispy seaweed with sweet and spicy sauce. The flavors are pretty good in thought and the crispy seaweed was delicious. But together, it just didn't come out as good as it sounds. At least the fingerling potatoes were good, but let's be honest here: how could you possibly mess up potatoes?
To conclude: give Citrus a try and stay away from Crab Landing.
That is all.
Love Always,
Me
Citrus @Santana Row:
We got a Clam Chowder. It was a mistake. It tasted of nothing but cream and was so insanely rich that the rest of the meal was a little difficult to enjoy.
I insisted on a Caesar Salad, because Rayland just does not enjoy vegetables that much LOL. It was pretty good! The salad was lightly dressed and the romaine was really fresh and crisp. That thing that's supposed to be a crouton was not a good pairing though.
My Seared Tuna dish of some sort (I should really blog sooner so I don't forget everything I ate). It was really good! Surprisingly, the fish was really fresh. There are yaki soba noodles beneath the bed of fish and they were really good, but a little heavy on the sauce.
Rayland's Prime Rib was the star of the night. I was tempted to switch with him. It was sooooooo delicious and tender. The best part? They cooked it just like that. None of this slathered-in-sauce nonsense that other steak places seem to think is phenomenal. My rule with steak is that you MUST be able to taste the meat the way it is. (There's some Chinese saying about the original taste of food. I just can't translate it haha.)
The next day, we made a scramble with the leftover meat and it was DI-VINE!
Overall, Citrus was okay. It was pleasant enough lol.
Crab Landing:
I think I decide whether or not I like a restaurant in the first 2 minutes upon arrival. So you can imagine how I must've felt when I saw this gorgeous, two-story restaurant with only 2 tables filled. To say it was a let down is an understatement.
I came across this restaurant when I was browsing Kron4's gift certificate section of the website. I yelped it and discovered that the decor was absolutely alluring, and so I ignored the 3star rating and made Rayland drive us out to the middle of nowhere in Half Moon Bay.
The drive was dangerous to say the least.
Anyway, this is the abalone chowder with lump crab meat. It was pretty good actually, but I couldn't really find the abalone. The lump crab meat, on the other hand, stared me in the face and cried for me to eat it. It was delicious and insanely fresh (as was all the seafood that was served).
California Roll with REAL Crab Meat. It tasted the same (and maybe worse) than a california roll with imitation crab meat. In fact, the texture was similar to that of tuna salad -__-
This was the best dish! It's Scallops wrapped in Smoked Salmon. Those scallops were ENORMOUS. The only thing is scallops tend to naturally run on the salty side, so the smoked salmon was really over the top with the salt. But the sauce was a good complement.
I cannot even remember what this was, because I just had no appetite at that point (full from disappointment I suppose). It was some sort of smoked salmon in crispy seaweed with sweet and spicy sauce. The flavors are pretty good in thought and the crispy seaweed was delicious. But together, it just didn't come out as good as it sounds. At least the fingerling potatoes were good, but let's be honest here: how could you possibly mess up potatoes?
To conclude: give Citrus a try and stay away from Crab Landing.
That is all.
Love Always,
Me
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
In MY World...
...cigarettes will explode the moment you light up.
...bicyclists will be forced to travel in a designated tube that will bother neither cars nor walking pedestrians.
...my paycheck would be larger.
...nerdy girls will be forced to shower once a day and maintain other types of personal hygiene.
...my boobs would be smaller.
...belly fat will burn faster.
...anti-social people (and I don't mean that shy Asian girl sitting behind--who am I kidding!-- IN FRONT of you... I mean the weirdos who go out of their way to avoid human beings) will be forced to take self help classes or be confined to the underground.
...annoying mothers will join them in periods of time called "grounding" (HAHA I know).
...no one will age (except the smokers because that's just what's gonna happen to you anyway), and those anti-aging cosmetic companies will be out of business.
...everyone will have some sort of peace of mind.
...Tim Lincecum would be in the throne next to mine.
Love Always,
Me
...bicyclists will be forced to travel in a designated tube that will bother neither cars nor walking pedestrians.
...my paycheck would be larger.
...nerdy girls will be forced to shower once a day and maintain other types of personal hygiene.
...my boobs would be smaller.
...belly fat will burn faster.
...anti-social people (and I don't mean that shy Asian girl sitting behind--who am I kidding!-- IN FRONT of you... I mean the weirdos who go out of their way to avoid human beings) will be forced to take self help classes or be confined to the underground.
...annoying mothers will join them in periods of time called "grounding" (HAHA I know).
...no one will age (except the smokers because that's just what's gonna happen to you anyway), and those anti-aging cosmetic companies will be out of business.
...everyone will have some sort of peace of mind.
...Tim Lincecum would be in the throne next to mine.
Love Always,
Me
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Human Resources
As one an introduction point, my professor said this to us: "This class will ruin you."
Initially, I thought she meant that my life will hence forth be consumed with an obsession to watch every move a person makes while performing his/her job.
Now I know this obsession is beyond that. Not only are you watching their every move, but suddenly just then mention of what you're doing turns the obsession contagious and then it has gone viral. Soon, everyone who knows even a tad about the assignment will subconsciously observe the cafe workers, the dancing sign advertisers, and even the teachers.
Michelle was the waitress that night. She is very attractive and has an uncanny resemblance to Sofia Vergara (Gloria, on ABC's Modern Family).
I must say though, she was extremely pleasant to observe and quite often... distracting. I found it hard to concentrate as I wondered things like whether or not her assets were "natural", or what the purpose of her working there was (other than trying to make a quick buck by merely being attractive with a specific build), or how old she was.
As the night progressed, I am more than enamored and it turned into something like pity. She worked so terribly hard when she really didn't have to and did all these tasks while the other girls sat and lounged and giggled at the Monday Night Football goers. Suddenly, she wasn't just another waitress, but an actual person.
I don't think I've ever felt like that about a person who was waiting on me. Because to me, they hold the power. They get paid to serve me but can simply spit on my food if they felt like it. And hence in my mind, just another soulless wage worker. But Michelle, poor Michelle, worked her patooty off even though it was clear that it was not required of her to do so.
This was not the way in which I expected to be ruined by this course.
Love Always,
Me
Initially, I thought she meant that my life will hence forth be consumed with an obsession to watch every move a person makes while performing his/her job.
Now I know this obsession is beyond that. Not only are you watching their every move, but suddenly just then mention of what you're doing turns the obsession contagious and then it has gone viral. Soon, everyone who knows even a tad about the assignment will subconsciously observe the cafe workers, the dancing sign advertisers, and even the teachers.
Michelle was the waitress that night. She is very attractive and has an uncanny resemblance to Sofia Vergara (Gloria, on ABC's Modern Family).
I must say though, she was extremely pleasant to observe and quite often... distracting. I found it hard to concentrate as I wondered things like whether or not her assets were "natural", or what the purpose of her working there was (other than trying to make a quick buck by merely being attractive with a specific build), or how old she was.
As the night progressed, I am more than enamored and it turned into something like pity. She worked so terribly hard when she really didn't have to and did all these tasks while the other girls sat and lounged and giggled at the Monday Night Football goers. Suddenly, she wasn't just another waitress, but an actual person.
I don't think I've ever felt like that about a person who was waiting on me. Because to me, they hold the power. They get paid to serve me but can simply spit on my food if they felt like it. And hence in my mind, just another soulless wage worker. But Michelle, poor Michelle, worked her patooty off even though it was clear that it was not required of her to do so.
This was not the way in which I expected to be ruined by this course.
Love Always,
Me
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