My mind is everywhere, my eyes are searching, and most of all, the anger and panic is unbearable. My cash is gone, my IDs are gone, and my $600 wallet is gone. LV is gone. Louis is.. well.. was (ouch), a huge part of me. Not only was it.. beautiful and rare and French, it was a gift from the most important person.
And in the midst of all the mixed emotions, I can't get the lady out of my head!!!
A lady with a big mole on the upper side of her mouth is staring at me while I carelessly stuffe the cash inside my wallet, and my privacy feels violated. But my mind is onto more important matters at the time, and I pay no attention.
I leave my stuff on the table and walk literally five steps away, toward the garabage can to spit out my gum, and when I come back, my wallet is gone. Only I don't realize it till I'm home, and the lady with the mole is far away.
My initial reaction after not being able to find my wallet anywhere in my bag is "wtf???" and thousands of images and red run through my head. I don't understand how it could disappear because there was no point in time where I could have lost it. I carefully retrace my steps and the unpleasant image with the lady with the mole pops up into my head.. And I'm sure that it was her.
I go back to Oakridge, giving the securities a very thorough description of my wallet but not a nearly good enough job with the description of the lady; and not really getting anywhere but at the mole. By that time, panic is replaced by anger and guilt. I'm so glad the securities didn't yell at me for being so stupid. They tell me that they'll let me know as soon they find anything.
I'm just plain disturbed when I get home for the second time.
I know that telling the securities about it was just for my personal comfort, and I've long before, the minute I realized the lady had taken it, realized that my wallet or the lady will never be found. I'm so upset and disturbed that I talk to God-there's someone to blame. And I just ask.. WHY he let this happen. Obviously I'd learned a lesson I will never forget, but the price is too high and too cruel.
And something that I'd been trying to ignore this whole wallet nonsense forces itself out. Two days ago, my friend's father passed away; and I realize what a big fuss I'd made over a wallet..
Goodbye, Louis.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
In "the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Christopher, a boy diagnosed with asperger's syndrome, visualizes a perfect world. His utopia is a logical haven filled with people like him, who live isolated and make contact only on scheduled occasions. In this place, Christopher feels ": )"
With his example, Sandra gave us a new project: invent your own Utopia, with your own idealistic geography, politics, economy, people, and etc.
We took this project with glee, stretching our imaginations to its limitless horizon.
Being a hippie at heart, the Utopia of my making consists of some serious love and peace mumbo jumbo.
Brief History
Things had gotten more than a little out of control by the year 4000. Most did not notice the madness, the rage and greed in their own eyes; and if they did, thought of it as a way of survival. If the Earth had a motto at the time, it would have been “survival of the fittest”. Technology was developed like no one in the past had imagined, and everyone itched to climb on top. Love was replaced by lust, friendship was for convenience and murder for power was common, even accepted. Many people lived in fear of falling behind, leisure breaks ending up in a breaking of a promising future; therefore no one took breaks; they just worked and worked until some bodies got too tired to function. This life of haste and greed inevitably led to despising of a friend and suspecting of a family member, thus the destruction of mankind. Male, female, young, old, religious or atheist, all fought for their power, resulting in a great war, later named The Last War.
Creation of Gaia
Decades have passed since the massacre of human kind, The Last War, where it finally and inevitably reached a point of madness and wiped each other out clean, from the face of this earth. However, there were a few survivors of the devastation, roughly a number of a million, spread across the Earth. After witnessing the bloodshed, each one of them, perhaps with the help of “god”, realized the madness of what had been done. The enormity of the war affected each one of the survivors. Mostly, they were scared, traumatized and remorseful, an emotion none of them had felt in a long time. The immeasurable shock had opened their eyes and allowed them to see the hell, each in their own ways, they had created and had been living in.
Having learned from their mistakes, the survivors of each continent, after great emotional difficulty, agreed to start over. They gave a new, reformed name to Earth: Gaia. In Greek mythology, Gaia was the daughter of Chaos, the wife of Uranus, the god of Heaven, and mother to her many offspring called the Titans. The time was difficult when dealing with the aftermath of the calamity; but after many complications, Gaia became a simple and peaceful place.
The new beginning seemed like nothing but scary to the new “Gaians” but with much bravery, the survivors put their heads together and tried to figure out what they had done wrong, and what had led to the destruction. After much contemplation, they realized what the problem had been; it was something most of them had already known deep inside, but were afraid to admit, for they would have to change their whole nature. It was their desire for materialistic things, willingness to step over others to be on top, and the thirst for power. After the Gaians had agreed upon the seemingly simple but intensely complicated problem, the solution wasn’t so hard. They would learn to live in love, harmony, and trust.
Gaia in the World of Today
It’s a place of freedom, and life itself is a relaxation. The civilians of Gaia live, not worrying about the past nor the future. They realize that they live for the present, and it is not a belief they try to convince themselves of, or try to understand, it is a known way of life that nobody questions and takes as a matter of fact.
Lifestyle
Gaians are a simple people, each with their own individual taste. Some love to paint, some love to read, some play sports, and etc. However, there are things all Gaians love: relaxation, good food, and company of each other. Gaians spend their days doing things they love.
Gaians are a huge fan of the sun and they migrate to a warmer climate whenever the sunny days come to an end. This is a great time for Gaians because they are able to see different places.
Gaians don’t use drugs or alcohol, for harming one's own body is a number one no-no in Gaia. All Gaians value their life very much, and don’t want to cut down a minute of life by harming their bodies.
Music is a huge part of Gaian lifestyle. From awaking to sleeping, music is constantly with them. A typical day of an ordinary Gaian would consist of going out to the beach and playing or listening to music, and enjoying delicious food and the warmth of the sun; and then surrounding themselves with the freshness of the ocean. Gaians, being very fond of animals, especially dolphins, would often venture out into the blue waters with them. After their adventure, they would come back to the beach, lie down in the white sand and just relax in the warmth of the sun.
A 100 years or so earlier, when the planet was still called “Earth”, the rate of poverty and crime was almost as high as 50 per cent. Now, considering the ample reduction in population and the change in people’s values, the poverty and crime rate has reduced to a clean zero.
Technology
Technology is very limited in Gaia. The Gaians have not found a need for technology; life is already very satisfying. However, it has tremendously advanced food-making technology; this, they have found a need for. Gaians like to lavish themselves with good food and drinks as a daily basis. Gaia is also advanced in medical technology; it has found a cure for every known disease.
Everyone in Gaia is equal, wherever they live, whatever their status. Considering the great distance between scattered Gaians all over the world, it is impossible to keep in touch with every single one. Gaians enjoy meeting other members of their large but a family-like society. Most Gaians enjoy walking around with nothing on or with a piece of cloth for warmth.
Politics
Although the lifestyles of Gaians seem overly simple with no responsibilities, they are all entrusted with a duty; a burden, in some cases. A grave task of protecting their own people and the lifestyle they so much enjoy. They have learned and observed, throughout many years, the core reason for destruction of mankind: themselves. Each Gaian understands that it is their responsibility to protect their own race, and the only way to do that is by protecting it from their own sadistic nature. They have learned the cycle of the world, the butterfly effect that takes place once even one Gaian attempts an act of greed. Although the understanding is global and widely embraced, the Gaians altogether have decided that they could not take even the slightest risk for another tribulation because sometimes the natures comes out in unintentional and subconscious ways. Therefore, the citizens of Gaia, although they despise and aren’t accustomed to order and discipline, formed simple consequences when breaking the law of love and peace.
1. Live alone on an isolated island for 3 months
Loneliness is one of mankind’s biggest fears and this, the Gaians believed, was the ultimate punishment for trying to commit an act against love and kindness.
Religion
Gaia is tolerant of all religions, as long as it teaches a person love, kindness and humility. Churches and temples are built and ideas are free to be exchanged; however, Gaian also understand that no one religion or lack of religion is right or wrong, thus the freedom to worship or not worship and no attacks on any religion.
Economy
Gaians are a race of wisdom, liberty, and integrity. They understand, by looking at the past generations go into ruins, that money is really the root of all evil. There is no such thing as money in Gaia; the citizens trade goods, mostly just share, and live free from materialistic desires. Gaians live a very domestic lifestyle; they manufacture their own stuff from raw materials and if there is something one can’t make, he/she would trade with someone else who does have it.Unlike their ancestors of the destroyed world, the Gaians, having learned a valuable lesson, are careful not to spoil the wonderful world they have created.
The society of Gaia run mostly on the will of the citizens, despite the minor security and penalties. The citizens of Gaia’s actions are not limited by the rules; for most parts, they are free to do whatever they want. However, their nature and their upbringing has taught them to be loving and caring, selfless and relaxed. They understand that in order to keep the world the way it is, it is their responsibility to stop any evil or even human nature from interfering with the perfect life.
So do Gaians live with a lack of choice and are forced to live in a world of love when they want to venture into world of wealth and power? No. Their good intentions and actions are merely for their own happiness and the planet they life in.
With his example, Sandra gave us a new project: invent your own Utopia, with your own idealistic geography, politics, economy, people, and etc.
We took this project with glee, stretching our imaginations to its limitless horizon.
Being a hippie at heart, the Utopia of my making consists of some serious love and peace mumbo jumbo.
Brief History
Things had gotten more than a little out of control by the year 4000. Most did not notice the madness, the rage and greed in their own eyes; and if they did, thought of it as a way of survival. If the Earth had a motto at the time, it would have been “survival of the fittest”. Technology was developed like no one in the past had imagined, and everyone itched to climb on top. Love was replaced by lust, friendship was for convenience and murder for power was common, even accepted. Many people lived in fear of falling behind, leisure breaks ending up in a breaking of a promising future; therefore no one took breaks; they just worked and worked until some bodies got too tired to function. This life of haste and greed inevitably led to despising of a friend and suspecting of a family member, thus the destruction of mankind. Male, female, young, old, religious or atheist, all fought for their power, resulting in a great war, later named The Last War.
Creation of Gaia
Decades have passed since the massacre of human kind, The Last War, where it finally and inevitably reached a point of madness and wiped each other out clean, from the face of this earth. However, there were a few survivors of the devastation, roughly a number of a million, spread across the Earth. After witnessing the bloodshed, each one of them, perhaps with the help of “god”, realized the madness of what had been done. The enormity of the war affected each one of the survivors. Mostly, they were scared, traumatized and remorseful, an emotion none of them had felt in a long time. The immeasurable shock had opened their eyes and allowed them to see the hell, each in their own ways, they had created and had been living in.
Having learned from their mistakes, the survivors of each continent, after great emotional difficulty, agreed to start over. They gave a new, reformed name to Earth: Gaia. In Greek mythology, Gaia was the daughter of Chaos, the wife of Uranus, the god of Heaven, and mother to her many offspring called the Titans. The time was difficult when dealing with the aftermath of the calamity; but after many complications, Gaia became a simple and peaceful place.
The new beginning seemed like nothing but scary to the new “Gaians” but with much bravery, the survivors put their heads together and tried to figure out what they had done wrong, and what had led to the destruction. After much contemplation, they realized what the problem had been; it was something most of them had already known deep inside, but were afraid to admit, for they would have to change their whole nature. It was their desire for materialistic things, willingness to step over others to be on top, and the thirst for power. After the Gaians had agreed upon the seemingly simple but intensely complicated problem, the solution wasn’t so hard. They would learn to live in love, harmony, and trust.
Gaia in the World of Today
It’s a place of freedom, and life itself is a relaxation. The civilians of Gaia live, not worrying about the past nor the future. They realize that they live for the present, and it is not a belief they try to convince themselves of, or try to understand, it is a known way of life that nobody questions and takes as a matter of fact.
Lifestyle
Gaians are a simple people, each with their own individual taste. Some love to paint, some love to read, some play sports, and etc. However, there are things all Gaians love: relaxation, good food, and company of each other. Gaians spend their days doing things they love.
Gaians are a huge fan of the sun and they migrate to a warmer climate whenever the sunny days come to an end. This is a great time for Gaians because they are able to see different places.
Gaians don’t use drugs or alcohol, for harming one's own body is a number one no-no in Gaia. All Gaians value their life very much, and don’t want to cut down a minute of life by harming their bodies.
Music is a huge part of Gaian lifestyle. From awaking to sleeping, music is constantly with them. A typical day of an ordinary Gaian would consist of going out to the beach and playing or listening to music, and enjoying delicious food and the warmth of the sun; and then surrounding themselves with the freshness of the ocean. Gaians, being very fond of animals, especially dolphins, would often venture out into the blue waters with them. After their adventure, they would come back to the beach, lie down in the white sand and just relax in the warmth of the sun.
A 100 years or so earlier, when the planet was still called “Earth”, the rate of poverty and crime was almost as high as 50 per cent. Now, considering the ample reduction in population and the change in people’s values, the poverty and crime rate has reduced to a clean zero.
Technology
Technology is very limited in Gaia. The Gaians have not found a need for technology; life is already very satisfying. However, it has tremendously advanced food-making technology; this, they have found a need for. Gaians like to lavish themselves with good food and drinks as a daily basis. Gaia is also advanced in medical technology; it has found a cure for every known disease.
Everyone in Gaia is equal, wherever they live, whatever their status. Considering the great distance between scattered Gaians all over the world, it is impossible to keep in touch with every single one. Gaians enjoy meeting other members of their large but a family-like society. Most Gaians enjoy walking around with nothing on or with a piece of cloth for warmth.
Politics
Although the lifestyles of Gaians seem overly simple with no responsibilities, they are all entrusted with a duty; a burden, in some cases. A grave task of protecting their own people and the lifestyle they so much enjoy. They have learned and observed, throughout many years, the core reason for destruction of mankind: themselves. Each Gaian understands that it is their responsibility to protect their own race, and the only way to do that is by protecting it from their own sadistic nature. They have learned the cycle of the world, the butterfly effect that takes place once even one Gaian attempts an act of greed. Although the understanding is global and widely embraced, the Gaians altogether have decided that they could not take even the slightest risk for another tribulation because sometimes the natures comes out in unintentional and subconscious ways. Therefore, the citizens of Gaia, although they despise and aren’t accustomed to order and discipline, formed simple consequences when breaking the law of love and peace.
1. Live alone on an isolated island for 3 months
Loneliness is one of mankind’s biggest fears and this, the Gaians believed, was the ultimate punishment for trying to commit an act against love and kindness.
Religion
Gaia is tolerant of all religions, as long as it teaches a person love, kindness and humility. Churches and temples are built and ideas are free to be exchanged; however, Gaian also understand that no one religion or lack of religion is right or wrong, thus the freedom to worship or not worship and no attacks on any religion.
Economy
Gaians are a race of wisdom, liberty, and integrity. They understand, by looking at the past generations go into ruins, that money is really the root of all evil. There is no such thing as money in Gaia; the citizens trade goods, mostly just share, and live free from materialistic desires. Gaians live a very domestic lifestyle; they manufacture their own stuff from raw materials and if there is something one can’t make, he/she would trade with someone else who does have it.Unlike their ancestors of the destroyed world, the Gaians, having learned a valuable lesson, are careful not to spoil the wonderful world they have created.
The society of Gaia run mostly on the will of the citizens, despite the minor security and penalties. The citizens of Gaia’s actions are not limited by the rules; for most parts, they are free to do whatever they want. However, their nature and their upbringing has taught them to be loving and caring, selfless and relaxed. They understand that in order to keep the world the way it is, it is their responsibility to stop any evil or even human nature from interfering with the perfect life.
So do Gaians live with a lack of choice and are forced to live in a world of love when they want to venture into world of wealth and power? No. Their good intentions and actions are merely for their own happiness and the planet they life in.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Our oldest girl finally turns SEVENTEEN.
Wow, that sounds... old. You're now officially old in my book, Vman.
Seventeen is considered still a bloomin youngin in the life spectrum but I can't help but wonder, what have you (generally, you) been doing all these years?!
That question is left unanswered, roaming around my brain, guilting me into trying to "find a purpose in my life". And somehow this leads me to food.
Having not properly planned out the night, we attempt to find restaurants on a busy Friday night and without doubt, fail. But we don't give up; we were starving, and we manage to squeeze our butts into a small table at Boston Pizza.
After our nice and hectic dinner, we head to my house for some DQ icecream cake (this seems to be the traditional DAVID cake) and over to Vanessa's house to spend the night. We had prepared drinks to mix and hearts to go crazy but when we get to the house, we are seriously beat and with "permission", go straight to bed.
That woulda seriously sucked if that was the end to her seventeenth. However, we never disappoint!
Improvisation is a huge part of our lives, and the next morning, thankfully, I wake up super early; early enough to take a shower AND plan out a surprise. (WOW!) I wake up Isabel the fat and lazy, and we sneak uptairs, only to be stopped by... COCO...
Coco the beagle that broke my earphones, that ripped my tights, that takes advantage of my size and jumps and barks at the sight of anything. It is only a matter of careless noise and movement that Coco, who is at the time staring at us from the couch, would wake the whole family. Not knowing what to do, we dumbly just stand there.
Then, we decide to take a risk.
We open the gate and as shaken and nervous as we are, swiftly walk into the kitchen.
We prepare ourselves for an outburst of noise, but nothing comes.
Coco had ignored us... Coco had ignored us!!!!
Having overcome something GREAT, with a feeling of triumph, we rummage through the kitchen, looking for ingredients.
Perfect. We find eggs, opening up a wide range of opportunities.
It is easy after that; we make scrambled eggs, french toast, and KD.
It is sleeping silent when we tiptoe downstairs with the plates of breakfast in hand.
We turn on the lights with shouts of "SURPRISE!" on the sleeping girls, only to be welcomed with shouts of "SHUT UP"s, "F*** YOU"s and "GTFO"s.
We take that much too naturally, knowing that I, personally, very much deserve it. Too many times in the past have I, being a morning person and having a pure evil spirit, done evil things (and there's nothing more evil than waking up a soundly sleeping person).
Giddy with the warm welcome, we bring in the breakfast, and of course, the girls are feeling shocked and guilty, as our guilt from bad birthday planning slowly replenishes (hehehe...).
Wow, that sounds... old. You're now officially old in my book, Vman.
Seventeen is considered still a bloomin youngin in the life spectrum but I can't help but wonder, what have you (generally, you) been doing all these years?!
That question is left unanswered, roaming around my brain, guilting me into trying to "find a purpose in my life". And somehow this leads me to food.
Having not properly planned out the night, we attempt to find restaurants on a busy Friday night and without doubt, fail. But we don't give up; we were starving, and we manage to squeeze our butts into a small table at Boston Pizza.
After our nice and hectic dinner, we head to my house for some DQ icecream cake (this seems to be the traditional DAVID cake) and over to Vanessa's house to spend the night. We had prepared drinks to mix and hearts to go crazy but when we get to the house, we are seriously beat and with "permission", go straight to bed.
That woulda seriously sucked if that was the end to her seventeenth. However, we never disappoint!
Improvisation is a huge part of our lives, and the next morning, thankfully, I wake up super early; early enough to take a shower AND plan out a surprise. (WOW!) I wake up Isabel the fat and lazy, and we sneak uptairs, only to be stopped by... COCO...
Coco the beagle that broke my earphones, that ripped my tights, that takes advantage of my size and jumps and barks at the sight of anything. It is only a matter of careless noise and movement that Coco, who is at the time staring at us from the couch, would wake the whole family. Not knowing what to do, we dumbly just stand there.
Then, we decide to take a risk.
We open the gate and as shaken and nervous as we are, swiftly walk into the kitchen.
We prepare ourselves for an outburst of noise, but nothing comes.
Coco had ignored us... Coco had ignored us!!!!
Having overcome something GREAT, with a feeling of triumph, we rummage through the kitchen, looking for ingredients.
Perfect. We find eggs, opening up a wide range of opportunities.
It is easy after that; we make scrambled eggs, french toast, and KD.
It is sleeping silent when we tiptoe downstairs with the plates of breakfast in hand.
We turn on the lights with shouts of "SURPRISE!" on the sleeping girls, only to be welcomed with shouts of "SHUT UP"s, "F*** YOU"s and "GTFO"s.
We take that much too naturally, knowing that I, personally, very much deserve it. Too many times in the past have I, being a morning person and having a pure evil spirit, done evil things (and there's nothing more evil than waking up a soundly sleeping person).
Giddy with the warm welcome, we bring in the breakfast, and of course, the girls are feeling shocked and guilty, as our guilt from bad birthday planning slowly replenishes (hehehe...).
Thursday, February 5, 2009
All good things come to an end; the last day of Dineout 2009 had arrived.
And by this time I was flat out broke, with a five dollar bill the only thing left in my wallet.
Appetizer: Ground ostrich lettuce wrap
Maybe it's a Korean thing, but my family eats a great deal of wrap dishes; lettuce, cabbage, flour, whatever the wrap; and I love it. So my choice of appetizer was easily the wrap, if not for my bad experience with ostrich meat. However, with much contemplation and the hope of turning around my experience, I ordered the lettuce wrap. And to my relief, it was great. Bit too spicy for me, though, with my intolerable, considering my Korean genes, intolerance to spiciness. The portion was huge too, and my stomach was quite filled before even starting my entree.
Entree: Kaeng Kari Gai(?) Chicken w/ Yellow currey and coconut milk. Yello Thai curry is by far my favorite in the world of curry, and this curry dish didn't change my views. However, it made me .. "sick". I should really quit with this dairy nonsense.
Finally, the fried bananas I'd been anticipating. My expectations were crushed by the three sad little fried banana balls.
And by this time I was flat out broke, with a five dollar bill the only thing left in my wallet.
Appetizer: Ground ostrich lettuce wrap
Maybe it's a Korean thing, but my family eats a great deal of wrap dishes; lettuce, cabbage, flour, whatever the wrap; and I love it. So my choice of appetizer was easily the wrap, if not for my bad experience with ostrich meat. However, with much contemplation and the hope of turning around my experience, I ordered the lettuce wrap. And to my relief, it was great. Bit too spicy for me, though, with my intolerable, considering my Korean genes, intolerance to spiciness. The portion was huge too, and my stomach was quite filled before even starting my entree.
Entree: Kaeng Kari Gai(?) Chicken w/ Yellow currey and coconut milk. Yello Thai curry is by far my favorite in the world of curry, and this curry dish didn't change my views. However, it made me .. "sick". I should really quit with this dairy nonsense.
Finally, the fried bananas I'd been anticipating. My expectations were crushed by the three sad little fried banana balls.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Yep, yep, it's definitely the food that brings us together.
On a Thursday night, after finally coordinating everyone's busy schedules together, the girls got together for some slow food.
The diner chosen for our gettogether was The Point, a somewhat isolated restaurant on the verge of Steveston.
Starters: Thai Prawns, and my amature ratings give it ***!
The shrimp were good, awesome and fresh taste and texture, although I thought it was kinda bland, not only the curry sauce but the shrimp itself, too. I guess I expected better considering the seafood oriented location and reputation of the place... but "90% of what you pay for is the presentation!"
Entree: The steak looks really pale and overcooked in the picture... but it was actually quite nice and rare. Being the fussy and picky customer that I am, the kind waiters hate to serve, I sent the steak back because it wasn't rare enough, thus the plain and boring presentation; the potatoes and other vegetables had been covered by the new piece of steak. I didn't particularly enjoy the steak, . :S **1/2
Dessert: Creme Brulee
Every time I taste Creme Brulee, I'm reminded of life back in Germany. To be specific, Frankfurt in the summer. Weather wasn't always so permitting like it is here, so on occasional sunny days, we'd walk down to the park, pick up the Creme Brulee along with my favorite melon flavored Gelato, and hang out at thte park where local musicians would play our soundtrack. When you walked further into the park, you could smell the famous stink of the Bad Soden spring.
I never thought of it this way back then, but when I think of it now, I realize my town was something very much like a fairytale (and I mean this quite literally, my neighbor did live in a castle). I remember beautiful, well-decorated and.. well, German houses (how else to describe it), decorated with colorful glass ornaments and chimes, almost all of my neighbors having a crazed interest in home-decoration; and my mom's even more crazed efforts to keep up with the locals' exceptional and somewhat excessive gardening and decoration senses.
I realize I've babble on about Frankfurt, but it's definitely a place to visit at least once in your lifetime. It's a world quite different from my current home, and it was great being able to taste it again. I love a food that stirrs up some good memories. : )
On a Thursday night, after finally coordinating everyone's busy schedules together, the girls got together for some slow food.
The diner chosen for our gettogether was The Point, a somewhat isolated restaurant on the verge of Steveston.
Starters: Thai Prawns, and my amature ratings give it ***!
The shrimp were good, awesome and fresh taste and texture, although I thought it was kinda bland, not only the curry sauce but the shrimp itself, too. I guess I expected better considering the seafood oriented location and reputation of the place... but "90% of what you pay for is the presentation!"
Entree: The steak looks really pale and overcooked in the picture... but it was actually quite nice and rare. Being the fussy and picky customer that I am, the kind waiters hate to serve, I sent the steak back because it wasn't rare enough, thus the plain and boring presentation; the potatoes and other vegetables had been covered by the new piece of steak. I didn't particularly enjoy the steak, . :S **1/2
Dessert: Creme Brulee
Every time I taste Creme Brulee, I'm reminded of life back in Germany. To be specific, Frankfurt in the summer. Weather wasn't always so permitting like it is here, so on occasional sunny days, we'd walk down to the park, pick up the Creme Brulee along with my favorite melon flavored Gelato, and hang out at thte park where local musicians would play our soundtrack. When you walked further into the park, you could smell the famous stink of the Bad Soden spring.
I never thought of it this way back then, but when I think of it now, I realize my town was something very much like a fairytale (and I mean this quite literally, my neighbor did live in a castle). I remember beautiful, well-decorated and.. well, German houses (how else to describe it), decorated with colorful glass ornaments and chimes, almost all of my neighbors having a crazed interest in home-decoration; and my mom's even more crazed efforts to keep up with the locals' exceptional and somewhat excessive gardening and decoration senses.
I realize I've babble on about Frankfurt, but it's definitely a place to visit at least once in your lifetime. It's a world quite different from my current home, and it was great being able to taste it again. I love a food that stirrs up some good memories. : )
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