“We Like To Party”

“Hey now, hey now, hear what I say now: happiness is just around the corner!!”

- “We Like to Party” by the Venga Boys <–OLDSKOOL!!!!

Hi Mary,

I’m very sorry about what happened last Friday!! But you don’t have much time to think about that right now, since you’re in the dreaded EXAM PERIOD. Hopefully this entry to you will be light fluff to take a break from school with. ^^;; Hence the lyrics above: THERE IS HOPE!!! But it sounds like you’re doing fine in your courses, so instead of encouragement to pass, I bestow upon you encouragement to ACE!!! XD

I hope your Easter weekend ended up being as productive as you needed it to be; mine was fairly busy. I did see Steven Yuen again and he hasn’t changed much, but his little brother William has!! How fast kids grow…..but one thing that hasn’t changed is that William is super-shy!!! There were several times that I tried to talk to him, but he really didn’t reply or acknowledge that I spoke to him. ^^;; It doesn’t bother me much because I know there were (and still are) times where I’m just like that; unwilling to speak to the point of looking snooty. But I do understand the frustration that others might feel from that. And we didn’t visit Miss Watson, seeing as she wasn’t in at the time.

Oooo…..but we went to this amazing buffet restaurant!! I know you don’t do buffets anymore, but if you ever find someone needing a recommendation, I’d say DEFINITELY try out Wasabi at West Beavercreek Road in Richmond Hill. There’s an all-you-can-eat-sushi buffet AND a buffet with lots of oriental food, especially SEAFOOD…mmm…..and they had a chocolate fountain!!! XD Pictures, pictures, pictures….BAUGH!!! I HAVE MY CAMERA…but no link to the STUPID COMPUTER!!! ARGH!!! Caution: an avanlache of pictures will hit you when I go home.

Well, and then after that, I went out to do some karaoke-ing with HighSis and her assorted friends. It sucks since we can only sing English songs and the karaoke joint we were at had mainly Chinese songs, but it was pretty fun!! I really do miss being able to sing. This also sparked the retro song recall.

The next day, I was supposed to get into Guelph a lot earlier, but I didn’t drag my lazy ass downtown early enough (I took pleasure in blaming the singing the night before). It was so good to see my friends again!! I made them granola (bars <— turned out really crumbly and was basically CEREAL) and mochi (not as pretty as the ones in the picture…they looked pretty ugly) for exam treats. They said both were good, so maybe I’ll make some more for you to try later.

I also checked out my new house for the summer….the room is big, but the house itself is not so big. I got it at a great rate, and there’s going to be one girl living with me and another girl joining us in July. Definitely convenient, though; it’s practically behind a supermarket!! I’d definitely have to bus to school, though….but I’m hoping my mother will relent and let me take a beat-up bike so I can either bike or rollerblade to school!! XD The girl that I’m renting from was really sweet and had to move back to Dallas, Texas to be with her family for the summer. Do you think you’ll ever live off campus?? Or go back home and commute to school??

Ooo….and I have to tell you about the party that I had that night: total JUNK FOOD party, the sole reason for it being that my friend in Simcoe works a co-op there for the company that makes Breyers’ ice cream, Ben & Jerry’s, Haagen-Daaz, popsicles….mmm….and she brought back a LOT for a whole bunch of us to eat. I contributed some cookies (NOT homemade because I didn’t have time to make them) , there were chips, marshmallows, licorice, Timbits, and a girl who works at Kernels brought FIVE different bags of popcorn over. O.o….my friend brought at least 8 litres of ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, popsicles, and they had sprinkles and stuff to put on top of everything!! Not to mention a CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN at the hostess’ house!!! O.O!!! Of course, everything got dipped into the fountain and we DID NOT finish everything (THANK GOODNESS!!)…but I’m pretty sure that could’ve happened if we stayed all night. Surprisingly, we managed to sleep that night after we left her house. One thing learned from the night:

BUY THE STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE B& J’s WHEN IT COMES OUT!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD.

That and, self-control is GOLD. ^^;;

Oh, Mary…the ice cream…oh, summer….we should make popsicles!! XD

I came back on Sunday to watch An Incovenient Truth and Children of Men with my family. The documentary with Al Gore was very well done and deserved its Oscar; I highly recommend it!! And the other movie has an interesting premise if you’ve never heard of it: it is the future and for some odd reason, females have become infertile. So there are no children being born and everybody is panicking over the fact that there will no children for the future until it is discovered that one young black woman is pregnant, the first one in 18 years. I didn’t stick around to watch it really; I keep wandering around the house everytime my family watches a movie….wait!! I was making something else AGAIN. (I had to use up the red bean paste from the mochi)

This is called dorayaki and if you remember much about Doraemon (“Ding Dong”), this was his favourite snack!! I made some for Steven and his family, seeing as we had dinner with them on Sunday night too. It’s a shame that you didn’t get a chance to see him; he said he saw a lot of people during his time here, though. He left for England on the 9th though.

And thus the exciting part of my week ended. Monday was spent packing and catching the ride back to Ottawa, and until today I’ve been frantic with work! So I hope you had a great weekend, are having a good a week as you can and everything runs a lot more smoothly than Friday did.

BEST OF LUCK, MARY!!! I have to sleep or I’ll fall asleep in tomorrow’s meeting at work!!

Linda

P.S.

Would I rather…

1. Go on a road trip or a flight?
2. Eat ice cream or cookies?
3. Live in a condo or a cottage?
4. Take a picture or pose for the camera?
5. Prepare a meal or enjoy a fabulous one and then have to clean up?

1. Fly AWAY!!! I’d like to see most of the continents of the world and boats are SO passe. XD

2 . Such a HARD decision…..I think after last weekend’s binge, I shouldn’t be touching ice cream for a while….cookies it is!! XD Great any time of the year!

3. Mmmm…condo is so convenient and a cottage is so quaint…..I’d have to say condo, but I’ll always rent a cottage in the summer if I can!

4. Take pictures!! I’m pretty sure you feel the same way, Mary….even though I don’t know about it as much as you do.

5. Prepare a meal!! XD It’s so much easier to be destructive rather than constructive.

And there you have it!! I’ll be back with a question tomorrow…but maybe we should stretch it out because I know you’re busy with school. GOOD LUCK and HAPPY STUDYING!!

P.P.S. We shall question Matthew as to why he doesn’t COMMENT when he gets back from Winnipeg. Bwhahahaha….he told me he found the Hobo Spot alright!