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VDay

...was spent nursing the boy back to health from food poisoning. sigh.

This semester is going to be one lonnnnnng helluva ride. Pan-Asian just finished, only to have the "Re/Siting AAS" conference next week, NESC the week after, ECAASU the week after that. Not to mention our yet-uncelebrated 6 month anniversary, RCC events to look after (hoping these kids don't crash and burn their way through next year...), junior interns to watch and evaluate and boss around, and of course, my own children. Omitted, of course, is the man-child that is ever always in the equation.

Still yet to be resolved:

HOUSING for next year????

INTERNSHIPS for the summer????

STUDY ABROAD????

FUTURE????

Slushy, mushy, gushy...

shoes. Damn this rain. rain rain rain.

Where's my umbrella at?!

"now that we're closer more than ever, know that we'll always have each other,

you can stand under my umbrella, you can stand under my um-brel-la..."

OH!

and did I mention how epic of a semester this was going to be? You can't even begin to imagine. I hope I'm alive to see it to the end, though.

Breathing in...

a breath of fresh air. I love it when the air/tension has been cleared.

Food Journal: Compilation of the last two month's epic meals

Thanksgiving Dinner, 09. Fruit/Potato Salad, garlic mushrooms, grilled squash, Yorkshire Pudding, cranberry sauce, and of course, turkey. Celebrated with Auntie P & Q and Uncle F & P and co.
XMas Dinner, 09. Home-Roasted Chinese Duck, Stuffed Lobster, mushrooms. Just with the Lee Family.
New Years Eve dinner, 09/10. Daddy Lee's signature roast beef, medium rare.
New Years Eve dinner cont'd. Signature Yorkshire pudding.
Just Because Dinner, Jan 7, '10. Rack of Lamb in Dijon Crust and berry sauce.
Just Because Dinner, cont'd. Home-fried squab/pheasant, green beans and broccoli in garlic.

NOTE TO SELF: never, never, forget how blessed you are. and come home for dinner more often. Especially on rack of lamb night.

Fashion for All

There's a new issue of V Magazine, due to hit newstands in two weeks, that will be covering fashion for all sizes. One article features plus-size model/author Crystal Renn with her stereotypically stick-thin equal.



I think its brilliant. Both women are gorgeous in these glam frocks, and in some shots I do actually believe Renn outshines her skinny counterpart. Now if only I could look that good... maybe all I need is a thick shiny belt and some heels. And that GORGEOUS Michael Kors bag I spotted at the Jersey Shore Outlets today...


gorgeous, isn't it?!

More here: http://www.stylelist.com/2009/12/22/plus-size-model-crystal-renn-rocks-v-magazines-size-issue/?icid=main|aim|dl3|link3|http://www.stylelist.com/2009/12/22/plus-size-model-crystal-renn-rocks-v-magazines-size-issue/

Lee food shopping

Went grocery shopping today with the mom and pops hungry. baaaaad idea. ended up buying 1.5lbs of shrimp, three different kinds (and body parts) of fish, veggies, two giant "lo bak"s for "lo bak go", four pheasants for roasting, chicken, scallops... the list goes on.

Looking at all the groceries my parents buy, all RAW and unprepared, it is only starting to dawn on me how amazing it is that they can cook all of this to perfection. C'mon, roasted chinese pheasants?! Shrimp in garlicy sweet and sour sauce? Deliciously slow boiled "pei dan" congee with "lo bak go" and fried "cheung fun" for lunch? This is only the Chinese food too; juicy golden turkey with crispy skin and yorkshire pudding are seasonal staples in the Lee home; lobster, whole-steamed or stuffed and baked or wok-fried with mounds and mounds of garlic and green onion; roast beef and whole racks of lamb prepared with home made mint sauce and gravy; crab and oysters as soon as they go on sale are served the same night the coupons come in are all typically served on any given whim Daddy Lee feels. And all prepared lovingly with well-worn hands and taste-tested with experienced tongues. I'm very, very good at eating, but you can't be a good eater for long without learning where and how the good eats come from, but I'm ashamed to say that I haven't learned much in the ways of cooking. I will be a haughty, miserable, skinny bachelorette come graduation, when my parents have retreated to HK and I'm left to my own devices to eat home-cooked food.

And my friends wonder why I love food so much.

As epic of a year as Bruce Lee can bring

Mmmm, if only I was born 50 years ago...


Happy New Year, everyone!