two birthdays
Posted on Mon, February 1 2010 at 11:20 am
saturday night, jay texted me, and he was in mountain view looking at cabinets for his new house, so we planned on having a late dinner. i waited around at my place for him to finish, and it took him two hours until he finished.
he finally got to my place around 10pm, so it was a perfect opportunity to go to fu lam mum, with their $8 late night specials. we ordered three dishes: the cantonese style chicken in clay pot, the salt and pepper fish, and the hunan sizzling spicy tofu. he loved them all. we even bumped into tim.
saturday, S called me, and we talked for 15 minutes before i left for cupertino to join tim and his dad for some taiwanese dim sum. they got the usual things (chinese donut, beef bread, soy drinks), and i got the spicy wontons (“hon yo tzao so”), which wasn’t bad. then, i went home and watched a part of the washington/WSU men’s basketball game.
jay sent out a flurry of e-mails, and i joined him, margaret and baby jaden at vasona park for a nice afternoon outside. the sun was out, and we walked around and let jaden play. jaden’s so cool; he sometimes walks with his hands clasped behind his back. so CUTE!
we hung out for a while there, and then i went home and watched the kansas/kansas state game. then, i got ready for jimmy (and sabrina’s) birthday dinner at vaso azzurro. there were 15 of us plus 3 babies.
i tried looking for some irish whiskey, but the bartender told me that a huge gang of irish people came a few days earlier and cleaned them out, so i wound up with a $11 glenlivet on the rocks. for dinner, i got a penne salsiccia without feta. there must have been four birthday meals while we were there, and for jimmy’s, the waiters came out and sang this awesome italian song followed by a quick rendition of “happy birthday.”
then, jen, ivy, eric and i crashed jimmy and sabrina’s place and watched _the hangover_ on dvd. i had already seen it in the theaters, but i still enjoyed it. what an awesome movie. but i was disappointed that this dvd version wasn’t the one that had the extra pictures.
sunday, i met up with alan, dean and jay and their wives for dim sum at dynasty. we spent two hours there. i ate a ton of food, and then i stopped off home first to look up burton park before meeting up with jeremy and kate there. it was kate’s (and her little sister carrie’s) birthday celebration. i hadn’t seen kate in a long time, so it was great seeing her again.
kate’s old friend annie also showed up, and i hadn’t seen annie in YEARS. she’s now married with two kids, leila and benjamin. i hung out for a few hours and then went home.
after i got back, i turned on the pro bowl. what a bore. romo didn’t play that well, throwing an interception. then, i called S up, and we talked for an hour. then, i watched the grammys, as it was trending on twitter like mad. i missed the lady gaga/elton john performance, but i caught it on youtube.
for dinner, i called alan up, but he and ting had already eaten, so he told me to eat more healthily and go to subway, so i went there and got a tuna sub. it was pretty good, actually.
and that was it for my weekend.
