dad long weekend
Posted on Mon, March 15 2010 at 12:01 pm
i took off friday since my dad was here. he arrived around 10am or so. i hung out a bit, and then we went to an early lunch at ryowa to beat the crowd. i introduced him to their $8.50 lunch special: ramen (he got the wonton, i got the standard), 3 gyoza, and a bowl of fried rice. it was awesome. my dad went crazy with the shichimi (red pepper); he took off the cap and poured a ton of it on his fried rice. i was stuffed, and he finished my fried rice.
afterward, we went home and both took naps. when dinner came around, my dad just wanted a mcdonald’s salad, so i let him be independent, and he drove off by himself to mcd’s, fry’s and the gas station to buy lottery tickets. i, instead, met up with tim at southland.
we hung out the rest of the night, drinking some whiskey and watching the golf channel. i swear, i have never seen so many cialis ads on tv. the golf channel demographic must be totally suffering from erectile dysfunction. ha!
sunday morning, i got up at 8, when my dad said he would be packing. however, i peeked out my bedroom window, and his car was gone already! so i called him up, and he was at the shoreline driving range hitting golf balls. so i rushed over there to say goodbye.
then, i went home and fell back asleep on my couch. i met up with a friend in milpitas for lunch. i got the beef and egg over rice, and it was cooked taiwanese style (i.e. with vegetables). then, i went home and watched some college basketball.
i went to fry’s to return some stuff my dad had bought the day before, and i was suppose to get $170 in cash back. however, only one register had that much cash, and i was directed to register #21. however, there was this indian family there, buying over $2,000 of hard disks, two NAS servers, and a bunch of cables. the cashier was this really slow indian woman, and she was really taking her time. all in all, it took like 15 minutes for her to complete the transaction. the supervisor was constantly looking over her shoulder, and i could tell that she was getting impatient. i finally got out of there with my money when the supervisor told the cashier to bypass the family’s business and just get me the cash.
then, i rushed over to AMC mercado to meet up with cliff and tim to watch _alice in wonderland_. we watched the 5:10 showing in 3D. it was a decent movie, tempered by my low expectations (51% on rottentomatoes.com). visually, it was great, and i actually thought the story was passable. after the movie, cliff and i ate across the parking lot at tomatina. i was actually excited to have some caesar salad.
after i got home, i was bored, so i drove to san jose and watched _precious_ on blu-ray with tim. it was a HEAVY movie. but very brilliantly acted by gabourey sidibe and monique. even mariah carey’s bit role was decently well-done. (and i HATE mariah carey.)
i lost an hour of sleep (as we all did in the US) saturday night, and i got up groggily on sunday morning. i watched my DVR’ed _the office_ and _gossip girl_ (it’s back!) before having lunch with mikeT, paul, leeya and baby chloe at pho kim long at 1pm. the line was stupefying. i introduced mikeT to their #27 dish, but i don’t think he liked it very much.
then, for the rest of the day, i was a lazy bum. i took two naps, watched the entire NCAA tournament bracket be revealed (poor showing for the PAC-10), ate a guacamole bacon six dollar burger, watched spike’s _star wars_ marathon and some episodes of _south park_, and finally finished watching the opening ceremonies of the olympics (although my DVR cut off right before they lit the torch, GAH).
and that was it.
