A Conversation on Family Planning

poox: uve been dilly dallying for a while now
pouty: yes
pouty: and uv been diverting urself from ur seminar for quite a while
poox: yes doing my very best
pouty: will sleep now. nyt!
poox: NOO
pouty: ahhaha
poox: by no means are you allowed to leave me alone in this boring session
pouty: and YOU, you go back to ur lecture
poox: do you hear me young man!!
poox: go to your room!
poox: i'm practicing na for our hamsters
poox: "sit in a corner and think about what you've done."
poox: "no pellets for you, mister"
poox: "no wheeling around for a week! you're grounded!"
poox: hahaha shet am i losing my mind or what?
poox: you're not listening to me...
pouty: yes, you lost me at hamsters
pouty: anyway, i wish the hamsters the best of luck
pouty: i hope they survive you
poox: hahaha i will grant them the gift of neurosis
pouty: pls dont traumatize them and give them personality disorders
pouty: u will ruin their short, rodenty lives
poox: personality disorder is just a fancy word for "character"
pouty: yes, pls try not to build their "character" too much
poox: haha ok ok
pouty: lest the other little hamsters and guinea pigs start ostracizing them
pouty: baka theyre not cool enough for the other lab rats

my white-people bridal shower!

Aaron's family threw me a shower lately and I didn't realize that the objective of showers here in the US wasn't to send singledom status off nor welcome the formalization of a sexual partnership, but rather to prepare you for the home you were about to build. They gave me an array of chopping boards, cookbooks, utensils and other appliances (which I returned for cash because in this day and age I've learned that a sturdy home must be founded on well placed investments, over and above cleaning gadgets. Plus I'm just lazy and undomesticated :p).

The only person who had other thoughts was the grandmother. She gave me large aqua-colored underwear (hopefully not a family heirloom).

Exhibit A. A for Aqua Panty

2 other persons misunderstood the occassion: earlier this week I received a joint card from 2 aunts sendng a gift card to accompany their deepest regrets for missing the occassion. The apologies and salutations were written on a greeting card that read "babies are a joy..."

Apricot story (continued from previous...)

Last night we got home from the gym and thought it might be nice to have a fruity snack i.e. our left over pears from the Apricot recipe.

Apparently they were peaches

Pork Medallions in Apricot Sauce

The title sounded classy and the picture in the cookbook was sublime. It was an especially curious dish for someone like me who'd grown up in a land bereft of apricots so I was almost as excited as Aaron to get started.
I prepared the meat while he concocted the strange sauce and 30 minutes later the dish was ready. We served it to the roommates and at first taste everyone was in agreement that it was indeed a tasty treat. Very well done, we thought, until someone brought up the question: "where are the apricots?"

And thats when we realized... we'd used pears by mistake.

Vietbodia Vaca

I'm back from my Vietbodia trip (pics coming soon!) but i wanted to share with you guys some pics that i feel is relevant to all of us--A glimpse of the ethnic bovines from the indochina region! Apologies for the lack of close up shots. I was on a bus from the Cu Chi tunnels when i took this for despite their less urban ways, i did not see any cows in the city. I was the lone cow. The food was great though and it was quite an adventure. I'm still waiting for the day when the cows can travel together. We can also bring along our arch nemesis for fun. :)

oh so quiet...

It's been awfully quiet lately. Even our number one detractor seems to be MIA.

ze pouty

ze luziouz, zuh-que-lent lipz of ze pouty

ladies, eat your hearts out! :P