I Suck At Dim Sum

well, apparently this weekend was friend reunion weekend. i got to see many friends from past and present... all in one weekend... highlighted by dim sum. dim sum (which means "touch the heart" in cantonese) is a chinese cuisine involving a bunch of light dishes alongside chinese tea. basically, it's brunch... with the exception that there are usually chinese women pushing carts of food around the tables.

anyway, friend reunion began on friday night where i got to see hugh and jenny. hugh and jenny have kids and are usually busy. i imagine having kids must be a chore. so naturally, what better way to spend time with them than to play wii till the wee hours of night. it was silly but it was fun.

the following day, i got to play sultan with a harem of hot women. we started off at an italian restaurant known as the villa rosa, and from there we headed to my friend's (garv) restaurant called blue 22 because someone (hot amy) had a hankering for a martini. i personally think she wanted to see garv, even though he's engaged. needless to say, we (me, karen, janine, kerry, jen, hot amy, and andrea) went to the bar where there was a band playing that night. there was also "mouse" cake for desert that night, which naturally none of us wanted to touch. anyway, it was good being sultan. i believe hot amy and jen ended up going to their favorite irish bar, sarsfields, afterwards.

with two days down, the big dim sum event had yet to come. i've never been a big fan of chinese food, in part because i think my mom spoiled me with her cooking. i had a great time, though at dim sum. we went to a place called china pearl in quincy, which i hear is relatively new. because it was chinese new year weekend (it's the year of the rat in case anyone was curious), there were lion dances and stuff. it was very entertaining. the biggest plus of course was seeing my old friends of yore like nhut, john, anna, bill, nicole, aimee, and amy czarnowski. it was like old times and it was great catching up with everyone. aimee did a good job organizing the event. i think, to me, what was most touching about dim sum was when amy got a little choked up and said she missed all of us when we were leaving. to me, at least, it was very touching. i miss that about her. it also got me thinking that it may be the last time i see anna for awhile too as she is moving to florida. needless to say, dim sum was great. the food may not have been all that spectacular, but the chance to hang out with everyone was awesome.

and to cap off the friend reunion weekend, i got to travel to the burlington mall shortly after dim sum with karen to see renee, christine falcone, and michele. i haven't seen many of them in ages as well. the last time i saw most of them was at renee's wedding, which was two years ago i think. anyway, that likewise was a good time.

all in all, i had a very pleasant weekend whereby i got to see all my friends from past and present. and of course, it got me thinking... mostly because of amy's touching comments about missing all of us. since i haven't seen many of these friends in a long while... i suck at hanging out with all my friends...