today started off with a surprise visit from my parents.
my mother was laid off from her work not too long ago. my mother was initially excited because she absolutely disliked her job. nevertheless, she continued working at the company because my parents needed the income. (for anyone curious, my father is disabled and has been for quite some time.)
i'm quite proud of my mother. in addition to raising my brother and i, she has had to endure the hardships of working a non-skilled job for her entire life. unfortunately, being a minority with very little education and fluency in english does not open a lot of opportunities in... the land of opportunities. nevertheless, my mom perservered... making sure my brother and i could live the american dream that she could never have.
needless to say, i love my parents. so when my mother unexpectedly asked to stop by, i knew something was on her mind. as it turned out, my mother was all concerned about... well... her layoff... and how it affects her health insurance. again, with the being of a minority and little education and little fluency in english, she simply did not know what to do about her health insurance, which is a pretty important factor considering that she has a health issue that needs routine medical visits. the feeling of uncertainty had overwhelmed my mother, and she simply broke down and cried.
watching your parents cry is never a good thing. for me, it's one of those things where you want your parents to live happily ever after... but you just don't know what to do because it's beyond your knowledge... and it's frustrating because i would give my parents the world if i could. after all, for all that my parents have sacrificed for my brother and i, it's the least i could do. unfortunately, all i could do today was give my mother a hug.
after collecting herself, my mother decided to visit the hospital where she had her appointment and ask the staff there about her situation. hopefully, things will work out and the hospital staff can help her. aside from c.o.b.r.a, i'm not sure what plan b will be.
needless to say, my day has been a little rough. luckily, i got to spend the rest of the day with my friends (marc and kelley), who almost always can cheer me up... probably because kelley is my drinking buddy and booze always numbs the pain... just kidding. (although... the martini kelley made was quite delicious.)
after picking up karen at the subway station, we picked up dinner at the falafel king in quincy. (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound.) the falafel king is great. i love their food. as an added bonus today... the falafel king (or prince) was working. i'm not exactly sure if he is any relation to the falafel king in downtown boston... but when i used to work in town, i would see him working at the falafel king in town. so it was good to see a familiar face again at the falafel king in quincy. and like any falafel royalty is known to do, he gave me a falafel dipped in hummus while i waited for the food to be cooked. yum... falafels!
anyway, while we ate dinner, the four of us watched the latest episode of lost. without spoiling too much, i will just say that the episode was simply awesome. the rumors about how a main character was going to die on the show... was sadly true. unfortunately, that character was not kate...
having finished the episode, the four of us decided to go out for some dessert. so, we decided to go to frozen freddies. now, i suck at frozen freddies. frozen freddies is a seasonal ice cream shop located in quincy. the place is practically a hole in the wall... or on the corner as it may be. the ice cream is pretty good too. i had a chocolate peanut butter thing... (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound... again.) i love ice cream. i was practically shivering as i polished off my ice cream cone outside. all in all... with the falafel king and frozen freddies... how can someone not feel better?
from there, we headed back to marc and kelley's to catch a couple of episodes of angel. the episodes we watched were: "hero" about nazi-like pure blooded demons hunting and killing half-breeded demons; and "parting gifts" about cordelia's new found power... the ability to see visions.
it's tough to say which of the two episodes i enjoyed the most. "hero" was great because of doyle, who unfortunately died on the show... and unfortunately the actor who played him passed away in real life as well. and "parting gifts" introduced wesley... rogue demon hunter... to the cast. plus, "parting gits" was a cordelia episode. interestingly enough... cordelia has a "tramp stamp".
speaking of "tramp stamps", the topic of tattoos was brought up. we thought it would be funny to have "tramp" tattooed like a stamp... on the tramp stamp location (the lower back area). that was just a random thought.
anyway, it was an interesting day to say the least. i hope things work out for my parents.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
I Suck At Ben & Jerry's
my coworkers (lee and tim) and i... are geniouses. do not ever buy anything from my company.
today is free cone day. every year, ben & jerry's has what is called a "free cone day" where they give out free ice cream cones all day. i happened to stumble upon the fact that today was that day, thanks to my friend (andrea).
needless to say, i love ice cream. so, when i found out this tidbit of information (it being free cone day), i told everyone i could think of. my coworkers were equally excited. thus, all of us here at work came up with an ingenious plan to go to as many ben & jerry's there are today for the free ice cream cone.
unfortunately, i suck at ben & jerry's. the plan was simple. we had used google maps to find all the locations near work that were participating in the free cone day program. we printed out the map and everything. we even devised a plan as to which ones we would hit first, etc. (it turns out only 3 locations were somewhat near us.)
thus, we embarked on our brilliant journey for lunch... in case anyone did not know... it has been pouring buckets outside. of course, my coworkers and i were not going to let a little water deter us. so, we waited till the skies had brightened up before we began.
well, wouldn't you know... as the sky was brightening and the rain had stopped, my coworkers and i crossed beacon street and into the common. we didn't carry any umbrellas because... we were geniouses... we didn't need them because the weather was brightening. oh how wrong we were. shortly after, the clouds darkened again and the rain poured... and poured. (as i write this, my pants are still soaked.)
needless to say, we finally made our way to the first ben & jerry's location on our map. the line was pretty long, but it moved pretty quickly. i ordered a "cake batter" cone. very yummy. (i may even go so far as to quote rachael raye and say "yum-o".) of course, i polished off the cone in no time.
afterwards, downtrodden by the rain and soaked from head to toe... my coworkers decided to simply head back to work and forgo the other locations. sad. so now i sit here... with wet pants... but it was all worth it. free ben & jerry's ice cream! what i wouldn't do for ice cream...
today is free cone day. every year, ben & jerry's has what is called a "free cone day" where they give out free ice cream cones all day. i happened to stumble upon the fact that today was that day, thanks to my friend (andrea).
needless to say, i love ice cream. so, when i found out this tidbit of information (it being free cone day), i told everyone i could think of. my coworkers were equally excited. thus, all of us here at work came up with an ingenious plan to go to as many ben & jerry's there are today for the free ice cream cone.
unfortunately, i suck at ben & jerry's. the plan was simple. we had used google maps to find all the locations near work that were participating in the free cone day program. we printed out the map and everything. we even devised a plan as to which ones we would hit first, etc. (it turns out only 3 locations were somewhat near us.)
thus, we embarked on our brilliant journey for lunch... in case anyone did not know... it has been pouring buckets outside. of course, my coworkers and i were not going to let a little water deter us. so, we waited till the skies had brightened up before we began.
well, wouldn't you know... as the sky was brightening and the rain had stopped, my coworkers and i crossed beacon street and into the common. we didn't carry any umbrellas because... we were geniouses... we didn't need them because the weather was brightening. oh how wrong we were. shortly after, the clouds darkened again and the rain poured... and poured. (as i write this, my pants are still soaked.)
needless to say, we finally made our way to the first ben & jerry's location on our map. the line was pretty long, but it moved pretty quickly. i ordered a "cake batter" cone. very yummy. (i may even go so far as to quote rachael raye and say "yum-o".) of course, i polished off the cone in no time.
afterwards, downtrodden by the rain and soaked from head to toe... my coworkers decided to simply head back to work and forgo the other locations. sad. so now i sit here... with wet pants... but it was all worth it. free ben & jerry's ice cream! what i wouldn't do for ice cream...
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
I Suck At Resisting Ice Cream
my friend (kerry) is spending the night today at my place. she has some work-related thing in carver, massachusetts at 7:30am tomorrow. (i live closer to carver than she does... hence the reason for the slumber party.)
anyway, kerry contacted me saying how she was sad that she would not be able to get ice cream yesterday. my sister in law (janine) had sent out an email about some fund raising activity at this ice cream place called nona's in hingham for my niece and nephew's school.
of course, i couldn't let my "bff" down. i told her that we could have ice cream tonight at our slumber party. then i realized that i suck at resisting ice cream because the ice cream that is currently in the freezer is almost gone. oops. (we've only had the ice cream container for a few days.)
granted i didn't go to nona's, but karen and i ended up going to stop and shop to pick up a 1.75 quart container of cookies and cream ice cream just for kerry. we apparently had a lot of choices to choose from too, which may seem somewhat surprising because kerry is a very finicky eater. but, like me, she can't resist ice cream either. (she likes oreo, chocolate chip, chocolate, black raspberry, cookie dough... flavors that don't have nuts or peanut butter flavored or mint flavored)
and as usual, the whole topic of ice cream got me thinking about how i really do suck at resisting ice cream. i remember a while ago (when i was able to burn off the calories more easily... so this is quite a long while ago), i would occasionally go to the supermarket (also stop and shop because it was nearby) to pick up a quart of ice cream for lunch when i worked at my first job out of college. every one of my coworkers was amazed that i was able to polish off the quart so easily. realistically, i could probably still do it now, although i'd probaby be a lot sicker after eating it.
anyway, kerry contacted me saying how she was sad that she would not be able to get ice cream yesterday. my sister in law (janine) had sent out an email about some fund raising activity at this ice cream place called nona's in hingham for my niece and nephew's school.
of course, i couldn't let my "bff" down. i told her that we could have ice cream tonight at our slumber party. then i realized that i suck at resisting ice cream because the ice cream that is currently in the freezer is almost gone. oops. (we've only had the ice cream container for a few days.)
granted i didn't go to nona's, but karen and i ended up going to stop and shop to pick up a 1.75 quart container of cookies and cream ice cream just for kerry. we apparently had a lot of choices to choose from too, which may seem somewhat surprising because kerry is a very finicky eater. but, like me, she can't resist ice cream either. (she likes oreo, chocolate chip, chocolate, black raspberry, cookie dough... flavors that don't have nuts or peanut butter flavored or mint flavored)
and as usual, the whole topic of ice cream got me thinking about how i really do suck at resisting ice cream. i remember a while ago (when i was able to burn off the calories more easily... so this is quite a long while ago), i would occasionally go to the supermarket (also stop and shop because it was nearby) to pick up a quart of ice cream for lunch when i worked at my first job out of college. every one of my coworkers was amazed that i was able to polish off the quart so easily. realistically, i could probably still do it now, although i'd probaby be a lot sicker after eating it.
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