Dim Sum and Chinatown In the Pouring Rain

Today my Chinese and Expos class went on a field trip to Boston's Chinatown for a tour and Dim Sum lunch.  For those who don't know what Dim Sum is, it is traditional Chinese food eaten mostly in HongKong; the food is all steamed.  So we get to the Dim Sum restaurant and it didn't look like your typical Chinese restaurant it was actually nice.  We sat at this big round table and then the servers started coming with the bamboo steamers, and we began to pick which ones we wanted.  We got a lot of seafood, pork and beef dumplings, but the most extreme thing we got and 4 girls (my class is all girls) tried chicken feet.  Yes that's right a foot of the chicken it was gross watching them eat it, but hey they were braver than the rest of us!  I really like the sweet stuff haha it was the only ones that smelled good and didn't make me want to gag; OH I also liked the rice! My favorites dishes were Chilled Coconut and Watermelon soup, this pumpkin pancake thing, and sesame balls.  The chilled soup was served out of a hollowed watermelon; they put coconut milk, the balled watermelon and tapioca beads in it and it tasted like PURE sugar! So yummy I had two bowls full! It wasn't filling since it was mostly watery! Then I had the orange circle thing but it was made from pumpkin, and if it had a bit more cinnamon in it they would have tasted exactly like pumpkin pie! The sesame balls tasted like a sesame seed bagel with peanut butter on it.  The "peanut butter" was actually in the inside and it was a red bean paste.  It tasted pretty good.  I didn't have the savory dumplings because I didn't want to take the chance of getting sick; since a lot of other countries don't always cook their meat like we do.  I know in France they serve their meat almost raw unless you ask for it cooked more thoroughly, and their eggs are hardly cooked.  They are able to stomach it, but we can't really unless you're used to that stuff.  After our interesting lunch we went on a tour of Chinatown, in the POURING rain!  It was an hour long tour, and we could barely hear the guy because of Boston traffic; we weren't really paying attention because we were all soaking wet and FREEZING!  We couldn't wait until we got back onto the bus!  So that was my day hahah!  If you want a better explanation of Dim Sum if you google it and go to wikipedia it will tell you more! haha!  Now I'm going to watch food network challenge before the Real World

I Hate Math, but Love Taylor Swft! (That's Who I'm Listening To)

I know I haven't blogged in awhile, so I am taking a break from my math homework (which I have been doing for about 2 1/2 hours) to blog.  Two weekends ago I got to go home and see Kellie! We had a sleep over and a movie night it was fun!!  I also wen to my Uncle Peter Larkin's surprise birthday, and I go to see my Grandpa Jack!  Last weekend I went to Brad's school for the weekend! :D I got there Friday night and left Sunday afternoon!  I had a lot of fun! We hung out with his friends, and he preformed magic for family weekend.  Actually he totally forgot that he signed up to preform, so it came as a shock to him!  He did the vanishing bandanna trick where he actually makes a banana disappear, it's all apart of the joke that goes along with the trick! He did a great job though! He had the girls behind us going "WTH?!??!??!" It was really funny!  So yesterday I went to the campus health center because lately every time I have something dairy like ice cream, cheese, and sour cream to name a few I get sick to my stomach.  It happened on Saturday night after Brad and I had pita sandwiches, and I had cheese and mayo as my toppings.  Soon after I ate it my stomach got upset for about 30-45 minutes.  So I texted Mom to see if I could have developed an allergy to dairy; she told me it was possible and to go to the CHS at some point during the week and avoid dairy until then.  I did as I was told, and Monday morning scheduled an appointment for 1 o'clock, and when I went as soon as I started listing my symptoms the doctor goes "Yup, you're definitely Lactose Intolerant, but don't worry it more than likely won't last your entire life."  So now I have to wait until I get some lactaid medicine until I can have ice cream and cheese again! Of course all of the good meals at the dining commons all have had cheese so I have to settle for the pasta, but tonight I had tacos and it was very upsetting not being able to put sour cream or cheese on it! So I doubled up on salsa! =) Mom's sending me some lactaid for me to have at school and Dad and Stacee are both getting me some so I can eat whatever cheesy milky goodness they make!  Tomorrow I am going on my 2nd field trip with my Chinese and Expos class to Chinatown in Boston for a historical tour and Dim Sum Lunch.  Now, I am NOT looking forward to Dim Sum, it's traditional Chinese food that is usually steamed veggies and dumplings. They people who work there push the dishes around on these carts and you pick what you want.  GROSS! I'm sorry Americanized Chinese food is my cup of tea.  Plus usually any Chinese food restaurant you go into isn't always the cleanest; I always try to avoid looking in the back of the kitchen because sometimes it isn't pretty! And everyone I've talked to who has had Dim Sum before says it's really gross even if you love Chinese food.  So I don't think I'll be able to try it.  Good thing we're not paying for it the school is! =)  Which I guess technically could mean that we're paying for it anyway...oh well.  Usually I'll try new things, but steamed veggies and dumplings which I don't like ANYWAY I don't think I can bring myself to it.  Sorry Laoshi I'm OK with missing the dining experience!  Oh well, I got to get back to math now! =/ I don't want to!!! ='(

JERZDAYYY!

I know I haven't blogged since LAST Jerzday, but I have a reason!  Friday I was really tired so I just went to bed early, and I was really busy over the weekend.  My Puppa passed away on Sunday morning, and Monday through Wednesday I was at home.  My dad came and got me Monday night, so I would be able to go to his wake and funeral.  My Puppa's wake was much more different than my grandma's.  There wasn't as many people at his mostly just the immediate family and friends of his girlfriend, or both him and his girlfriend.  Not too sure.  We all just hung around for a while then I went home with Auntie Lindsay, and tried to fry eggs.  I realized that I wasn't cooking them the way I wanted to; I wanted them over easy, but I kept getting them hard.  Oh well! So I just scrambled them.  Later I hate like 1/2 the bag of cheez-its. hahha!  Then Wednesday morning we went to my Puppa's funeral.  My cousin Robyn was supposed to read along with my cousin Jenna, but Robyn didn't feel too well so my dad read for her.  Before he even got up there he tried to get me to read it, but I said nuh-uh! I didn't want to go up there!  After the service we started the procession.  Since my Puppa is a WWII vet he had the flag draped over his casket all through the wake and service and even at the cemetery.  Now, I have never been to a military involved funeral (thankfully), but it was really interesting and that's where it got more emotional.  After the priest (?) gave his sermon 2 men came, maybe in the army since that's what my Puppa was in.  One stood saluting his casket while the other played "Taps" off in the distance.  That's the SADDEST song I've ever heard!! I thought they only did that in movies, but no it's a real song!  Then once they were done with 'Taps" the man who was playing it stood saluting, and once they were done they began the folding of the flag.  The only time I have ever seen the flag folded was during a how to speech in Public Speaking.  Seeing it done for real was VERY different.  They didn't say all the commands in those loud voices instead one just tugged on the flag to signal that it was time for the next fold.  It was so emotional by that time!  Out of all my uncles, my uncle Fred was the only one who joined the Army.  So my Uncle Pete, Uncle David, and Elaine all thought that Uncle Fred would appreciate the flag more than they would.  They didn't tell him that he was going to get the flag, so when he was given the flag he just started to cry.  It was really sad, but we were all happy that he got it so it was nice.  Now I am back at school, and I am waiting for Jersey Shore to come on in 5 mins!!!!!!!!!!! And everything I just said is why I didn't blog the last week! Very very busy!  Only 3 more episodes before Snooki, JWOWW, Sammi, Ron, DJ Pauly D, Vinny and Mike "The Situation" leave Italy... ='( In the words of Snooks WAAAHHHH