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Summer (le chat) is home from the hospital. We brought him home yesterday after work. He is a little less jaundiced and is keeping food down. No vomiting, thank you very much. Although he doesn't like the food we have to force down his throat, or his three different kinds of medications!

He's a mutt, with Himalayan mixed in him. Which makes him originally a fluffy, big, fat, cat. So we asked for a lion cut at the hospital. Poor Summer looks so cute / stupid it is just damned funny. He looks like he has little boots on...I'll have a photo tomorrow.

For now,


Chow DOWNNNNN!!! :p

Here's a photography site of historic and heritage buildings - eerie and peaceful all at the same time.

And who thinks this is a little too far as far as nail art - two dudes use an eletronics device to make some laser etched portraits on their nails. I'm thinking that the cuticles will be a little ragged after this one.

On the other hand, he's got Fidel Castro, Zappa, and Dali on his fingernails! Holy crap!

Mes Amis...

It is a sad day my friends...

Olive Riley, world’s oldest blogger, dies

I am not the youngest blogger (for some time it felt like it was. Nor am I the oldest blogger - but perhaps I can be the person who has died and blogged the longest some day? ...I started my blog more than ten years ago on Geocities. (Remember Geocities?? Remember Geopages???)

It was in November of my computer studies 11 class (1997). Of course, I had gotten onto the internet some time before (and stayed online for 12 that night. My brother helped me log on, went to sleep, and woke up the next morning to find me glued to the keyboard still.) and had found out how to write my own html pages.

Of course, I had a number of little blips here and there. I moved a couple times. I might move back to some of those places. I even deleted some sites and regretted it. I do, really.

But I hope to have things collaborated soon. (heh.)

Here's to Olive, and here's to blogging.

If you Change your Mind...

So I have a standing date with my mom to watch "Mamma Mia" when it comes out in theatres.

I had dinner with my family yesterday as I had to renew my passport in Richmond. It was a low-key dinner at Hoitong on Westminster Highway. Here's a great mom & pop restaurant, with Mrs. Leung on quality control and Mr. Leung overseeing the line. We missed them when they "semi retired" from their No3 road location and moved to Hong Kong for a couple years. But now they're back, in a smallish restaurant space, open only from 5pm - 10 pm.

We had a refreshing house soup (pork & coconut), braised squab, blanched geoduck atop sweet chinese greens, deep fried shrimp balls, braised fish with mushrooms and tofu (soooo good), sauteed fish fillets with straw mushrooms and choy sum, and deliciously moist roast chicken.

As I was telling TM afterwards, it was serious comfort food. TM likes a lot of meat and gravy and sauces with his food. Eating with my parents at places like Hoitong is just so satisfying. It can even be deep fried, but it just feels good.

And, of cours,e it had a lot to do with having dinner with my parents, siblings, and grandparents.

Growing up, it was almost taboo (still is) to miss dinner with the family. Suppertime conversation was usually sparse and brief, but as we grow older, the conversation and catching up over dinner and just enjoying each others company is fuel for the soul.

I slept well last night.

Critical Mass Vancouver

Ever wanted to bike in downtown Vancouver but always felt uneasy about traffic, safety, and visibility? Critical Mass takes place on the last Friday of each month, taking back the streets and creating a fun, safe environment for you to bike, roll, skate, whatever - as long as it is human powered, they welcome you. :)

Check out the link for details.

Weekend was busy, but pretty good. Once again, it just flew by without notice. Saturday ended up being a "everyone but me" day. We went up to North Van to pick up TMs mail and dry cleaning, and wound up staying the day. Coffee on Lonsdale (sadly, none of the old staff were present. boo.), sushi on Lonsdale (apparently, there were some disagreements between the Korean owner and the former chefs there...both sushi chefs were gone, with some week-old replacements. boo again.) While we were looking for the Capilano Delivery Depot (which isn't open on weekends!!!), we came upon Rama Thai, a Thai furniture and home decor warehouse just next door (3rd Street, behind Capilano Mall).

Fantastic find! There were jewelry boxes, shelves, chairs, benches, chests, and numerous carved items and art pieces. Of course, we couldn't walk away empty handed...we bought a set of lacquered benches, which is now serving as our outdoor "sake bar" / picnic table.

While we were buying the benches, we found out via a phone call that there was dinner at TMs moms house, and his sisters house, and we were invited. It was the sisters birthday, and TMs mom had gotten the dates mixed up. whoops. :(

Sunday was still a running around day. It would have been nice to go to the beach, being that it was just scathingly hot!! Instead, we had to visit my grandmothers as she encouraged us to take some furniture from her (one of my aunts had moved out). There was nothing really worth having, except a lamp that we just need to have.

Then we both got haircuts (long overdue), some lunch, and then went home to do a bunch of cleaning.

It's not like we're messy or anything, it's more that the place is large and it gets dusty with all the open windows and the construction going on nearby.

Anyways. have a good monday!

Tomorrow is 7/11!!!!!!

Free Slurpees for everyone tomorrow at 7/11 in Canada!!!!

We've been talking about getting a Slurpee machine at work ever since it started getting hot out.

You know. Because we work in an industrial area. And because, you know. Real men sweat!

...we are big time Seinfeld geeks here.

Changes

Changes are in the future for this one. I can't divulge any secrets, but in the next 3-4 months, there will be some big changes. Some for the better, some for the not-so-good.

Sorry.

We still haven't had a housewarming. I'm just having fun with the warm weather, chilling out like the cat and basking in the warm sunlight that streams through our window.

We basically come home after a long day at work, and just spend the entire evening unwinding. Drinks on the patio, cooking with the stereo on, having dessert before dinner. :)

And then before we know it, it is the weekend again and it is time to party and train downtown where we get ridiculously poor and drunk, and slop home, sleep in the next day, and go grocery shopping for the week. It's like an unexplainable ritual.

Wrestling Summer (le chat) into his travelling case yesterday was hell and a half. The thing is small for him! He was splayed out and clawing everything and wanting to just retreat under the bed. I ended up locked up with him in the bathroom, throwing the rug aside and just making him go in! I really hated how TM stuck me with that task. I'll bet the cat will hate me now, although I really hope that they find out what is wrong with him and that it is curable.

As a result of the long struggle, we were half an hour late for the appointment. I met TM there, covered with fur and red and sweaty from having to put Summer in the cage.

Work? Work is a little slow.

The cousin is in HK & S'pore for a couple weeks. An old friend is in town...just gave him a call and we'll probably be meeting for dinner / coffee / something? I'm kind of excited. I haven't seen him in probably eight years. Holy crap! ...we happened to bump into each other at the movies.

Anyways, time to work.

Wow,

Have I not written in 8 days?

I guess that's what hangovers, a sick cat, and lots of cooking do to you.

I've been on a salad roll-making roll. haha!

You know, those delicious summery-fresh Vietnamese style salad rolls with shrimp, vermicelli, cilantro, carrots, and cucumber in them? SO good. TM is addicted to them and the warm weather makes for some light noshing.

Summer (as in the cat) is sick. We're scared to bring him to the vet, but we will be taking him this afternoon. Please send some good vibes our way - Summer is the most loving cat ever...he was born on the first day of summer and he loves eating shrubs, scratching the carpet (or couch) and sticking his cold wet nose on any of your exposed skin when you're sleeping. :)

Despite all this, me and TM were stroking Summers fur and telling him that we love him and that he's a good cat, just that he has to go to the doctor today so that he can get well.

He hasn't been eating or drinking and he has been a little listless.

Hope it is treatable.