A Birthday, A New Suit, and Some New Food

So, yesterday was my friend Eric's 21st birthday (he's also from BC). So we went to the uni-bar and had a few drinks to ring in the occasion. It was a fun night.

Today, I went to dim sum with my fellow BC males (Eric and Lorenzo) as a quasi celebration of Eric's birthday. In fact, I think we all just kinda wanted some dim sum. We ate on campus, and the dim sum was actually excellent (if anyone doesn't know what dim sum is, it is Chinese breakfast. Most of the food wouldn't be considered breakfast food in the west.). And, for the first time, I ate chicken feet. They were quite interesting. I wasn't a particularly big fan of the feet, but I tried them. They are quite bony, and there's not a lot of meat to them.

After breakfast, I went to see a speaker. He was the executive director of HSBC, so I thought it worth my while (and skipping a class - sorry) to see him speak. It was. He gave a very nice, technical discussion of the recession and what the new world order will look like in the future. I enjoyed it, and I am glad I went.

I hurried off to OB after the talk. After class, I got some crab and pineapple pizza for lunch with Lorenzo, who is also in my class. Then I met Eric to go to TST to pick up our suits.

When we arrived in TST, I got my perfunctory Mango Sago, which was delicious as always. I also got curry fish balls on a stick, which were actually pretty good. Then Eric and I picked up our suits. My new suit (grey) looks very nice, and I am excited to wear it next week for my OB presentation. While at the place, I also picked up another suit - this one a dark blue/navy suit. I knew I wanted one, and it being Eric's birthday and my third suit, we got an especially enticing price. So that one will be ready on Monday.

We both fell asleep on the MTR back to campus, but we awoke in time to get off. When we were on our way out of the station, I took Eric to see the little night market nearby. Then, we decided to eat dinner there. No one could speak English at the place, so the waiter called a friend and we ordered through her. We ended up having a really good meal, and it was quite inexpensive. We were both pleased.

Tonight doesn't hold too much for me. I'm currently skyping with Mom Jones, so I'm sure I'll be on that for a while. I do need to finish today's paper, and maybe I'll get some other work done.

Sidenote: I am now in the room by myself for a while. Today, Gunter left for Indonesia for twenty days. He really doesn't need to go to classes, as they do not count nor do the credits transfer. So, he is going to train at his kung-fu place in Indonesia.

That's all for now. The Bears really disappointed me this weekend. Oh well. Hope all is well back in Chicago and elsewhere...