Monday, June 25, 2007
Home Sweet Home!!!
Hey... It's been 1 week already that I've been back!!! Many things to say... but may be too lazy to type it all :p
I had so much fun during my weekend in Vancouver. I stayed with a good girl friend and we did tones of girly stuff like enjoying a home spa! I also had the chance to meet with another good friend from Ottawa who was stopping by Vancouver on his way to Hong Kong. We ate cheap sushi and good Cantonese food (that is hard to find in the California Bay Area).
Now I'm back in Montreal... Can't wait to meet all my good old friends... hehehe.
I had so much fun during my weekend in Vancouver. I stayed with a good girl friend and we did tones of girly stuff like enjoying a home spa! I also had the chance to meet with another good friend from Ottawa who was stopping by Vancouver on his way to Hong Kong. We ate cheap sushi and good Cantonese food (that is hard to find in the California Bay Area).
Now I'm back in Montreal... Can't wait to meet all my good old friends... hehehe.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
I'm going home!
You probably wonder what I've been up to lately.
My sister came again this past weekend... for 2 more interviews! This is the 4th times she comes in 2 months. She's taking away half of my weekends and taking away time from working on the garden and backyard! It looks like she will take an offer and is moving here for real. We'll soon have to start looking for apartments and help her move-in!
I'm also preparing to go back to sweet home Canada. I'm leaving on Friday and will stay for a whole month. Yesterday, we had a ceremony for our first zucchini. It was yummy! I stir-fried it with some garlic, salt and sugar. Too bad I won't be here for our first tomatoes. We have many... a lot!!! The plants have grown bigger than I expected. Back home, they grow half my size and here, our two tomatoes are my shoulder-height! I should show you some pictures next time!
My sister came again this past weekend... for 2 more interviews! This is the 4th times she comes in 2 months. She's taking away half of my weekends and taking away time from working on the garden and backyard! It looks like she will take an offer and is moving here for real. We'll soon have to start looking for apartments and help her move-in!
I'm also preparing to go back to sweet home Canada. I'm leaving on Friday and will stay for a whole month. Yesterday, we had a ceremony for our first zucchini. It was yummy! I stir-fried it with some garlic, salt and sugar. Too bad I won't be here for our first tomatoes. We have many... a lot!!! The plants have grown bigger than I expected. Back home, they grow half my size and here, our two tomatoes are my shoulder-height! I should show you some pictures next time!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Friday, June 01, 2007
Little Prank to the In-Laws
Scrubbing the stove top is a new task that I introduced to DH's family. MIL (mother-in-law) already commented that few weeks after our marriage. She claims we don't need to scrub the stove top every day. I suspect her heart is aching because I'm making her beloved son working too hard.
On Wednesday, DH and I did our routine cleaning after dinner. We washed the dishes and scrubbed the stove top. MIL walked by and suggest that we wrap the stove top with aluminum, hence diminishing our scrubbing effort!! "Yes, that's what others do", she says. I had nothing to answer, I really didn't know what to say... For a moment, I pictured our brand-new kitchen upgraded with slate-stone flooring and granite counter top with a black stove wrapped in silver-colored aluminum. *yurk*. But I could find no good words to reply MIL, so I stayed quiet.
I then remember a story that my university friend told me, which inspired me to do the following. The next day, yesterday, I decided to play a little prank to show MIL how I respect her ideas and approve them. I wrapped MIL and FIL's white eating bowls blue plastic wrap. I served miso soup in those bowls and asked DH to present them to his parents. "What is that for?", asked FIL to his son. "So that we don't need to wash the dishes later", replied DH. He put them on the table and walked away looking at me smiling and trying not to laugh. His parents were clueless and didn't comment. I guess they didn't link it to what MIL said the previous night... But that was funny experience :D
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On Wednesday, DH and I did our routine cleaning after dinner. We washed the dishes and scrubbed the stove top. MIL walked by and suggest that we wrap the stove top with aluminum, hence diminishing our scrubbing effort!! "Yes, that's what others do", she says. I had nothing to answer, I really didn't know what to say... For a moment, I pictured our brand-new kitchen upgraded with slate-stone flooring and granite counter top with a black stove wrapped in silver-colored aluminum. *yurk*. But I could find no good words to reply MIL, so I stayed quiet.
I then remember a story that my university friend told me, which inspired me to do the following. The next day, yesterday, I decided to play a little prank to show MIL how I respect her ideas and approve them. I wrapped MIL and FIL's white eating bowls blue plastic wrap. I served miso soup in those bowls and asked DH to present them to his parents. "What is that for?", asked FIL to his son. "So that we don't need to wash the dishes later", replied DH. He put them on the table and walked away looking at me smiling and trying not to laugh. His parents were clueless and didn't comment. I guess they didn't link it to what MIL said the previous night... But that was funny experience :D
Loving my story? You can support my cause by contributing to my "Moving-Out Fund" by PayPal at littlecamy at hotmail dot com.
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